Hampstead Heath

Love the idea of Hampstead Heath and C looks very cute, bundled up in his buggie.

New Year's Day The List Writer 2008

The most lofty site in the immediate vicinity of London is the tavern called Jack Straw's Castle, on the brow of Hampstead Heath, which is 443 feet above the Thames.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 Various

We have just received intelligence that another child, missed last night, was only discovered late in the morning under a furze bush at the Shooter's Hill side of Hampstead Heath, which is, perhaps, less frequented than the other parts.

Dracula 1897

We have just received intelligence that another child, missed last night, was only discovered late in the morning under a furze bush at the Shooter’s Hill side of Hampstead Heath, which is perhaps, less frequented than the other parts.

Dracula 2003

Hay-Wain "(shown on the next page) and" Hampstead Heath, "both now in the National Gallery.]

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 Various

I was out walking the dog on Hampstead Heath yesterday and it was just there on top of some leaves, as though someone had just left it.

Kaiser Chiefs ... but under your control 2011

Already, viewed from what was supposed to be, even when Prescott destroyed it, a protected – even iconic – view from Hampstead Heath in north London, the Shard, "rising confidently up to the heavens", has, as predicted by all its opponents, reduced Christopher Wren's elderly competitor to an earthbound, fussy-looking nuisance.

Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011

Already, viewed from what was supposed to be, even when Prescott destroyed it, a protected – even iconic – view from Hampstead Heath in north London, the Shard, "rising confidently up to the heavens", has, as predicted by all its opponents, reduced Christopher Wren's elderly competitor to an earthbound, fussy-looking nuisance.

Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011

London in smog, seen from the edge of Hampstead Heath on Easter weekend, 2011.

Pollutionwatch: Easter smog in the UK 2011

A young lady called Jackie, who approached her at the women's pond at Hampstead Heath fared much better in that regard.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011