Rowland Hill

Rowland Hill is a memorial in Camden, Greater London, England. Rowland Hill is situated near the pub The George, as well as near Heath Strange Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Stephen’s Church and Royal Free Hospital.

St Stephen’s Church

Arts center

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Stephen's is a former church building in Hampstead, London. It is sited on Rosslyn Hill at its junction with Pond Street, a steep slope adjacent to the Royal Free Hospital, and held up to 1,200 worshippers at its peak. St Stephen’s Church is situated 350 feet northwest of Rowland Hill.

Royal Free Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Royal Free Hospital is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and a number of other sites. Royal Free Hospital is situated 480 feet northeast of Rowland Hill.

Hampstead Heath railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hampstead Heath is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on South End Road in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. Situated between Finchley Road & Frognal and Gospel Oak stations, the station is in London fare zone 2. Hampstead Heath railway station is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Rowland Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belsize Park and Hampstead.

Belsize Park

Suburb

Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsize Park is a residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, in the inner north-west of London, England. The streets are lined with Georgian and Victorian villas and mews houses.

Hampstead

Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hampstead is a district of north inner London. The key sights are a wealth of under-stated historical attractions, and the magnificent open spaces of Hampstead Heath.

Gospel Oak

Suburb

Photo: Mrs628, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gospel Oak is an area of north west London in the London Borough of Camden at the very south of Hampstead Heath. The neighbourhood is positioned between Hampstead to the north-west, Dartmouth Park to the north-east, Kentish Town to the south-east, and Belsize Park to the south-west.

Rowland Hill

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Sir Rowland Hill, K. C. B. (1795–1859) Originator of the Penny Post lived here”
Category: historic site
Location: Camden, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.55249° or 51° 33′ 9″ north

Longitude

-0.1674° or 0° 10′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C3XHR2M+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5753060469

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The George and Heath Strange Garden.

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Places to explore: Haverstock Hill / Pond Street and KFC.

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