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Plaza de España, Seville
Plaza de España, Seville: monumental semicircular complex in María Luisa Park, built 1914–1929 by Aníbal González for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition; provincial ceramic benches, 515 m canal, four bridges, BIC since 2023.
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.
Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park is Glasgow's largest park and only country park, a 146-hectare former Maxwell estate on the White Cart Water, holding Pollok House (1750-52) and the Burrell Collection museum, gifted to the city in 1966 and designated a country park in 1980-81.
Pori National Urban Park
Pori National Urban Park is a protected park in Pori, Finland, confirmed in 2002 as the country's second national urban park, built around the Kokemäenjoki River.
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.
Public park
Public park: publicly owned, free-access urban green space for recreation and nature. Known as public gardens or pleasure grounds; Victorian-era origin, 27,000 parks in Britain, six quality types, documented access inequities.
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.
Robert Moses
Robert Moses (1888–1981), New York's unelected master builder, shaped the city and state through parks, bridges, highways, pools, and authorities; famous for The Power Broker controversy and his battles with Jane Jacobs.
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.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway: 1.5-mile linear park in downtown Boston created atop the Big Dig tunnels after the elevated Central Artery was removed; managed since 2008 by the nonprofit Greenway Conservancy, with fountains, carousel, public art, and food trucks.
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.