The Long Water
The Long Water is a recreational lake in Kensington Gardens, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest of Caroline of Ansbach. The Long Water refers to the long and narrow western half of the lake that is known as the Serpentine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Kensington Gardens, London
- Also known as: “Long Water”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
Hyde Park
Park
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyde Park is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paddington-Maida Vale and Knightsbridge.
Paddington-Maida Vale
Photo: Natesh Ramasamy, CC BY 2.0.
Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
The Long Water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50799° or 51° 30′ 29″ northLongitude
-0.17399° or 0° 10′ 26″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
9C3XGR5G+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 19841953OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
10376998Wikidata ID
Q16901511
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovak—“The Long Water” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “長湖”
- Chinese: “长湖”
- Czech: “Long Water”
- Polish: “Long Water”
- Slovak: “Long Water”
- “Long Water”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marlborough Gate and Westbourne Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Arch 1979–1980 and The Allotment.
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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 “The Long Water”. Photo: Iridescenti, CC BY-SA 3.0.