Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There:
Hampstead Heath is just a 20-minute Tube ride from downtown Lon-
don. The handiest Tube stop is the one called Hampstead (on the convenient Northern
line/Edgware branch, which runs north to south through London's city center). This stop
is in the middle of the charming village of Hampstead, from which it's about a 10-minute,
gently uphill walk—passing pubs and homes—to the park. The station called Hampstead
Heath, directly at the southern tip of the park, is on the less convenient Overground line;
however, bus #24 easily (though slowly) connects Victoria Station and downtown London
(including Trafalgar Square) with the Hampstead Heath stop.
Hampstead Heath combines well with a visit to the fun and funky Camden Lock Mar-
ket (see
here
), which is on both the Northern Tube line and the bus #24 route.
Located in the tea-cozy-cute village of Highgate, north of the city, this Victorian cemetery
represents a fascinating, offbeat piece of London history. Built as a private cemetery, this
was the fashionable place to bury the wealthy dead in the late 1800s. It has themed mauso-
leums, professional mourners, and several high-profile residents in its East Cemetery, in-
cluding Karl Marx, George Eliot, and Douglas Adams. The tomb of “Godfather of Punk”
Malcolm McLaren (former manager of the Sex Pistols) is often covered with rotten veg-
gies.
