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
Birds of the Heath in Spring
Discover the returning birds of the Heath in the company of expert birder Pete Mantle. Find out who has arrived from where: chiff-chaff, willow warbler, redstart, winchat, flycatcher - if they're there, Pete will find them...and maybe you'll find others... Bring binoculars and sturdy footwear.
Date: Sun 05 Apr, 2026
Time: 9:00 am
Duration: 2 hours
Meet at: Burgh House
Walk led by: Pete Mantle, Member of the Society's Heath Committee.
Clarkson Stanfield was a prominent English painter who was known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. The art critic John Ruskin called him the "leader of our English Realists”.
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.