La Gondola al Parco

The Cafe by the lake, serving good Italian food, coffee and other drinks.View across lake to Cafe

Music is back on at the cafe for 2008!

Weather permitting, artists will be performing at the cafe most Tuesdays 7-10pm, Fridays 7-10pm
and Saturdays and Sundays 2-6pm from 20th June.

Please contact La Gondola al Parco
020-7978-1655 or check back here for more details.

Albert Bridge Closing

On Monday 15th February the Kensington and Chelsea Council are closing Albert Bridge to motor traffic for major refurbishment. The work is expected to take 18 months, but Park users will still be able to walk across. more...

Sign for All Seasons

Within the frozen Park today,
A ”caution” sign was half-witted.
Warning of ice was quite OK.
Why “No BBQs permitted”?

Please those on duty another day,
Before warnings are transmitted,
By signs or any other way,
Use words that are better fitted.
Philip Wright, January 2010

Grill the frozen fingers?

I have a sign to warn of ice
Because to fall would not be nice
Oh where to put it, what to do
Oh here's a sign, No BBQ

On which I'll mount it, by the gate
Not centred, quite deliberate.
It may bemuse, it may well rile?
I hope, at least, it made you smile.
replies Jerry Birtles, Park Manager

Popular with Photographers

Ladies Pond in winter

The Park is always popular with photographers and websites are popping up where their work can be seen, such Flickr...