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<br/>The vale is a maze of roads, houses and alleyways like this one which leads from the north side of the vale to the Triangle in the middle.
©Martin Addison
<br/>Another of the branches of this road with some unusual housing, though the plaster work above the windows mirrors that on the houses in the triangle.
©Martin Addison
<br/>Another of the alleyways in the vale leading through to the triangle in the middle.
©Martin Addison
<br/>The vale is a maze of roads, houses and alleyways like this one beside Chestnut Cottage.
©Martin Addison
<br/>Looking along one of the branches of this road. Here we see Byron Villas where D.H.Lawrence lived in 1915.
©Martin Addison
<br/>Hampstead Heath has long been north London's green lung: a setting for romantic trysts by day and by night a more dangerous kind.
©ceridwen
<br/>Looking along the north side of the triangle towards the main Vale of Health road.
©Martin Addison
<br/>These two form part of a terrace of four on the north side of a triangle in the Vale of Health. The blue plaque recalls that the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore stayed in this house in 1912. Information about him may be found on Wikipedia.
©Martin Addison
<br/>Looking along the street from the entrance to this area of housing. The small triangle in the centre of the vale is visible behind the pillar box. Nowhere is safe from the invasion of the blue-tarpaulined skip!
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.1km north<br/>One of the many magnificent oak trees to be found in the eastern section of the Heath parallel to Spaniards Road.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.1km north<br/>In the 18th century this area was notorious as a malarial marsh, according to the London Encyclopaedia. In 1777 the Hampstead Water Company drained the marsh, and it became an area of fashionable residences. This view from the heath above extends down to towers in the City of London and Docklands.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.1km north<br/>A wildlife resource and popular with birds: as well as the ducks on the bank there were others on the water along with swans, coots and moorhens.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.2km north<br/>A group of youngsters arrive on a sunny saturday morning to fish on the Vale of Health Pond.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.2km north<br/>A coot going about its business on the pond in the calm early evening.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.2km north<br/>A pair of Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) patrol the willows at the edge of the Vale of Health Pond.
©Martin Addison

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Vale of Health Discussion Forum

  • Earl's Court and Barons Court apostrophe mystery!

    Those of you who - like me - lie awake at night wondering why Earl's Court has an apostrophe, but Barons Court doesn't, please see below an explanation from George Wu at TFL. Thank you …
    Kersti in London, Monday 01 December, 2008

  • Congestion Charge Western Zone - Are you For or Against?

    No!! It looks like Boris is getting rid of the western extension of the congestion charge zone. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7752046.stm Seems a move in the wrong direction to me. London's roads are so busy, I think people …
    matt in Kensington, Thursday 27 November, 2008

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    Hi spec servcice offered throughout the festive season.Close to Highgate Muswell hill. 50 year old, fun, warm trustworty trained nurse and social worker, first aid certificate, current police check and excellent refs available on request. …
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London News (from the BBC)

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    Monday 01 December, 2008

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    A man is charged with murder after a London amateur footballer dies when a fight breaks out between opposing players.
    Monday 01 December, 2008

  • Turner Prize win for Mark Leckey

    Artist Mark Leckey wins this year's Turner Prize for his works which include a film featuring Felix the Cat and Homer Simpson.
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