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Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares. This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from to , which rests on a band of London Clay.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Kenwood House and Parliament Hill.

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is a stately home in , London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The present house, built in the late 17th century, was remodelled in the 18th century for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield by Scottish architect Robert Adam, serving as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield until the 20th century.

Peak
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is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west . The hill, which is 98 metres high, is notable for its views of the capital's skyline.

Railway station
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Hampstead Heath is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on South End Road in in the . Situated between and stations, the station is in London fare zone 2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holly Lodge Estate and North End.

Neighborhood
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The is a housing estate in , .

Quarter
is located on the northern edge of , just south of . For much of its existence it was a rural hamlet but is now part of suburban London. Hampstead Heath lies both east and west of the settlement, while is to its northeast connected by Hampstead Way.

Suburb
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is a suburban area of north in the , and . The area is at the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath, 4.5 miles north-northwest of .

Hampstead Heath

Latitude
51.56415° or 51° 33′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.16446° or 0° 9′ 52″ west
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Open location code
9C3XHR7P+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 664755005
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
6618525
Wiki­data ID
Q1570958
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Hampstead Heath” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Basque: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Belarusian: “Хэмпстэд-Хіт”
  • Bengali: “হ্যাম্পস্টেড হিথ”
  • Catalan: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Cebuano: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Chinese: “漢普斯特德荒野”
  • Czech: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Danish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Dutch: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Finnish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • French: “Hampstead Heath”
  • German: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Hebrew: “המפסטד הית‘”
  • Hebrew: “המפסטד הית’”
  • Hungarian: “Hampstead park”
  • Irish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Italian: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Japanese: “ハムステッド・ヒース”
  • Japanese: “ハンプステッド荒野”
  • Korean: “햄프스티드 히스”
  • Macedonian: “Хемпстед Хит”
  • Malay: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Norwegian: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Persian: “همپستد هیث”
  • Persian: “همپستید هیث”
  • Polish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Russian: “Хампстед-Хит”
  • Russian: “Хэмпстед-Хит”
  • Spanish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Swedish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Turkish: “Hampstead Heath”
  • Ukrainian: “Гемпстед-гіт”
  • Ukrainian: “Хемпстед-хіт”
  • Welsh: “Hampstead Heath”
  • “Hampstead Heath”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hampstead Heath”. Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.