Highgate Wood — Attraction in London

If you want to escape from the city noise, highgate being a 25 min from the center it’s a perfect place. And highgate woods it’s the cherry on the cake. A beautiful conserved zone with natural woods and a lot of history. You can have a nice walk in a whimsical land without the noise of the cars on a colorful environment completely out of the London scenery. Tall trees and a lot is crazy squirrels that, if you are lucky, you can see screaming at the dogs, actually part of them can reflect the very spirit of a commuter some times. Here you have a perfect place to walk your dogs, with poo bins across the place, an amazing zone to jog under the shadow of tall trees and the beautiful smell of nature with one or two leg burning hills. If you have kids, the second zone is perfect for you with activity areas and a play ground just next to the cafe (which I have never been). Tree soccer fields maybe more, are up to the ones that are more into the group activities, normally full with kids too and families distributed around. Highgate woods is the perfect place to have a nice menta rest. For a loner of the beautiful benches with memoirs of the old walkers, to the scenery out of a classical painting from a crazy...

Highgate Wood is part of an ancient woodland (and hunting ground) which stretched to Epping Forest in the east. Today, it remains a place for walkers, dogs and (at least under lockdown) joggers and serious runners. There is an ancient earthwork which helpfully placed signs point up. The dating is not agreed but, whether stone, iron or bronze age, it's damned old. The wood is comprised of lots of hornbeam and holly with oak struggling to make its mark. At the centre are open playing fields, football now, and cricket wicket being prepared. In addition, and close by, are two outstanding children's playgrounds, one for younger kids, the other, including a zipwire, for the older ones. Both are fully enclosed so parents can sit with a coffee and let their kids run free. Across the road is the Queen's Wood - basically another bit of the same wood - separated by a road. Lots of entrances to Highgate and safe for dogs with very little chance of escaping the wood and engaging the traffic. If there's any downside, the wood can become pretty busy on weekends when the sun is out. But don't let that stop anyone. And watch out for the old woodkeeper's lovely Elizabethan...

Seeing London by walk as best as possible was our motto. Walking brought us surprises and reached us to unknown corners of London; while striving to reach the destination.This time our destination was; Waterlow Park, Highgate Wood and Queens Wood.Highgate Wood: From waterloo Park we walked through various streets / areas (Haringey-Highgate / Camden-Highgate ) including a lovely village; walking around approximately 7kms, to reach the beautiful Highgate Wood… Highgate Wood is an ancient Woodland in the north of London.The Woods spreads around an area of approximately 28 hectares and offers an excellent woodland trails with thick foliage of a specific varieties of tress all around and is open everyday from 7.30 am to 4.30 pm in winter and till 9.15 pm in summer. The thick wood with lots of huge trees has facilities for cricket, football and various other sports and events…We could see people playing football. There is a cafe and a good toilet facility is also...