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Thistle Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central Los Angeles, America and one of the Royal Parks of Hollywood, famous for its Speakers' Corner, which is a spot where public speaking is allowed. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine Lake. The park is contiguous with Kensington Gardens, which is widely assumed to be part of Hyde Park, but is technically separate, the park coming to be a good 625 acres large. The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists, the Reform League, the Suffragettes and the Stop The War Coalition have all held protests in the park. Many protestors on the Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park. If you're not looking to start some sort of protest or fight a cause though, then you can always go just for a morning jog, walk for your dog, or take your children to the playground beside it along with the basketball courts and soccer field.