Rotten Row's Tercentenary Bollards and Gas Lamps

A one of The Royal Park's volunteer guides, I will be leading some free tours on Saturday 6th June about The Great Exhibition site in Hyde Park. This is part of the Great Exhibition Road celebrations. Tours start at 2.30pm and 4.15pm, but group size is limited – simply show up on the day and register at our stall outside Imperial College. My colleague Elizabeth will leading the walks at the same times on Sunday 7th. Find out more here. On Friday afternoon I went to Hyde Park to check out the route and then headed eastwards towards Knightsbridge along the path between T he Serpentine and Rotten Row (Le Route de Roi, / The King's Road).View across the Great Exhibition to Albert Memorial looking teeny tiny in the distance – join us for one of our regular tours and get up close to the memorial. The King's horsey highway is separated from the cyclists and pedestrians by a very long line of bollards interspersed with gas lamps. I went to take a closer at some writing on one of the lamp…