Round Pond
The Round Pond is an ornamental lake in Kensington Gardens, London, in front of Kensington Palace. The pond was created in 1730 by George II. It is approximately seven acres in extent, measuring approximately 200 by 150 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Smyly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pond
- Description: ornamental lake in Kensington Gardens, London
- Also known as: “The Round Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kensington Gardens and Royal Albert Hall.
Kensington Gardens
Park
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kensington Gardens, once part of the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are now among the Royal Parks of London and largely open to the public. The gardens are shared by the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and sit immediately to the west of Hyde Park, in west London.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage.
Albert Memorial
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Albert Memorial is a Gothic Revival ciborium in Kensington Gardens, London, designed and dedicated to the memory of Prince Albert of Great Britain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Lion Gate and South Kensington-Chelsea.
South Kensington-Chelsea
Photo: Peter Suranyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London. It is one of the most densely populated places in London and most affluent areas in the world.
Bayswater
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bayswater is an area in the City of Westminster. It is a built-up district with a population density of 17,500 per square kilometre, and is located between Kensington Gardens to the south, Paddington to the north-east, and Notting Hill to the west.
Round Pond
- Categories: artificial pond and body of water
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50588° or 51° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.18332° or 0° 10′ 60″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C3XGR48+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 945710489OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
10376996Wikidata ID
Q7371114
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Round Pond” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Round Pond”
- Chinese: “圆池”
- Chinese: “圓池”
- French: “Round Pond”
- German: “Round Pond”
- Polish: “Okrągły Staw”
- Polish: “Round Pond”
- Slovenian: “Round Pond”
- Venetian: “Stagno Round”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Studio Gate and Victoria Road Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Statue of Queen Victoria and Kensington Gardens Bandstand.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Round Pond”. Photo: Peter Smyly, CC BY-SA 2.0.