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Rotten Row is a broad track running 1,384 metres (4,541 ft) along the south side of Hyde Park in London. It leads from Hyde Park Corner to Serpentine Road. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Rotten Row was a fashionable place for upper-class Londoners to be seen horse riding.
8. Juni 2020 · The wide and sandy expanse of Rotten Row is now a peaceful place to walk, lined by tall London plane trees on one side and the Serpentine intermittently glimpsed between trees on the other. It’s a good place to muse and ponder, and to watch birds taking a sand bath!
Map of Hyde Park, 1833. “The King’s Private Road” is Rotten Row. May Day had always been a day of celebration for merry old England, though it seems odd that it didn’t entirely fall under the prohibitive axe of the Puritans, given the day’s reputation for louche behaviour.
19. Nov. 2020 · Rotten Row is a historic avenue for horse riding in Hyde Park, named after King William III. Learn about its origin, history and current use from Hertford Street, a blog about London culture and heritage.
Later on, King William III had 300 oil lamps installed between St. James’s Park and Hyde Park, creating the first artificially lit highway in the country. This is the original Rotten Row, which is a corruption of the French 'Route de Roi' or King's Road.
Popular areas within Hyde Park include Speakers' Corner (located in the northeast corner near Marble Arch), close to the former site of the Tyburn gallows, and Rotten Row, which is the northern boundary of the site of the Crystal Palace.
Rotten Row. Along the southern edge of Hyde Park runs a broad track linking Hyde Park Corner to Serpentine Road. This is Rotten Row, and it was a popular area for well-to-do Londoners to ride their horses during the 18th and 19th centuries.
