Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens

A mini guide to

Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens: getting there

Stations and how to reach Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens

Stations

Getting to Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens

Choose the station closest to where you are going.

StationLinesGood for
Hyde Park CornerPiccadilly lineFor the south-east corner
Marble ArchCentral lineFor Speakers' Corner and the north-east
Lancaster GateCentral lineFor the Serpentine and north
High Street KensingtonDistrict and Circle linesFor Kensington Palace

From the airports

Reaching Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens

Routes from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City change with engineering works and time of day, so use the live planner for exact directions from any airport or station.

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A London Underground train

Airport links

Direct trains from the airports

These airport rail services call at a station that serves Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens, according to each airport's own transport page as summarised on our airport guides. Times and fares are on the airport pages.

  • Heathrow: Piccadilly line to Hyde Park Corner

    Serves all Heathrow terminals, with direct trains to stations including Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and King's Cross St Pancras.

Airport guides: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City.

Late at night

The Night Tube runs through the night on Friday and Saturday nights on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines.1 Near Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens, that means the Central line at Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate and the Piccadilly line at Hyde Park Corner. Not every branch or station on those lines is open all night, so check the TfL Night Tube map before you rely on it. On other nights, and on lines without a night service, the last trains run around midnight and night buses take over.

Neighbouring areas

The closest of our other London areas, measured centre to centre in a straight line. The walking time is a minimum at 5 km/h, so allow longer on real streets.

Step-free access differs from station to station and lifts can be out of service. Check TfL's step-free information and the accessible London guide before you travel.

Sources

  1. Night Tube, Wikipedia, read on 1 November 2026. TfL's own Night Tube page did not respond to our fact-check request, so check it before you travel.
  2. Airport rail links: the official airport pages cited on each of our airport guides.