ListingsUpdated Fri 23 Oct
Hampstead London: what's on and things to do
The Heath, the ponds you can swim in all year, and a free Adam house at the top with Rembrandts in it. The one part of this list where the point is the walk.
What to expect
13 listings ahead in Hampstead. The busiest rooms are Hampstead Theatre, Parliament Hill and Highgate Cemetery. Mostly Theatre, Sport and Seasonal.
Nearby
Each venue above has its own page with its address, its opening hours and every date we hold for it.
Friday
23 October-
Theatre £45 to £110, under 30s and students from £10
Main Stage: Kimberly Akimbo
Until 7 Nov
Kimberly Akimbo at the Main Stage. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.
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Exhibitions Free
Free entry: Kenwood House
A Robert Adam house at the top of the Heath with a Rembrandt self portrait and a Vermeer in it, and no admission charge. The library is the room people stand in longest.
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Free
Parliament Hill viewpoint
A protected view all the way to the City, which is why nothing is allowed to be built in front of it. Ten minutes up from Gospel Oak and worth doing an hour before sunset.
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Sport Free
Dogs on Hampstead Heath
Eight hundred acres, off lead almost everywhere, and the one swimming pond dogs are allowed in is not one of the bathing ponds. Busiest at the Parliament Hill end on a weekend morning.
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Food and drink From £6
The Spaniards Inn
A 1585 coaching inn at the top of the Heath with a walled garden, a dog wash at the door and a long history of letting them in. Low beams, so mind your head rather than the dog.
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Free
Stargazing on Hampstead Heath
As dark as central London gets, which is not very, but Parliament Hill has the horizon and the local society runs public evenings on the hill through the winter. Take a torch and a coat.
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Free
A walk through Hampstead village
Lanes that were a hill village before London reached them, and still read like one above the high street. Flask Walk and Holly Mount are the two to take if you only take two.
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Theatre £28 to £35, previews £10, under 30s and students £10 Sold out
Hampstead Downstairs: The Urmetazoan, by Alex Rugman
Until 24 Oct
The Urmetazoan, by Alex Rugman at the Hampstead Downstairs. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.
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Sport From £4.50
Swimming in the Hampstead mixed pond
Open all year, lifeguarded, and colder than you are expecting from about October. The men's and ladies' ponds keep their own hours and their own rules.
Tuesday
27 October-
Seasonal £15
Beyond the Veil at Highgate Cemetery
One night only: a one man gothic adaptation of George Eliot in the cemetery chapel, doors 7pm. Fifteen pounds including a glass of wine. Highgate runs no ghost tour and no Halloween event.
Friday
30 October-
Theatre £28 to £35, previews £10, under 30s and students £10
Hampstead Downstairs: Dogstar, by Daisy Hall
Until 5 Dec
Dogstar, by Daisy Hall at the Hampstead Downstairs. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.
Wednesday
25 November-
Theatre £35 to £65, previews from £25, under 30s and students £10
Main Stage: Jumpers, by Tom Stoppard
Until 23 Jan 2027
Jumpers, by Tom Stoppard at the Main Stage. The run is published; the times and prices are on the booking page.