Guidebook for London
Places to eat
Treat yourself to a great hot meal after a walk. Good value.
Great pasta - especially vongole or bolognese
Good pit stop for kids, caffeine stop for adults
Read the local paper, sit inside or out
8 locals recommend
Parliament Hill Cafe
Highgate RoadTreat yourself to a great hot meal after a walk. Good value.
Great pasta - especially vongole or bolognese
Good pit stop for kids, caffeine stop for adults
Read the local paper, sit inside or out
Cosy little place, good for a nice dinner.
A little bit special but not overpriced.
19 locals recommend
Lena's Cafe' 2
267 W End LnCosy little place, good for a nice dinner.
A little bit special but not overpriced.
Great sourdough bread! Wheat, rye, all sorts.. About £2.50 for a quarter of a huge loaf. I usually ask for it thinly sliced as it is pretty dense.
151 locals recommend
Le Pain Quotidien
70 Parsons Green LnGreat sourdough bread! Wheat, rye, all sorts.. About £2.50 for a quarter of a huge loaf. I usually ask for it thinly sliced as it is pretty dense.
Oliver's Fish & Chips
95 Haverstock HillGood slightly up market chippy. 15 mins walk.
Local pubs
A proper old fashioned pub, noisy but nice.
A changing selection of ales and ciders.
Pork pies with piccalilli, roast pork and apple sauce baps, scotch eggs.
Live music. Friendly quiz night Mondays.
56 locals recommend
Southampton Arms
139 Highgate RdA proper old fashioned pub, noisy but nice.
A changing selection of ales and ciders.
Pork pies with piccalilli, roast pork and apple sauce baps, scotch eggs.
Live music. Friendly quiz night Mondays.
It takes about 45 mins to walk here and it is uphill, so you can work up an appetite on the way. New improved cuisine. Fun to walk back across the Heath in the dark. Take a torch and don't be nervous!
68 locals recommend
The Spaniards Inn (Stop) station
It takes about 45 mins to walk here and it is uphill, so you can work up an appetite on the way. New improved cuisine. Fun to walk back across the Heath in the dark. Take a torch and don't be nervous!
The Bull & Last
168 Highgate RdLocal landmarks
Local corner shop. Wide selection of basic groceries as well as posh. Wine beer etc. Some days the veg is superb, some days not so superb, depending on deliveries. Good value big tubs of plain yogurt.
6 locals recommend
Duzce Supermarket
47 Barbauld RdLocal corner shop. Wide selection of basic groceries as well as posh. Wine beer etc. Some days the veg is superb, some days not so superb, depending on deliveries. Good value big tubs of plain yogurt.
Fun cheap local market, stretching along Queen's crescent from Malden Road to Grafton Road. Open Thursday and Saturday till 3/4pm. A must for bargain clothes and cloth. Also Asian food (vegetables).
6 locals recommend
Queens Crescent
Queens CrescentFun cheap local market, stretching along Queen's crescent from Malden Road to Grafton Road. Open Thursday and Saturday till 3/4pm. A must for bargain clothes and cloth. Also Asian food (vegetables).
Nearest casualty department. Enter at Lower ground floor level from pond street LhS
20 locals recommend
M&S Royal Free Hospital
Yeomans WayNearest casualty department. Enter at Lower ground floor level from pond street LhS
Arts & Culture
You mustn't miss Kenwood! An amazing house, inside (Vermeer, Rembrandt) and out, in an amazing location. Great food but pricey and very popular on a sunny weekend. Get there early to avoid the queues.
154 locals recommend
Kenwood House
You mustn't miss Kenwood! An amazing house, inside (Vermeer, Rembrandt) and out, in an amazing location. Great food but pricey and very popular on a sunny weekend. Get there early to avoid the queues.
Little museum house with a lovely garden where John Keats lived as a young man. It was here that he fell in love with the girl next door and wrote Ode to a Nightingale and other romantic poems. A gem.
63 locals recommend
Keats House
10 Keats GroveLittle museum house with a lovely garden where John Keats lived as a young man. It was here that he fell in love with the girl next door and wrote Ode to a Nightingale and other romantic poems. A gem.
Other food shops recommended
10 mins down the road, a particularly good place to buy fresh meat and fish. Other things too... but watch the prices - they add up!
25 locals recommend
M&S Hampstead Simply Food
10 mins down the road, a particularly good place to buy fresh meat and fish. Other things too... but watch the prices - they add up!
Entertainment & Activities
Wonderful little piece of countryside in the city. Children can learn all about where our animal and vegetable food comes from. Pigs, chickens, sheep, cows. Allotments.Pony rides on Sunday mornings.
15 locals recommend
Kentish Town City Farm
1 Cressfield ClWonderful little piece of countryside in the city. Children can learn all about where our animal and vegetable food comes from. Pigs, chickens, sheep, cows. Allotments.Pony rides on Sunday mornings.
Parliament Hill Fields Lido
Gordon House RoadKenwood Ladies' Bathing Pond
Mixed Bathing Pond
Hampstead Heath