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.
Sir Sydney Waterlow gave this park to the public in 1889 as ‘a garden for the gardenless’ which is how we like to use it. Skirting Highgate Cemetery, Waterlow park is much quieter than the Heath, although there are fantastic views over London up where Sydney’s statue is placed, along with beautiful grounds which have a somewhat Edward Gorey feel about them. There are also tennis courts, a kitchen garden, playgrounds and a cafe and in the summer the park occasionally opens its grounds in the evening for children’s plays.
