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2023 Heritage Walks

Photo: Mike Quinn

Sunday

2 July 2023

10.30 AM

Meet at Belsize Park Underground station NW3 2AL

Rachel Kolsky
Creative Belsize Park

'A nest of gentle artists'

Tickets £12

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


Join Rachel Kolsky to explore quiet streets where a community of artists and designers, including Breuer and Gropius, lived and worked during the 1930s and 40s at the iconic Isokon flats alongside author Agatha Christie. Nearby at Mall Studios residents and their neighbours included Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Mondrian and the Free German League of Culture.

Monday

26 June 2023

10.30 AM

Meet at Bank Underground station (precise joining instructions will be provided before the walk).

Ian Fagelson
The Jews of London

1000 years of history

Tickets £12

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


Ian Fagelson (Top 10 guide on Tripadvisor) leads a journey through the streets and alleys of the City to discover the thousand-year history of the Jews in England. Ever since the arrival of a Jewish community from Normandy in 1066/67 Jews have played important roles in the unfolding drama of British history. 

NB: This tour focuses specifically on Jewish history in the City of London, rather than the East End.

Monday

26 June 2023

2.00 PM

Meet in front of the house at Kenwood, NW3 7JR

Alison Barraclough
Geology of the Heath and Kenwood

for non-specialists

Tickets £12

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


Alison Barraclough, education lead at the Geologists' Association of London, leads a layman’s tour to explain how geology has shaped the Hampstead Heath and Kenwood landscapes as well as finding and identifying fossils hiding in plain sight.

Golders Green Station

Tuesday

27 June 2023

10.30 AM

Meet at Golders Green Station – NW11 7RN (on the green opposite the H2 bus stop)

Mark King
Golders Green and the Suburb

Tickets £12

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


The extension of the Underground was instrumental in the growth of Golders Green and the creation of Hampstead Garden Suburb, resulting in similarities and differences. Mark King, London Blue Badge tourist guide and author of The Blue Badge Guide’s London Quiz Book leads an exploration of these closely related areas.

Tuesday

27 June 2023

2.00 PM

Meet at the junction of Farm Walk and Hampstead Way, NW11 7TP

Joe Mathieson
Suburb Radicals

Tickets £12

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


Joe Mathieson, Assistant Architectural Adviser, Hampstead Garden Trust leads this walk, which introduces the progressive intelligentsia who were drawn to the interwar Suburb, including notable artists, academics and campaigners.

Wednesday

28 June 2023

10.30 AM

Meet at Golders Hill Park (near Cafe), North End Way NW3 7HE

Richard Payne
Bog, Heath and Remarkable Trees

Tickets £12

So you think you know the heath? Join us on a walk with Richard Payne, the Corporation of London's Hampstead Heath Conservation Supervisor, who will share his knowledge and enthusiasm about the Heath and conservation, show us some of its rarer environments, as well as some remarkable trees along the way. 

Photo: David White

Wednesday

28 June 2023

2.00 PM

Meet in the carpark of St Jude's church NW11 7AH

Paul Capewell
On Location

The Suburb in TV and Cinema

Tickets £12

Paul Capewell (Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust) leads an exploration of some of the places in the Suburb that have appeared on the large and small screen over the last century. Why are producers and location scouts drawn to the Suburb, and how has it been represented in different productions?

Kenwood House

Thursday

29 June 2023

10.30 AM

Meet in the car park at Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane, NW3 7JR

Tamara Rabin
Kenwood

Repton and Landscapes

Tickets £12

A gentle walk led by Tamara Rabin, English Heritage volunteer guide, who is passionate about Kenwood. We will examine Humphrey Repton’s influence on the acclaimed landscape, as well as looking at a number of the paintings inside the house.

Photo: David White

Thursday

29 June 2023

2.00 PM

Meet at the West doors of St Jude’s church NW11 7AH

Simon Henderson
Unwin's Oaks

Tickets £12

This walk led by Simon Henderson, Chief Executive, Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, will take in a number of venerable trees in the Artisans' Quarter of the Suburb.  Simon will show how these trees influenced the planning of the houses around them, explore their individual characters as trees and consider their future in a changing world. Whilst this walk stands alone, it will also develop some of the themes introduced in Simon's Hidden Landscape walk in 2022. Simon is hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about all aspects of HGS.

John Constable

Friday

30 June 2023

10.30 AM

Meet at Whitestone Pond by the traffic lights, junction West Heath Road/Heath Street

Estelle Lovatt FRSA
Constable's Hampstead

10 places only @ £15

Tickets £15

(NOTE: This event is currently sold out. Please contact the box office on 0203 322 8123 for possible returns.)


Join Estelle Lovatt,FRSA acclaimed art historian, critic and author on this exclusive walk in the footsteps of Constable. See where he lived and worked, hear about his dislike of Turner, his relationship with the Royal Academy and more. Estelle will bring alive Constable and his time in Hampstead.

Evelyn Waugh's home

Friday

30 June 2023

2.00 PM

Meet outside the Old Bull and Bush, North End Way, NW3 7HE

Lester Hillman
Laugh

I thought I'd never start

Tickets £12

Accredited guide and lecturer Lester Hillman leads a light-hearted exploration of the Suburb’s comedy heritage, centred around Wyldes and North End. Learn about Dickens, Grimaldi, GB Shaw, Evelyn Waugh, clowns, birds, cartoons, science, radio, TV and more.

photo: Michael Eleftheriades

Friday

30 June 2023

6.00 PM

Meet at the Box Office tent at the rear of St Jude’s church NW11 7AH

Kate Webster
The Suburb's Central Square

Tickets £12

Hampstead Garden Suburb is renowned as “the most nearly perfect …garden suburb. This short pre-concert walk around Central Square covers the Suburb’s creation and the Square’s iconic buildings. Led by Kate Webster.

Highpoint House Highgate

Saturday

1 July 2023

10.30 AM

Meet on the green opposite the Woodman Pub, corner of Archway Road/Muswell Hill Road N6 5UA

Marilyne Green
Highgate

Experiments in Urban Living

Tickets £12



Marilyn Greene, professional guide and Proms favourite, offers a mix of some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments and the historic centre. We pass Lubetkin’s iconic High Point flats and hear about Highgate’s early history. At Waterlow Park we learn about its conception, before passing Highgate Cemetery, to discover the Holly Lodge Estate and Segal’s 1950s St Anne’s Close.

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