The Heath’s main cruising ground is famously a bit further along, in the Heath extension, at the back of Jack Straw’s Castle, a famous former pub at the top of Hampstead village. In fact my ...

The impoverished siblings had moved to Hampstead in 1817 and the village would quickly become the backdrop for Keats’s greatest achievements. It was here that he met his beloved Fanny Brawne, composed ...

as does the village-like approach road. Needless to say, the place is usually busy with the Hampstead locals and any tourists who've done their homework. We even saw Liam Gallagher in here once.

Hampstead is a great place to visit, particularly given its proximity to Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House. Within a three-mile radius there are also two royal parks, The Regent's Park and Primrose ...