A walk around Hampstead...

My first series of blogs will take a look around London's favourite 'Hampstead".Walk with me around some of the amazing buildings which make this unique part of the city, the map below will act as our guide.

To most Londoners, Hampstead needs little introduction. Hampstead Heath is a popular destination for those seeking green spaces and wild swimming all year round.

Hampstead itself has a village-like atmosphere which has long captivated the hearts of artists, writers, and intellectuals. Its wealth, impressive architecture, and charming shops continues to draw an exclusive resident base. More prime ministers and millionaires have lived in Hampstead than anywhere else in the United Kingdom, creating a rich architectural legacy over the last 300 years.

Hampstead’s  history is intertwined with the Heath and the natural waters which flow through it. The Heath is London’s largest open space, which was brought into public ownership through the Heath and Hampstead Society and its influential residents. The Heath and Hampstead providing a unique set piece we can all enjoy today.

"For most of us, the first impression of London is shaped by our own walks through Hampstead.” Virginia Woolf

Key to the map ...

1. Keat’s House

2. 2 Willow Road

3. Isokon

4. St. John Downshire Hill

5. Rosslyn Chapel

6. The Freud Museum

7. La Crêperie de Hampstead

8. St. John’s Church and Church Row

9. Flask Walk/The Flask

10. Well Walk/Constable’s House/Burgh House/Wells Tavern

11. The logs

12. Old Parish Lock-up

13. Christ Church

14. St. Mary’s Church

15. Fenton House/Grove Road

16. Admiral’s House

17. TheHolly Bush/Romney’s House

18. The Hill Garden & Pergola

19. Kenwood House

20. Spaniard’s Inn

21. Jack Straw’s Castle

22. Parliament Hill view

23. Highpoint

24. Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution

25. Hampstead Heath ponds

Further reading

1. Beautiful Bay Window Detail

2. Hampstead High Street

3. Gas Light

4. Clock, Hampstead

5. Keats Home

6. Parliament Hill

7. Fenton House

8. The Logs

9. Admiral House

10. Isokon

11. Romney’s House

12. The Wells Tavern

13. Hampstead Lock-Up

14. St. Mary’s Church

15. The Freud Museum

16. 2 Willow Road

17. Heath Street

18. Holly Bush

19. Hill Garden and Pergola

20. Church Row

21. St. John Downshire Hill

22. Well Walk

23. Hampstead Heath Ponds

24. Jack Straw’s Castle

25. The Flask

26. Spaniards Inn

27. Hampstead Grove

28. Highpoint I & II

29. The Flask — alternative drawing

30. La Crêperie

31. Christ Church

32. Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel

33. John Constable House

34. Burgh House

35. Perrins Court

36. Kenwood House