Best places to see daffodils in London for spring 2026

From royal parks to quiet corners, London has plenty of places to stroll past thousands of daffodils and feel spring has arrived.

St James’s Park, Westminster, is known for big sweeps of daffodils by the lake and towards Buckingham Palace.

St James’s Park in London, one of the key places for spring daffodil displays near Buckingham Palace. (Image: NQ)

Green Park, Westminster, has no formal flowerbeds, but thousands of naturalised daffodils pop up between the trees each spring.

Kensington Gardens (and the edges of Hyde Park), W8/W2, has big spring displays near Kensington Palace, the Sunken Garden and along the Serpentine.

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Holland Park, W8, has a “Daffodil Lawn” between the Kyoto Garden and Holland House for a concentrated hit of yellow.

Hampton Court Palace Wilderness Garden, KT8, fills with daffodils among blossom trees each spring (paid entry on normal days).​

The gardens at Hampton Court Palace, a spring destination highlighted for daffodils in its Wilderness area. (Image: NQ)

Osterley Park and House, TW7, is a National Trust estate with wide, daffodil-filled gardens and farmland.

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Bushy Park Woodland Gardens, near Hampton Court, TW11, brings cherry blossom and carpets of daffodils by the Woodland Gardens and the Pheasantry café.

Trent Country Park (Daffodil Crescent), Enfield, EN4 – A broad lawn in front of Trent Park House becomes a dense daffodil carpet each year, officially called Daffodil Crescent.​

Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, EC1, has fewer blooms, but its clumps of daffodils and other spring bulbs sit eerily among historic gravestones.