Hyde Park is a large park in Sydney, on the eastern side of the Sydney CBD and is part of a group of parklands extending north through Government House to the Harbour. It is an approximate rectangle, confined to the west by Elizabeth Street, the east by College Street, the north by St James Road and Prince Albert Road and in the south by Liverpool Street.

It features well-kept gardens with approximately 600 trees and is famed for its magnificent fig tree lined avenues, but in 2005 a number of disease-affected trees were discovered and felled. Later investigation found a significant number of the trees were infected with fungi. It is anticipated about 230 diseased trees will be removed and replaced.

Features of the Park
Archibald Fountain
Designed by François Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to the Great War in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St. James railway station.

Anzac Memorial
At the southern end is the ANZAC War Memorial and the 'Pool of Reflections' and the entrances to the Museum railway station. A monument consisting of a 104-millimetre gun from the German light cruiser SMS Emden stands at the south-eastern, Oxford Street entry to the park.

On the Elizabeth Street side, at the Bathurst Street entrance is a 125 foot Obelisk decorated with Egyptian features (See opposite). It was erected in 1857 and unveiled by the then Mayor, George Thornton, but is actually a sewer vent, and was soon nick-named 'Thornton's Scent Bottle'.

Sandringham Gardens
These attractive are on the eastern side, near the intersection of Park and College Streets.

Surrounding the park are the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St. James Church, Hyde Park Barracks and Sydney Hospital to the north, St. Mary's Cathedral, the Australian Museumand Sydney Grammar School to the east, the Downing Centre to the south, the David Jones Limited flagship store and the Sydney central business district to the west. It is bisected through the middle by the east-west running Park Street.