London Dog Walking - St Jame's Park

St Jame's Park is the oldest Royal Park in London. It consists of 58 acres (23 hectares) and has a wonderful views of London and a lake harbouring Pelicans, ducks and geese.

The park was a marshy watermeadow that had a lepers hospital in the 13th century. In 1532 King Henry VIII bought it as a deer park and built St Jame's Palace. Whilst King Charles II developed the par, it was Nash in the 19th century who remodelled it to, what we see today.



Come and see the Pelicans being feed at 14:30 every day. There are also the squirrels who are after some food as well.















In 1837 the Ornithological society presented birds and erected a bird keepers cottage, which is there today. There are a number of different types of ducks here.















If your dog likes music, there are bands playing twice a day during the weekends.

The North side of the Park is Pall Mall, where numerous ceremonial processions take place. Pall Mall running from Trafalgar Square down to Buckingham Palace.





To the other side of Pall Mall from St Jame's Park is Clarence House, that was designed for the Duke of Clarence who became King William IV. It was more recently the Queens Mothers house.




The eastern end of St jame's Park is Horse Guards Parade.







Towards Trafalgar Square there is the statue of Captain James Cook.