Constitution Hill
In the mid seventeenth century, Charles II purchased a section of land between St James’s Park and Hyde Park so he could walk on ‘royal soil’ all the way from Westminster in the east to Kensington in the West. The King used his new park, which he called Upper St James's Park, for entertaining his guests and more importantly for his daily health walk or ‘constitutional’. It’s not much of a hill [in fact most people would call it flat] but perhaps the king wasn’t very fit.The walled gardens of Buckingham Palace are on the left and Upper St James Park, which is now called Green Park, is on the right.
Constitution Hill
In the mid seventeenth century, Charles II purchased a section of land between St James’s Park and Hyde Park so he could walk on ‘royal soil’ all the way from Westminster in the east to Kensington in the West. The King used his new park, which he called Upper St James's Park, for entertaining his guests and more importantly for his daily health walk or ‘constitutional’. It’s not much of a hill [in fact most people would call it flat] but perhaps the king wasn’t very fit.The walled gardens of Buckingham Palace are on the left and Upper St James Park, which is now called Green Park, is on the right.