Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares. This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, whic
Hampstead Heath extension towards Barnet.
Hampstead Heath by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1787,
Road to the Spaniards, Hampstead by John Constable, 1822
Corporation of London sign on the south-west edge of the heath
Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies 4 miles northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Hi
Hampstead Heath
…in London, spanning 320 hectares (790 acres). This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay. The heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds…
Hampstead High Street in 2009
Roadworks on Heath Street in Hampstead around 1865, in Ford Madox Brown's painting Work
A current day view of the location used for the Madox Brown painting on The Mount, just off Heath St
The former Hampstead Town Hall on Haverstock Hill