“From super swanky to laid back and low-key, there are lots of lovely places to lunch near the Serpentine.”

Head to Min Jiang in the Royal Garden Hotel for delicious dim sum with a leafy view, to Bar Boulud for a burger or quick bite at the bar, or to the Champagne bar at Fifth Floor at Harvey Nichols for a liquid lunch. If you want to be outdoors but without the cyclists, tourists, rollerbladers and screaming children of Hyde Park, the nearby Roof Gardens provides several intimate green spaces as well as fabulous food downstairs at Babylon. Wander down to Zuma to sample the most delicious and sought after Japanese in London, or on to Yashin behind High Street Kensington for wonderful sushi (with a lower price tag). And if the sun is shining, you could keep it simple with a picnic in the park, popping into Clarke's to pick up some goodies on the way.