Today I went looking for fairies. For those of you who remember the stories of Peter Pan, Kensington Gardens is where Peter lived with the fairies. Since he is the boy that never grows up, perhaps the fairies have not either.
Kensington Gardens lie on the western boundary of Hyde Park and were originally part of that park, at the time that it was used for deer hunting by Henry VIII. Land was excised from the park in 1689 to build Kensington Palace and the gardens.
The current gardens are attributed to Queen Caroline in the 18th century. Queen Victoria added the Italian Gardens and Albert Memorial. The gardens were closed to the public until 1841, when respectably dressed people were allowed in to ‘promenade’. [1]
J.M. Barrie published Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in 1906. There is a statue of Peter Pan in the gardens and close by I found the fairies 🙂
Sources
- Royal Parks, Kensington Gardens, https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/kensington-gardens
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