Inyoka, ILa Serpentina (eyaziwa nangokuthi uMfula iSerpentina) iyichibi lokuzilibazisa elingamahektare ayi-28 Hyde Park, ILondon, yadalwa ngo-1730 futhi yathatha igama layo kusuka esimweni sayo sobunyoka emajikeni ayo.
Ngo-1730 iNdlovukazi uCaroline, unkosikazi kaGeorge II, wayalela ukwakhiwa kwamadamu eMfuleni iWestbourne eHyde Park njengengxenye yokwakhiwa kabusha okujwayelekile kweHyde Park neKensington Gardens. Ngaleso sikhathi, iWestbourne yayenze amachibi emvelo ayishumi nanye epaki.
Ngawo-1730, leli chibi laligcwele usayizi walo nokuma kwawo kwamanje. Ukulungiswa kabusha kwenziwa ngumlimi wensimu uCharles Bridgeman, obequkethe iWestbourne ukudala ichibi elenziwe ngabantu, waphinde wemba ichibi elikhulu maphakathi neKensington Gardens (ichibi eliyindilinga) ukuze libe yindawo yokuhamba ezindleleni zepaki .
ILa Serpentina ibingelinye lamachibi okuqala enziwe ngabantu aklanyelwe ukubukeka engokwemvelo futhi alingiswa kabanzi emapaki nasezivandeni ezweni lonke. Ekugcineni kwayo esenyakatho kunemithombo emihlanu ezungezwe izithombe ezibaziwe nezithombe ezibaziweyo, le ndawo yaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi yizingadi zase-Italy.
Itshe lesikhumbuzo elikhulu lethusi lika-Edward Jenner, umakhi womuthi wokugoma wanamuhla, libusa kule ndawo futhi ekuqaleni lalikhona eTrafalgar Square ngo-1858, kepha ngemuva kweminyaka emine layiswa lapho likhona.
Ngenxa yemvelo yayo engonakalisiwe, yakha indawo ebalulekile yezilwane zasendle futhi iqokwe njengendawo yokugcina izinyoni. Kukhona futhi ichibi elingunxande ebhange laseningizimu elavulwa ngo-1930. Laziwa njengeLido Lansbury, futhi lihlukaniswe nelinye lonke leli chibi ngomjikelezo wamaboys. Kunemali yokufaka iLido, futhi amakamelo okushintsha ayatholakala futhi avulwa kuphela ehlobo, imvamisa kungu-10: 00-17: 30 pm. Kukhona nezikebhe ezitholakalayo zomthetho.