The Heath & Hampstead Society fights to preserve the wild and natural state of the Heath; to maintain the character and amenities of Hampstead; and to promote the study of local history, natural history and conservation.
Next Guided Walk
NEW DATE: Trees of the Heath and Climate, which trees will struggle amid climate change
Discover how David Humphries, Tree Management Officer for Hampstead Heath meets the challenge of managing the 20,000 trees to best cope with environmental changes.
Date: Sun 17 May, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Duration: 2 hours
Meet at: The Orchard, Golder's Hill Park
Walk led by: David Humphries
UPDATE: Walk moved to 17th May (10am) due to circumstances beyond the walk leaders control
"On the corner of Willoughby Road where it meets Haverstock Hill, Maggie the redoubtable had her flower-stall – she was there for 60 years and, since she died in 1974, must have started at the beginning of, or just before, the First World War. There’s a plaque in her memory on the wall.
The estate of the late Jenifer Ford, a lifelong member of the Society and Hampstead resident and painter, bequeathed to the Society a collection of her paintings of Hampstead and the Heath.