Highgate Wood is an extensive ancient woodland with such important historical and ecological significance that it was designated as a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in 1990. It’s one of only eight Green Heritage Sites in London, with a variety of wildlife habitats for you to explore. You may be lucky enough to see the rare Wild Service Tree here. This gorgeous rural retreat is a great place for you to come and relax in its large open spaces, cafe, cricket pitch and playground.

Address: Muswell Hill Road, London N10 3JN
Phone: 07786 538932

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This is the impressive Emirates Stadium, home to Premier League football club, Arsenal. While you’re here, why not get a tour of the ground and the museum? Definitely a must for football fans.

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North of Highgate you’ll also find beautiful Alexandra Park and within this is the impressive Alexandra Palace. Few tourist attractions can boast the chequered past of Alexandra Palace, which has been burnt down twice in its 125-year history.

Address: Alexandra Palace Way, London, N22 7AY
Phone: 020 8365 2121

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This is Lauderdale House. It was built in 1582 for Sir Richard Martin, the three times Lord Mayor of London. Lauderdale House is now an arts and education centre based in the beautiful Waterlow Park. There’s an extensive programme of performances, workshops, outreach projects and exhibitions on offer here.

Address: waterlow park, Highgate Hill, Greater London N6 5HG
Phone: 020 8348 8716

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Highgate High Street has a lovely selection of shops, boutiques, cafés and restaurants so it’s well worth a trip here. There are some traditional old-fashioned pubs for you to try too.

Address: Highgate High St‎, London N6 5HX

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It’s definitely worth stopping here for a drink! The Gatehouse is probably the oldest pub in Highgate. Its nineteenth century owners claimed that there had been a licensed building on the site since 1337!

Address: The Gatehouse, London N6 4BD
Phone: 020 8340 3488

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Highgate Cemetery might not sound like an obvious attraction, but you have to come here to make the most of amazing views of London, see imposing mausoleums and visit Karl Marx's tomb. This Grade II listed park offers you a romantic, rambling, rustic retreat from everyday life, so it’s well worth taking a guided tour here. Some 50 species of bird and 18 of butterfly have been spotted here, as well as 3 species of spiders that are rarely spotted in the UK.

Address: Swain's Lane, London N6 6PJ
Phone: 020 8340 1834

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This is the vast and beautiful expanse of Hampstead Heath. The imposing house you’ll find here is Kenwood House - a stately home formerly owned by the Guinness family before being left to the nation. The house boasts a superb art collection including works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Reynolds and landscaped gardens, where lakeside concerts are held during the summer. You’ll find a café here but why not stop for a picnic in the beautiful grounds?

Address: Hampstead Lane,London NW3 7JR
Phone: 020 8348 1286

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This is Ivy House and the life of the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova is commemorated in the Anna Pavlova Memorial Museum here. Admission is free to the museum.

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At number 20 Maresfield Gardens, Sigmund Freud's couch is one of the exhibits on display. It was his wartime refuge and Freud lived here until his death, after which his daughter Anna kept it as an undisturbed shrine. It became a museum in 1986.

Address: 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX
Phone: 020 7435 2002

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Some of the Romantic poet John Keats' greatest odes were written here at Keats House. Although he spent just two years of his life here, the house contains displays of his letters, manuscripts, books and furniture. The garden has a plum tree planted on the site where Keats heard the songbird and wrote Ode to a Nightingale. He also wrote lots of passionate letters to his fiancée, Fanny Brawne, which is surprising because she lived just next door!

Address: 10 Keats Grove, Hampstead, London NW3 2RR
Phone: 020 7332 3868

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No visit to Highgate would be complete without seeing this Grade I listed development called Highpoint. Highpoint I was built in 1933-1935 and Highpoint II in 1936-1938. The penthouse in Highpoint II is apparently the highest apartment in London! These beautiful Art Deco buildings by the architect Bertholid Lubetkin include landscaped communal gardens with tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool. Highpoint makes a truly bold modernist statement at the highest point in London.

Address: London Borough of Haringey, London N6

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