Highgate: Surprising Trees in North London

Starting on Navigator Square outside Archway tube station, we scale the heights of Dartmouth Park Hill where we visit delightful Waterlow Park. From here, it’s on to Highgate Village before we walk downhill via a landmark London plane tree to Highgate tube station.

This walk will take about two hours, ascends a fairly steep (for London) hill, and briefly leaves the paved surface in Waterlow Park.

Our finishing point, Highgate tube station, is on the edge of both Highgate and Queen’s Woods, which feature in ‘North London’s Ancient Woodland’, one of the dozen routes in my book London Tree Walks in case you are ready for even more tree hunting.

Walk details

• Start 10:30, Archway tube station
• End 12:30, Highgate tube station
• Duration: Approximately 2 hours
• Terrain: Mostly paved surfaces, there is a steep hill
• Places are limited to 15

If you are interested in trees or London, then this walk is for you, it is one of a series covering aspects of the city that you may not have come across before, and introduce you to remarkable individual trees and dozens of species and cultivars that grow on our streets and in our public spaces. All the walks in this programme are led by me, Paul Wood. It’s a way to share my knowledge and passion, and, I hope, to show you London in a completely new way: through its trees.

I have curated each walk to both show off an interesting part of the city and to highlight some fascinating trees. Some of the walks have previously featured in my books either in part or whole, while others are completely new.

Places are limited to 15 people, and are of varying length and difficulty. Some are short and sweet, lasting an hour and a half, while others may take up to two and a half hours. While they follow urban routes, some are more strenuous than others, and while they are open to all, I have included details of each walk’s accessibility and terrain. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about the walks, what we will cover and the routes. You can get in touch with me through my website.