Parks & Nature
There are plenty of green spaces - Highgate Woods, Queens Wood, Alexandra Palace Park, Hampstead Heath - within a minute to 20 minutes walk ...
opposite - great for a run - short cut , walk to station , jog, coffee at cafe in the woods ....meet friends
sit out in Summer
Tennis courts and cricket clubs through Queens Wood - other neighbouring Wood.
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Highgate Wood
Muswell Hill Roadopposite - great for a run - short cut , walk to station , jog, coffee at cafe in the woods ....meet friends
sit out in Summer
Tennis courts and cricket clubs through Queens Wood - other neighbouring Wood.
huge . walking, views over London
Sundays - Good lunch at the Spaniards Inne Hampstead nearby.
Hampstead Village : The Flask pub - great Icecream parlour in Flask Walk.
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Hampstead Heath
huge . walking, views over London
Sundays - Good lunch at the Spaniards Inne Hampstead nearby.
Hampstead Village : The Flask pub - great Icecream parlour in Flask Walk.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace WayArts & Culture
Everyman Cinema in the Broadway nearby is a restored deco cinema, serves food. Serious film buffs use the Art House and Crouch End Picture House - both in Crouch End 15 to 20 minute walk away.
Everyman Muswell Hill
Fortis Green Roadfun cinema
Museo ng Freud London
20 Maresfield GardensEssentials
great food , meals and fresh fruit , good quality
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M&S Muswell Hill Simply Food
126-138 Muswell Hill Broadwaygreat food , meals and fresh fruit , good quality
Sainsbury's
681 Green Lanespractical supermarket 6 - 8 mins walk
Planet Organic
42 Westbourne GroveEntertainment & Activities
great walking guide by John at Julez guides
at https://youtu.be/ficfkJsG_2k
good films, sound and picture quality , film buffs
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Crouch End Picturehouse
165 Tottenham Lngood films, sound and picture quality , film buffs
Bill's Muswell Hill Restaurant
107 Muswell Hill RdAlexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace WayPayo sa lungsod
Mga kagawian at kultura
local coffee/brunch, inside or outside
5 minutes walk to the Broadway
Mga kagawian at kultura
A few suggestions for nearby places to explore ( Muswell Hill )
A few suggestions for nearby places to explore ( Muswell Hill )
Opposite in Highgate Woods – café in the old cricket pavilion follow the signs in the park (5 mins) .
Muswell Hill has been voted best high street in the Uk for local, characterful and independent shops
Muswell Hill Broadway : many coffee shops and eateries!
Breakfast and brunch: Bills café, and around the corner nearby is Bob’s cafe - great brunch
Aleion – new August 2019 - small space breakfast lunch etc ( 2nd roundabout in the Broadway )
Lunch & Supper
Sable D’Or – great salads
Toffs ( - long established ) voted best fish ‘n’ chips in London at 38 Muswell Hill Broadway
Stone baked sourdough pizza Franco Manca Muswell Hill, 278 Muswell Hill Broadway, London, N10 2QR - 2nd roundabout
Planet Organic - café and deli people watching 111-117 Muswell Hill Road Muswell Hill
Carluccios - good pasta and giant meringues
Fine dining Italian: ‘Florians 2’ in Crouchend 20 mins walk ( downhill ) book!
Jin Kichi in Hampstead Village – a long established tiny sushi restaurant, very good. Must book
Supermarkets - Sainsburies in the Broadway 6 minutes walk , Marks and Spencers.
Tescos ( larger) by the North Circular Rd ( a car journey away)
Ice cream Parlours
Oddonos, 8, Flask Walk, Hampstead Village
Marine Ices ( an institution ! near Camden Lock Market ) 61 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, London NW1
Pubs: The Woodman (on the corner by Highgate Tube Station)
The Flask, Highgate Village at the back of Pond Square
( another ) The Flask, Flask Walk, Hampstead
The Spaniards Inn - thronging and good Sunday lunch after walk on the Heath
The Bull and Last - Highgate Village, gastro pub ( 20 mins walk)
Cake shops 8 minutes walk
Polish Bakers - great cholla and Polish cheesecake ( after the second roundabout on LHS )
La Dinette – French patisseries and coffee shop – Fortis Green Rd
W. Martyns - specialist teas and fresh coffee beans - 135 Muswell Hill Broadway
Cinemas: EVERYMAN cinema in the Broadway N10
Crouchend: Arts Picture House and Crouchend Cinema
Independent cinema Phoenix in East Finchley
Open spaces, walks and Sports
Alexandra Palace - spectacular views and bar, newly restored theatre
Alexandra Palace Park for walks and artisans and food market Sundays ( look online for events)
Highgate Woods - walking and has a good café in the old cricket pavilion
Cherry Tree Woods ( beyond Highgate Wood ) has tennis courts
Walk through these woods across to East Finchley High Rd - good Italian delicatessen for fresh pasta on the RHS near the Phoenix Cinema
Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House and Gardens - 30 mins walk away
Swimming Pools
Highgate Swimming Ponds
Prince of Wales Baths Kentish Town
Kings Cross Swimming Pool open air
Park Road Pools and Fitness - Crouch End Public Baths
Tennis Courts – Waterloo Park in Highgate Village,
Tennis Clubs and cricket 10 minutes walk – North London Sports
Markets: Alexandra Palace,
Camden Town - Camden Lock. Caledonian Road
Trendy but expensive - Borough Market East Central London
Public Libraries - Muswell Hill Broadway and near Highgate Tube
Street food - Camden Market and South Bank SE1
Venues Clubs and Jazz
Jazz Café, 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG
The Roundhouse - look online for listings ( was a train turntable now theatre venue and gallery )
Ronnie Scotts Soho
Museums/ local places of interest:
Highgate Cemetery - burial and memorial to famous people 15 minutes walk
Sigmund Freud’s house and museum, Hampstead - 20 minutes walk
Arts Centres, yoga - Jacksons Lane Community Centre and theatre, Camden Arts Centre
Life drawing – Judy Purbeck ring or email for details
My favourite places to visit in London :
Sir John Soanes Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
Dennis Sever’s House
Shoreditch and Hoxton
The British Library Kings Cross/St Pancreas
Granary Square and the Coal drops Yard, Kings Cross
The Serpentine Galleries next door - Zaha Hadid’s designed restaurant ‘Magazine’
The Saatchi Gallery - Duke of Yorks, on the Kings Rd