Hyde Park

The Hyde Park, in Sydney

The Hyde Park of Sydney is the oldest public park of Australia, laid out from 1827 on the model of the English parks, in reference to the famous Hyde Park of London. The Sydney audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this vast setting of greenery of sixteen hectares, classified in the heritage of New South Wales, where the inhabitants come to stroll, picnic and relax in the heart of the city.

The oldest public park of Australia

You are here in the oldest public park of Australia, that owes its name to the famous Hyde Park of London. Laid out from 1827 on the model of the English parks, it is today the largest park of the centre of Sydney. Originally, the inhabitants of the city came regularly to practise cricket, rugby, football, and even to organise horse races there, which made it a great ground of sports and leisure. Over time, the park embellished and developed itself to become the verdant and elegant space we know. Today, it is much appreciated by the inhabitants, who come to walk there in calm, to rest in the shade and to picnic on its great lawns. It counts about five hundred and eighty trees spread over its sixteen hectares, including a magnificent avenue of fig trees that forms a very photogenic vault of greenery, leading to the Archibald fountain. The park shelters several remarkable monuments, among which the Anzac Memorial and the Archibald fountain, as well as numerous statues and bodies of water. Its ancient history and the richness of its heritage earned it its classification in the heritage register of New South Wales. Pleasant, elegant and laden with history, the Hyde Park of Sydney has everything to please. A historic park and a green lung, the Hyde Park is a fine stop of the discovery of Sydney.

What to see

Here you discover the oldest public park of Australia, laid out from 1827 on the model of the English parks and named after the Hyde Park of London; vast of sixteen hectares with some five hundred and eighty trees, including an avenue of fig trees leading to the Archibald fountain, it also shelters the Anzac Memorial and numerous statues, and is classified in the heritage of New South Wales. The Hyde Park is the green lung of Sydney. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hyde Park lies in the heart of the centre of Sydney, reachable on foot or by transport. It is a public park freely accessible, shaded by trees and adorned with fountains, statues and the Anzac Memorial, pleasant for a walk or a picnic. You discover it during a stroll in the centre.

Why does the Hyde Park of Sydney bear this name?

In reference to the famous Hyde Park of London, by which it is inspired: laid out from 1827 on the model of the English parks, it is the oldest public park of Australia and the largest of the centre of Sydney, vast of sixteen hectares with some five hundred and eighty trees, classified in the heritage of New South Wales and adorned with monuments like the Anzac Memorial and the Archibald fountain.

Where is the Hyde Park in Sydney?

In the heart of the centre of Sydney, in Australia.