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Hampstead ponds no. 1 is strictly a nature/wildlife pond and Hampstead pond no. 2 permits angling. Directly northwest of the mixed bathing pond is the "Viaduct Pond" and west of that is the Vale of Health pond; these are arguably within the flow of the "Hampstead ponds", but are not officially members of the group.
In a written ruling, Mr Justice Cotter said there were three bathing ponds at Hampstead Heath: a ladies’ pond, a men’s pond and a mixed pond. He said the ladies’ pond has been used since 1925.
In 2004 the City of London Corporation, rejected a proposal by the Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club to allow "early-morning, self-regulated swimming in the mixed sex pond on Hampstead Heath"; the Corporation argued that it risked legal action by the Health and Safety Executive if it allowed such swimming, since the Executive had refused to ...
The Heath, a major place for Londoners to walk and "take the air", has three open-air public swimming ponds; one for men, one for women, and one for mixed bathing, which were originally reservoirs for drinking water and the sources of the River Fleet. The bridge pictured is known locally as 'The Red Arches' or 'The Viaduct', built in fruitless ...
A disabled swimmer has begun a High Court fight over ticket prices at a bathing pond in London. Christina Efthimiou, 60, claims the costs to use Kenwood Ladies’ Bathing Pond on Hampstead Heath ...
An early executive member of the Fabian Society, she also ran the Hampstead Historic Club, which mostly met at Wyldes. This Marxist study group attracted a range of radical thinkers including Fabians such as Sidney and Beatrice Webb , George Bernard Shaw and Edith Nesbit , who described the kitchen as an idealised farm kitchen, where, of course ...
Parliament Hill Lido, located in Hampstead Heath, north London, is next to Gospel Oak railway station. The lido, also known as Hampstead Heath Lido, is a public unheated open air swimming pool, open for 12 months a year. It first opened in 1938.
Rosslyn Hill is a road in Hampstead, London, connecting the south end of Hampstead High Street to the north end of Haverstock Hill. It is the site of the Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, St. Stephen's Church and the Royal Free Hospital. It is served by the bus routes N5, C11, 46 and 268. Pond Street links it to Hampstead Heath railway station.