North End is located on the northern edge of Hampstead, just south of Golders Green. For much of its existence it was a rural hamlet but is now part of suburban London. Hampstead Heath lies both east and west of the settlement, while Hampstead Garden Suburb is to its northeast connected by Hampstead Way. It sits on the border between the London Borough of Camden (including most of Hampstead to the south) and the London Borough of Barnet. North End Way connects it with Hampstead Village.
North End is particularly known for The Old Bull and Bush pub which dates back to the seventeenth century, and was a popular destination for daytripping Londoners in the eighteenth and nineteenth century after the development of Hampstead Wells. Off Hampstead Way is the historic Wyldes Farm where blue plaques mark former residents William Blake and John Linnell.[1] A plaque marks the former site of the home of the Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder in North End Avenue.[2]
- ^ "John Linnell | Painter | Blue Plaques".
- ^ Dakers p.213