Hello Walkers, we're in sunny London!
We're outside of High Street Kensington 
Underground Station
in fare zone 1, served by the Circle
and District lines
We're heading west along
KENSINGTON HIGH STREET 
with life slowly returning to the streets
now that non-essential shops can reopen
It's a weekday afternoon in late June 2020
with the temperature around 32°C/90°F
We're going to head to Holland Park
to visit its beautiful gardens
Gated entrance to Holland Park
Holland Walk, tree-lined avenue
Holland Park covers about 22 hectares
(54 acres)
with the northern half of semi-wild woodland,
central section of formal garden areas
and southernmost section used for sport
Holland Park Sports Field
Tennis Courts
The Orangery
The Fukushima Garden 
The Kyoto Garden is a traditional
Japanese garden with tiered waterfalls,
a pond full of koi carp, stone lanterns
and Japanese maple trees
Statue of Lord Holland (1773-1840)
Acre Walk with an arboretum either she
North Lawn is a popular area
for sunbathing and picnics 
Holland House and Terrace 
The house was originally known as Cope Castle 
an early Jacobean country house 
it's now a fragmentary ruin
having been devastated by incendiary bombing
during the Second World War in 1940
Dutch Garden
Iris Garden with circular pool and fountain
designed by William Pye
We're back onto Holland Walk
Now back onto KENSINGTON HIGH STREET
we'll head east along the opposite side
of the road that we came down on
View south along ALLEN STREET
Passing High Street Kensington Underground
Station where we began this walk
View south along DERRY STREET
Barkers Centre shopping centre
featuring Whole Foods Market, Jigsaw,
GAP, HEMA, Hobbs and Dishoom
View north along KENSINGTON CHURCH STREET
and St Mary Abbots Church
View south along KENSINGTON COURT
Royal Garden Hotel
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