Who built the Serpentine lake?

Several decades later, Queen Caroline, consort of George II, carried out renovations to the park and in the 1830s had the Serpentine lake created. While artificial lakes at the time were often long and straight – the kind that would front stately manors – this was one of the first natural-looking artificial lakes.



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Originally fed by the River Westbourne and Tyburn Brook in the 1730s, the lake's water was then pumped from the Thames in the 1830s. The water is now pumped from three boreholes within Hyde Park, the most recent being installed in May 2012 as part of the 2011–2012 restoration of the Lake.

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Though Hyde Park is safer area compared to the nearby, needless to say, you should be careful not to walk alone in the nighttime. There are some pretty good restaurants nearby, but of course Hyde Park isn't as fun as downtown.

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Hyde Park Corner was used as a codeword to announce to the government the death of King George VI in 1952. Hyde Park Corner was the second episode of the first season of the Netflix series The Crown. It covered the death of George VI and the accession of Elizabeth II.

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One of the main sources of pollution to the Serpentine at Hyde Park is suspected to be from animal faecal pollution, mainly birds.

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