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Plaza Mayor, Madrid

Plaza Mayor, Madrid: the 122 x 91 m arcaded Habsburg square built 1617-1619 by Juan Gómez de Mora on the old Plaza del Arrabal, rebuilt by Juan de Villanueva after the 1790 fire, a declared BIC.

Plymouth Hoe

Plymouth Hoe is a Grade II registered 15-hectare public park on a headland in Plymouth, Devon, overlooking Plymouth Sound, known for Drake's 1588 bowls game, Smeaton's Tower, Tinside Lido, war memorials, and large events such as Armed Forces Day.

Pocheon Art Valley

Pocheon Art Valley (포천아트밸리) is a former granite quarry in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, reopened in 2009 as an eco-friendly art and culture park with Cheonjuho Lake, sculpture park, monorail, and astronomical science center within the Hantangang UNESCO Global Geopark.

Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill is a 25-hectare Grade II listed public park in Camden, north of Regent's Park, with a 63-metre summit offering protected views of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster.

Prince Hashem Bird Garden

Prince Hashem Bird Garden (حديقة الأمير هاشم للطيور) is a public bird park in Shmeisani, Amman, Jordan, opened by the Greater Amman Municipality in 1979 on 10 dunums; closed Tuesdays, admission 20 piasters.

Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

Prospect Park, Brooklyn's 585-acre Olmsted and Vaux landscape opened in 1867, with the 90-acre Long Meadow, 60-acre lake, Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway, and Prospect Park Alliance stewardship.

Queenstown Gardens

Te Kararo Queenstown Gardens: public garden and recreation reserve on a Lake Wakatipu peninsula in Queenstown, New Zealand, established 1867, managed by QLDC, with a rose garden, ice rink, disc golf, and conifer succession plan.

Quezon Memorial Circle

Quezon Memorial Circle, also known as Quezon City Circle, is a 27-hectare national park in Quezon City, Philippines, dedicated to President Manuel L. Quezon and housing his remains.

Rabbits Island

Rabbits Island (토끼섬) is a small artificial islet in Songdo Central Park's seawater canal, Incheon, South Korea, home to a wild rabbit colony seen by boat. Namesakes include Okunoshima, Japan's famous Rabbit Island.

Rajshahi Zoo

Rajshahi Zoo (Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman Central Park and Zoo, later Rajshahi Botanical Garden) is a 1972 municipal zoo in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, run by Rajshahi City Corporation since 1996, now largely animal-empty and slated for redevelopment as a safari park.

Regent's Park

The Regent's Park, a Grade I registered Royal Park in London designed by John Nash (1811–1828) on former Marylebone Park hunting land, opened to the public from 1835, home to Queen Mary's Gardens, London Zoo, and Primrose Hill.

Richmond Park

Richmond Park: largest of London's eight Royal Parks at 2,500 acres, a Charles I deer park enclosed by an eight-mile wall, now a National Nature Reserve with deer herds and protected St Paul's view.

Rizal Park

Rizal Park, also called Luneta or Bagumbayan, is a 58-hectare historic urban park in Ermita, Manila, site of Jose Rizal's 1896 execution and of the 14-meter Motto Stella monument holding his remains, administered by the NPDC.

Rock Garden of Chandigarh

Rock Garden of Chandigarh (Nek Chand's Rock Garden): a 25–40 acre sculpture garden in Chandigarh, India, built from waste materials in secret by road inspector Nek Chand, inaugurated 1976, now a major heritage tourist site.

Roe Deer Observation Center

Roe Deer Observation Center (제주 노루생태관찰원), a Jeju City ecological park opened August 3, 2007 in Bonggae-dong on Geochin Oreum, where about 220 wild roe deer roam 50 ha with a 2.6 km trail, feeding programs, and Korea's first live-mammal biotope conservation designation.

Rucker Park

Rucker Park (Holcombe Rucker Park), Harlem, NYC, at 155th Street and Eighth Avenue; legendary streetball court, home of the Entertainers Basketball Classic, NBPA-refurbished Greg Marius Court, and 2025 National Commemorative Site.

Sagadi Flower Garden

The Sagadi Flower Garden is the ornamental garden of Sagadi Manor in Sagadi village, Estonia, within Lahemaa National Park, featuring color-graded beds and nearly a hundred rose varieties.

Saint Philip Garden

Saint Philip Garden (Ġnien San Filippu, the General's Garden) is a 17th-century two-level public garden on St Philip Bastion in Floriana, Malta, with a citrus orchard, mature trees, the 1615 Wignacourt Fountain, and part of the Malta National Botanical Garden.

San Antonio River Walk

The San Antonio River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, is a linear park along the San Antonio River in Texas, built as a WPA project in 1939–1941.

Saqr Public Park

Saqr Public Park (حديقة صقر العامّة) is a large family park in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, opened in 1991 by Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, with a lake, pedal boats, rides, and a skatepark.

Schastye Est

Счастье есть ("Happiness exists"), park of culture and recreation in Kirovsky district, Perm (Zakamsk), opened 28 August 1971, renamed after a 2014 contest, 1.7 ha pine-forest park with Ferris wheel, run by MAUK PermPark, slated for 200-million-ruble 2027 redevelopment.

Seaside Park Soleil Hill

Seaside Park Soleil Hill (Nagai Uminote Park Soleil Hill, 長井海の手公園 ソレイユの丘) is a free-admission municipal park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; opened 2005 as Japan's first PFI urban park, renewed April 2023 with a 15 m athletic course, zip line, glamping, and dog areas.

SELION RISTA

SELION RISTA (セリオンリスタ) is a free glass-walled indoor park at Akita Port, opened 1995 next to Port Tower Selion; 2,304 m², themed on the Omono River and Sea of Japan, home to a famous udon vending machine.

Seoul Grand Park

서울대공원 (Seoul Grand Park) is a 9.13-million-m² park complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, opened May 1, 1984 when Changgyeongwon's zoo moved there; includes Seoul Zoo (first Asian AZA accreditation, 2019), botanical garden, Seoul Land, and MMCA.

Shalamar Gardens, Lahore

Shalamar Gardens (شالیمار باغ), also Shalimar Gardens, a 16-hectare Mughal garden in Lahore built by Shah Jahan 1641–1642 on three terraces with 410 fountains; UNESCO World Heritage Site 1981, in Danger 2000–2012.

Site of Reversible Destiny

Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park (養老天命反転地), an experimental art-architecture park by Arakawa and Madeline Gins in Gifu, Japan, opened 1995, 18,100 sq m, built to challenge the body and reverse destiny.

Square of Family, Love and Fidelity

Сквер Сямʼі, Любові і Вернасці (Square of Family, Love and Fidelity) is a public square in Soligorsk, Belarus, opened 1 September 2019, known for its Hen Ryaba children's art playground, fountains, and skate park.

Square with sculptures

Square with sculptures (Сквер з скульптурами) is a 24/7 public park on Prymorska Street 6А in Zatoka, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, with shade trees, benches, and photo sculptures near the Zatoka Lift Bridge.

St James's Park

St James's Park is London's oldest Royal Park, a c 32 ha Grade I registered park in Westminster formed under Henry VIII, redesigned by Andre Mollet for Charles II in 1660 and remodelled by John Nash in the 1820s.

St Stephen's Green

St Stephen's Green: 9-hectare Victorian public park in central Dublin, enclosed 1663–1664, redesigned by William Sheppard for Lord Ardilaun and reopened 27 July 1880; lake, fountains, 750 trees, 1916 Rising site.