Explore the real Heath, home to Hampstead’s first settlers, a racetrack, and visual evidence of the heath’s destruction before it was saved. Then head North into the farmland beyond – now the Heath Extension.
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Explore the real Heath, home to Hampstead’s first settlers, a racetrack, and visual evidence of the heath’s destruction before it was saved. Then head North into the farmland beyond – now the Heath Extension.