From Medieval fish ponds to reservoirs for London to the recent controversies surrounding the dams project. All that and the chance to find out whether Winter Swimmers reallly are made of something else.
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Climate change and what it could mean for the Heath CANCELLED
Discover what the most important question of our times might mean for the Heath. Please book by email: hhs.walk@gmail.com
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Tales from the Trees CANCELLED
Explore the trees of the Heath, their origins, their associations, their uses, and above all their stories: why lime is the tree of love, the ancient grafitti of the beech, the protective power of birches … and how conkers won the First World War.
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Birds of the Heath in the Autumn CANCELLED
Despite its urban location there’s always something interesting to spot on the Heath: Bittern, Golden Oriole and Honey Buzzard have all come our way before! Nothing promised … but you never know.
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The changing flora of the Heath CANCELLED
The walk will describe the slow evolution of the flora from the wild heath visited by John Gerard and Thomas Johnston, apothecaries of the late Sixteenth and early Seventeeth centuries, to today’s remarkable mixture of plants surviving from the past and those of more recent origin.
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Spider Foray CANCELLED
Discover the original web designers!
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The Pergola, the Hill Garden and Golder’s Hill Park CANCELLED
Learn more about the West side of the Heath: familiar, and perhaps not so familiar.
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Heavenly Herbs and Wondrous Weeds on Hampstead Heath CANCELLED
Discover a world of flavours, cures and folklore, that lies at your feet on Hampstead Heath.
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Laughter in the Landscape: a walk to celebrate ‘Grimaldi Sunday’ CANCELLED
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Why is it called a Heath? A complex patchwork CANCELLED
On Hampstead Heath it’s not hard to find woods, formal parkland, and grassy fields. What it’s hard to find is heathland – so where did the name come from?
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