- The closest Tube station to St James’s Park is St James’s Park (District and Circle lines), which is a five-minute walk away.
- St James’s Park is the oldest Royal Park in London and is surrounded by three palaces. The most ancient is Westminster, St James’s Palace and of course...
- As recently as 2011, a skeleton was found in St James's Park, believed to have been there for around three years before its discovery.
- As any vital entity grows from necessity, St. James Park has expanded its facilities through the years to accommodate the needs of its community.
- Named after James the Less, one of Christ’s Twelve Apostles, St James’s Park is the oldest of the 8 Royal Parks in London.
- St James's Park is a 16th-century royal park named after a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less.
- St James’ Park is also served by metro (stop St James) if you arrive from elsewhere in the Newcastle region or Newcastle Airport.
- There is a wide range of birdlife in St James’s Park and the notice board in the Park lists nearly fifty waterfowl that can be spotted in the lake.
- Above: Part of John Rocque’s map of 1746 showing St James’s Park with the long ‘formal water’ labelled ‘The Canal’.
- St James's Park is a 23 hectare park in central London. The park is bounded by Buckingham Palace to the west, the Mall to the north...