In northwest London at one of its highest points, Hampstead Heath contains the largest area of common land in the capital. Here you can escape the Big Smoke and enjoy fantastic walks, picnics, swimming, tennis, running and kite flying, as well as the great pubs, restaurants, shops and architecture of the surrounding areas. These areas range from the slightly scrappy Archway (where we’re based hence our bias towards the East side of the Heath), to the very well-to-do climes of Hampstead - whose former residents include George Orwell, Piet Mondrian, Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, John Keats and Henry Moore - and everything in between. With so many fantastic places to visit, our guide is just the tip of the iceberg, so we encourage you to go and explore!
Magical Aladdin’s Cave of doll’s house furniture, toys, board games, marbles, collectables, kites, miniatures and automata.
Perfect French wine bar serving delicious seasonal food alongside fantastic signature dishes.
Great food market stocking a variety of tasty picnic supplies perfect for a picnic spread.
Continue west on your walk from Kenwood via the Pergola and Hill Garden to this landscaped park which houses a cafe, zoo, butterfly house, bandstand and tennis courts. We don’t normally venture this far on our walks but think it’s worth the trip to see Jake & Dinos Chapman’s The Good, the Bad and The Ugly; three steel dinosaurs that loom out of the bushes. They were previously on display in the City near the Gherkin and are here on temporary loan.
