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Street-by-Street: Hampstead

Perched awkwardly on a hilltop, with its broad heath to
the north, Hampstead has kept its village atmosphere
and sense of being outside the city. This has attracted
artists and writers since Georgian times and has made
it one of London’s most desirable residential areas.
Its mansions and town houses are perfectly maintained
and a stroll through Hampstead’s Old Bull and Bush
This pub on the edge of the Heath was
narrow streets is a former haunt for writers and artists.
one of London’s To Old Bull
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8 . Hampstead Heath
A welcome retreat from the city, its
broad open spaces include bathing
ponds, meadows and lakes. A D M I R A L ’ S W A L K
Grove Lodge was
home to novelist John
Galsworthy (1867–
1933), author of The
Forsyte Saga, for the last
15 years of his life.
Whitestone Pond
takes its name from
the old white
milestone nearby. It Admiral’s House
is 7 km (4.5 miles) dates from about 1700.
from Holborn Built for a sea captain,
(see pp136–45). its name derives from
its external maritime
motifs. No admiral ever
actually lived in it.
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3 . Fenton House
Summer visitors should seek out
this late 17th-century house and
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its exquisite walled garden, which
0 yards 100 are well hidden in the jumble of
streets near the Heath.

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