Primrose Hill  

51.539689, -0.161362 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Inscription on the edging on the top of the hill.
Word after “the”
spiritual

Historical background

The land currently taken by Regent’s Park and the adjacent Primrose Hill used to belong to Eton College. It was bought by the Crown in 1841, and was turned into a park a year later: more and more people were moving to North London, and they all needed a nice place to take a break from breathing the polluted air from the railways once in a while.

Primrose Hill is one of six points with protected views in London: it’s not allowed to build anything that will obscure the view from there to the Palace of Westminster and to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Rising 50 meters above London, Primrose Hill does offer a great overview of the city. This was noticed by HG Wells, who in the “War of the Worlds” placed the last, most important Martian encampment on Primrose Hill. Life then mimicked fiction, and during World War II Primrose Hill was an important part of London’s defences.

Present in routes of categories Lion, Atlas

Passed by: 41/42 (98%).

By categories:

  • Atlas: 5/5 (100%)
  • Lion: 36/37 (97%)