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Kenwood house walk

Highgate, London, England

Kenwood house walk

Length3.6 mi
Elev. Gain413.3 ft
Est. Steps8000

Trail

Created by boyzwood 5a
Introduction
Kenwood house walk is a 3.6 mile (8,000-step) route located near Highgate, London, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 413.3 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
Easy walk through the woods fields etc

Kenwood House

Tourist Attraction
Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home, in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The house was originally constructed in the 17th century and served as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield through the 18th and 19th centuries. Part of the estate was bought by the Guinness family in the early 20th century, and the whole property and grounds came under ownership of the London County Council and was open to the public by the end of the 1920s.

Hampstead Heath

Park
Hampstead Heath (locally known simply as the Heath) is a large, ancient London heath, covering 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, and a training track, and it adjoins the former stately home of Kenwood House and its estate.

Gospel Oak railway station

Building
Gospel Oak railway station is in the London Borough of Camden in north London. It is on the North London Line (NLL) and is also the western passenger terminus of the Gospel Oak to Barking Line - known informally as GOBLIN. Passengers using Oyster cards are required to tap on interchange Oyster card readers when changing between the two lines.

Lissenden Gardens

Building
Lissenden Gardens is a small inner urban area in north London in the London Borough of Camden at the very south east of Hampstead Heath.

Hampstead Heath Ponds

Place
Hampstead Heath has some thirty ponds on or adjacent to it. The main Hampstead Heath Ponds were originally dug in the 17th and 18th centuries as reservoirs to meet London's growing water demand. These main ponds are divided in to two groups: the three Hampstead Ponds (West Heath Side) and the eight Highgate Ponds (East Heath Side).

Parliament Hill Lido

Sports
Parliament Hill Lido, Parliament Hill Fields, Gordon House Road, Hampstead Heath, north London, is next to Gospel Oak railway station. The lido, also known as Hampstead Heath Lido, is a public unheated open air swimming pool, open for 12 months a year. It first opened in 1938.

Parliament Hill, London

Mountain
Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west London. The hill, which is 98 metres (322 ft) high, is notable for its views of the capital's skyline. The Houses of Parliament, which are 6 1⁄4 miles (10.1 km) south of Parliament Hill in the City of Westminster, can be seen from the summit, although construction in the intermediate parts of London has partly obscured them.

Parliament Hill School

School
Parliament Hill School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in the Borough of Camden in London, England. In 2013, there were 1,250 students on roll, between the ages of 11 and 18.

Hampstead Heath Woods

Place
Hampstead Heath Woods is a 16.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It is in two separate areas within Hampstead Heath, North Wood between Kenwood House and Hampstead Lane, and the larger Ken Wood, south of Kenwood House.The site has many old and over-mature trees, and extensive dead wood which provides a habitat for invertebrates, including the nationally rare jewel beetle Agrilus pannonicus.

The Island of Ham

Place
The Island of Ham is a semi-fictional location which is a central location in the plot of the novel The Book of Dave by Will Self. Set in a flooded future Britain, the Island of Ham is what remains of Hampstead.
Comments
boyzwood 5a
2019/10/24
This is a great walk but the times a lot less I didn’t pause the app whilst we ate
Faur
2021/08/28
Hi
Route Details

Length

3.6 mi

Elev. Gain

413.3 ft

Est. Steps

8000
Created by
boyzwood 5a
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