Allotments are, by their very nature, hidden treasures - and the site of Branch Hill Allotments is no exception. Located on the corner of Oak Hill Way, Branch Hill and Frognal Rise, dozens of vegetable plots have been developed in the former gardens of an Edwardian mansion. John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, lived at Branch Hill House for many years. In the 1970s enterprising and green-fingered locals started growing vegetables organically on the site, and the Branch Hill Allotments Association now manages the plots for Camden Council.
A waste ground for more than 100 years next to Hampstead Heath station, transformed by volunteers into an award-winning woodland garden popular with children.
Informal garden and kitchen garden featuring different habitats, encouraging diversity and connection between humans and a regenerating urban eco-environment. Chelsea award-winning pavilion. Audio tour, resident poet, refreshments.
A beautiful, tranquil mid-Victorian garden, perfectly proportioned in the form of a triangle, with formal and informal beds. White stucco houses dating from the 1860s surround this peaceful space.
