Search results
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
- How to Get to Highgate
- What Are The Best Things to See in Highgate?
- Where to Eat in Highgate
Highgate Tube station is on the Northern line. There are also some bus routes that go through the area.
Hampstead Heath is a vast expanse of green space and a great place for a leisurely walk. If the weather's good and you fancy a dip, head to Highgate Ponds. Another top spot for a wander is Highgate Wood. If you visit in May, swathes of bluebells carpet large sections of the wood, making for a spectacular sight. The London Cemetery at Highgateis the...
For a quick snack or a scrumptious afternoon tea, try the excellent High Tea of Highgate, or stop off at the Pavilion Café in Waterlow Park. Highgate is teeming with fantastic gastropubs. Try the Wrestlers or the Bull, where you can sample a range of the pub's own beers. If the English weather permits, you can also relax in the leafy beer gardens a...
Highgate is a suburban area of London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 kilometres) north-northwest of Charing Cross. Highgate is one of the most expensive London suburbs in which to live.
- Highgate highlights. Hampstead Heath. North London’s vast and wild green space. Buy ticket. Highgate Cemetery. The final resting place of some very famous Londoners.
- Pubs in Highgate. The Flask. 3 out of 5 stars. Historic Highgate pub with a heated outdoor courtyard. Buy ticket. The Gatehouse. A roomy Highgate watering hole that reopened in March 2016.
- Restaurants and cafés near Highgate. Ostuni Highgate. 4 out of 5 stars. price 3 of 4. A slick eaterie specialising in southern Italian cuisine. Book online. Red Lion & Sun.
- Perfect weekend in Highgate. Dance: Boogaloo. North London crowds flock here for the themed DJ nights. Swim: Hampstead Heath Swimming Ponds. Three beautiful wild swimming spots.
- Highgate Cemetery. Arguably London’s most famous graveyard, Highgate Cemetery is the best-known of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries that were built on the peripheries of Victorian London (others include Nunhead and Kensal Green).
- Highgate Wood. Undeservedly lost in the shadow of Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood is one of the nicest green spaces in North London – a meandering stretch of ancient woodland that was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
- Holly Village. Highgate is no stranger to imposing architecture, yet the elaborate Neo-Gothic buildings of Holly Village never fail to make me stop and stare.
- Hampstead Heath. I can only describe Hampstead Heath as a stretch of countryside caught up in the outer regions of London – historically, that’s exactly what it is – a rolling vista of muddy lanes, copses and heathland that’s been gradually surrounded by London as it pursued its outward march.
Explore Highgate, one of the most elegant neighborhoods in London, with this self-guided walking tour and map. Discover its beautiful houses, Victorian cemetery, leafy green spaces, and local pubs.
Take in the unmissable highlights of the spectacular West side of Highgate Cemetery, including the iconic Egyptian Avenue, the Circle of Lebanon and the Terrace Catacombs (which are opened exclusively for tour participants).
People also ask
Where is Highgate London?
How high is Highgate?
Is Highgate a good place to live?
What is a Highgate walk?
