Highgate Cemetery Walk - London's Haunted Graveyard

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5.64 mi
505 ft
01h48
Hard

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This walk takes you to the green areas of Hampstead Heath and the Highgate Cemetery. But Highgate Cemetery has also a peculiar story to tell. The walks starts and ends at the railway station of Hampstead Head.

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Difficulty level: Hard (83/100)

Length: 5.64 mi

Duration: 01h48


Total ascent: 505 ft

Maximal slope: 5.6 %

Average slope: 2.1 %

Net ascent: 0 ft

Total descent: 505 ft

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Paved roads: 3.25 mi (58 %)

Cobblestones: 0 ft (0 %)

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Car free roads: 4,833 ft (16 %)

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start and end: South Hill Park, Camden, United Kingdom

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        Places of interest

        1. Keats House

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          Keats House is a writer's house museum in what was once the home of the Romantic poet John Keats. …
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        2. South Hill Park

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          South Hill Park is a street in the Hampstead district of London. It is within the London Borough …
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        3. Hampstead Heath

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          Hampstead Heath is a large, ancient London heath, covering 320 hectares . This grassy public …
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        4. Parliament Hill

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          Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in …
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        5. Hampstead Heath Ponds

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          Hampstead Heath, a vast open area of woodland and grassland in north London, has some thirty ponds …
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        6. Parliament Hill School

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          Parliament Hill School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in the Borough of …
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        7. La Sainte Union Catholic School

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          La Sainte Union Catholic School is a girls' Roman Catholic secondary school based in Highgate, …
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        8. Holly Lodge Estate

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          The estate is located on the site and grounds of a villa built in 1798 by Sir Henry Tempest on the …
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        9. Tomb of Karl Marx

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          Highgate Cemetery is famous because of the grave of Karl Marx.

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        10. Highgate Cemetery

          0 · Cemetery
          Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London, England. There are approximately 170,000 …
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        11. Highgate Cemetery

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          London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying …
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        12. Lauderdale House

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          Lauderdale House is an historic house, now run as an arts and education centre, based in Waterlow …
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        13. Channing School

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          Channing School is an independent day school for girls at Highgate Hill in Highgate, North London. …
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        14. Waterlow Park

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          Waterlow Park is a 26-acre park in the south east of Highgate Village, in north London. It was …
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        15. Highgate Cemetery

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          Highgate Cemetery is famous because of the grave of Karl Marx.

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        16. Upstairs at The Gatehouse

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          The venue is a refurbished 1895 auditorium, upstairs from the Gatehouse pub, that has served over …
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        17. Highgate School

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          Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is an English co-educational, …
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        18. The Flask

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          The Flask is a Grade II listed public house at 74–76 Highgate West Hill, Highgate, London. …
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        19. Witanhurst

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          Witanhurst is a large Grade II listed 1930s Georgian Revival mansion located on 5 acres in …
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        20. Athlone House

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          Athlone House, formerly known as Caen Wood Towers, is a large Victorian house in Highgate, north …
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        21. Kenwood House

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          The painting 'The Guitar Player' by Vermeer is on display in the Kenwood House.

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        22. Spaniards Inn

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          The Spaniards Inn is an historic pub on Spaniards Road between Hampstead and Highgate in London, …
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        23. The Island of Ham

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          The Island of Ham is a fictional location which is a central location in the plot of the novel The …
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        24. The Magdala

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          The Magdala, also known as Magdala Tavern or colloquially as simply The Magy, was a public house …
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        25. Hampstead Heath railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Hampstead Heath railway station is in the London Borough of Camden in north London on the North …
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