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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 03 May, 2026

Time: 10:00 am

Duration: 2 hours

Meet at: The Orchard, Golder's Hill Park

Walk led by: David Humphries

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Camden Nature Corridor

Learn about our Society’s project with local green space managers to create the Camden Biodiversity Corridor, reaching from Hampstead Heath southward into Camden neighbourhoods. Creating one of London’s new “nature recovery networks”, the Corridor will make nature on the Heath more resilient to growing pressure from people and climate change, while bringing health-enhancing wildlife experiences to residents in some of the most nature-poor parts of our Borough.Click to read more..

Photographic Contest Winners

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Plaques in Hampstead

John Lewis and John Spedan Lewis

John Lewis (1838-1928) was a philosopher and town councillor.  He was the founder of the John Lewis department store and the department store chain.

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The Jenifer Ford Bequest

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.

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