St James's Park, London

This summer why not take a picnic in the park!

We took a trip to one of the Royal Parks.

St James's park Westminster is the oldest of the Royal parks. There are no blue badge spaces or parking near the park. All entrances are accessible and the paths are easy to push a wheelchair on. My son was fine walking with his walking frame too. There are a few slopes, the steepest I found was the entrance nearest Buckingham Palace on the Mall.

There are disabled toilets available at Marlborough Gate (the middle entrance on the Mall) but I found them a tight squeeze and the sink was unavailable in the female toilets.

There is a Restaurant towards the Horse Guards end of the park. We didn't use this as we took a picnic. There is a large area with hire deck chairs available but also lots of flat areas of grass (which we used)

The park is kept clean and tidy.

There are accessible buses that stop close by to the park. We took a bus to Trafalgar Square and walked to the park from there. Westminster tube station is also accessible via lifts but there is a step on and off the tubes. Jubilee, District and Circle lines all serve Westminster. Victoria, St James's Park, Charring Cross and Green Park tube stations are also close by but there are no step free access to these stations. Victoria mainline station I believe is accessible though I haven't used the station before.

Staff are friendly and visible in the park.

Its a lovely park which we visit every time we go to London.

For more information on St James's Park click here