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unusual facts about The Royal Parks



Royal Parks of London

They are managed by The Royal Parks (an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) and are policed by the Royal Parks Operational Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police (the English section of the previous force policing the parks, the Royal Parks Constabulary, has been abolished).


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Kew Constabulary

Although the Kew Constabulary were a separate organisation to the Royal Parks Constabulary, they had police powers in the Royal Parks until the original Parks Regulations 1872 were amended by Section 162 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Royal Parks of London

The Royal Parks Agency manages the Royal Parks under powers derived from section 22 of the Crown Lands Act 1851.

Thomas Arundell of Wardour Castle

He was twice High Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset (1531), was keeper of the royal parks in Dorset, and in 1539 sat on the Council of the West with his father.