Category: Hampstead Garden Suburb

The Bishops Avenue, N2

The Bishops Avenue (“Billionaires’ Row”) is a prestigious road connecting East Finchley with the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane).

Meadway Gate, NW11

Meadway Gate marks the western end of Meadway as it joins Temple Fortune Lane.

Waterlow Court, NW11

Waterlow Court was designed for ’businesswomen’ by Baillie Scott.

Corringway, NW11

Corringway included a unique Hampstead Garden Suburb feature – a large block of garages (now demolished)

Willifield Way, NW11

Willifield Way runs south from ‘Crickmer Circus’ to meet Hampstead Way before the junction with Meadway.

South Square, NW11

South Square is the name of the southern part of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Central Square, NW11

Central Square was the original centre of Hampstead Garden Suburb due to the further development of the Suburb in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now located towards the west.

Wyldes

Wyldes by George Barnard (watercolour) Following the path to the left, after leaving Stow House, we come to a quiet corner of the Heath, and to an ancient dwelling. Collins’s later in the century, Tooley’s Farm is in the present day a private residence, being bereft of its pastures, the more distant of which have …

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Elephant Field

The grazing elephants of Hampstead Garden Suburb…

Turners Wood, NW11

Turner’s Wood, built in 1916, was the final road of the original Hampstead Garden Suburb before the First World War brought work to an end.