Hyde Park is one of London’s great open spaces and a quiet backdrop to Douglas Adams’ world. It’s near several key *Hitchhiker’s Guide*–related locations, including The Berkeley, Park Tower Hotel, and Harrods.
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Adams often walked through Hyde Park, and it’s easy to imagine him forming ideas there — about Earth’s improbable beauty and its even more improbable inhabitants. In the whimsical geography of *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy*, Hyde Park could easily double as a launch site for Arthur Dent’s final towel test, or a picnic spot before planetary demolition.
The park’s vast lawns and lake offer the sort of everyday wonder Adams celebrated — proof that the universe’s marvels don’t all require a spaceship to see.
