The back story
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The back story
Hampstead and Highgate: the back story
Two hilltop villages on either side of the Heath, home to poets, artists and psychoanalysts, with Kenwood House between them.
Neighbourhood guide · the northern heights
Hampstead & Highgate: Our Favourites
Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill, Kenwood House, Freud’s house, 2 Willow Road, Highgate Cemetery and the old pubs of two hilltop villages.
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What to see and do
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Rembrandt on the Heath
Kenwood House
A neoclassical villa remodelled by Robert Adam on the northern edge of Hampstead Heath, with paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Gainsborough.
Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JRExplore View on map
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Freud’s couch
Freud Museum London
The Hampstead house where Sigmund Freud lived after fleeing Vienna in 1938, with his study and famous couch.
20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SXExplore View on map
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Hampstead’s own museum
Burgh House
A Queen Anne house of 1704 in the heart of Hampstead village, home to the Hampstead Museum and a café.
New End Square, NW3 1LTExplore View on map
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Victorian London’s garden of the dead
Highgate Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery on the hillside at Highgate, with Egyptian Avenue, the Circle of Lebanon and the tomb of Karl Marx.
Swain’s Lane, N6 6PJExplore View on map
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Ernő Goldfinger’s home
2 Willow Road
The modernist home that the architect Ernő Goldfinger designed for his family in Hampstead in 1939, now cared for by the National Trust.
2 Willow Road, NW3 1THExplore View on map
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About 3 miles
Hampstead to Highgate across the Heath
From Hampstead village across the Heath to Kenwood House and on to Highgate village and its cemetery.
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Wild London and Parliament Hill
Hampstead Heath
A great expanse of wild heath, woods and ponds in north London, managed by the City of London, with the view from Parliament Hill and Kenwood House.
Hampstead Heath, NW3Explore View on map
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Sofas in north London
Everyman Belsize Park
An Everyman cinema on Haverstock Hill in Belsize Park, with sofa seating and food and drink served to your seat.
203 Haverstock Hill, NW3 4QGExplore View on map
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About 3 miles
Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill
A walk across Hampstead Heath to the view from Parliament Hill and on to Kenwood House, starting from Hampstead or Gospel Oak.
Bars and nightlife
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A Hampstead hilltop pub
The Holly Bush
A cosy old pub on a steep lane in Hampstead village, with snug panelled rooms and open fires.
22 Holly Mount, NW3 6SGExplore View on map
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An old inn on the edge of the Heath
The Spaniards Inn
A historic coaching inn on Spaniards Road at the edge of Hampstead Heath, near Kenwood, with a large garden.
Spaniards Road, NW3 7JJExplore View on map
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A Highgate village pub
The Flask, Highgate
An old pub in Highgate village, with low rooms, a large front courtyard and a restaurant.
77 Highgate West Hill, N6 6BUExplore View on map
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