Kensington and Chelsea / Westminster · managed by The Royal Parks
Kensington Gardens Round Pond and Long Water
circular · easy
Off-lead rules
Off-lead in designated areas
Kensington Gardens - Areas where dogs are not permitted: Long Water; Round Pond; Peter Pan Statue. Areas where dogs need to be kept on leads: Edge of Round Pond & Long Water; Around the Italian Fountains; South Flower Walk; North Flower Walk; Serpentine South Gallery (and its environs).
royalparks.org.ukChecked 19 July 2026
This is the evidence for off-lead rules at Kensington Gardens Round Pond and Long Water. It was read from royalparks.org.uk on 19 July 2026.Generally, dogs do not need to be kept on a lead in Kensington Gardens but it is the owner's responsibility to keep the dog under control.
On-lead areas: Dogs are not permitted at the Long Water, the Round Pond or the Peter Pan statue. Dogs must be on leads at the edge of the Round Pond and Long Water, around the Italian Fountains, on the South Flower Walk and North Flower Walk, and at the Serpentine South Gallery and its environs. Dogs are excluded from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground.
The walk itself
- Start point
- Black Lion Gate, Bayswater Road
- Nearest station
- Queensway / Lancaster Gate
- Terrain
- formal parkland, avenues, water
- Surface
- gravel and tarmac
- Accessibility
- level, surfaced paths
- Mud
- low
- How quiet
- low
- Suits a reactive dog
- poor
- Water access
- No
- Swimming allowed
- No
- Livestock
- No
- Wildlife
- medium
- Stiles
- Not stated
- Gates
- No
- Lighting
- Not stated
- Toilets
- Yes
- Waste bins
- Not stated
- Parking
- Yes
- Café on site
- Yes
“Not stated” means our source did not cover it. We leave gaps rather than fill them.
Notes
Italian Gardens Cafe and Broad Walk Cafe. Parking along West Carriage Drive, chargeable 8:30am-6:30pm. Contiguous with Hyde Park - the two can be walked as one circuit.
Where to eat afterwards
Verified dog-friendly venues within about two kilometres, closest first. Straight-line distance, not walking distance.
- The Churchill Arms
1.0 km · dogs inside
- The Porchester
1.1 km · outside only
- The Windsor Castle
1.3 km · dogs inside
- Megan's on the High Street
1.4 km · dogs inside
- The Britannia
1.4 km · dogs inside
- The Holland
1.6 km · dogs inside
- The Cow
1.7 km · outside only
- The Westbourne
1.7 km · dogs inside
Rules changed?
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