Discover Highgate N6 – London's Most Celebrated Village
Highgate N6 manages to pull off something that very few London postcodes can: it genuinely feels like a village. Perched on a ridge above Hampstead Heath at around 130 metres above sea level, the area is built around a high street that has remained largely unchanged in character for two centuries. The Flask pub has been serving regulars since 1663. Highgate Cemetery stretches across the western hillside with Victorian Gothic architecture and the graves of Karl Marx, George Eliot, and Christina Rossetti drawing visitors from across the world. Parliament Hill at the southern end of the ridge offers arguably the best unobstructed view of the central London skyline from anywhere in the city. Kenwood House, the Georgian mansion at the edge of Hampstead Heath, sits just south of the N6 boundary and its summer concert series has been a fixture on the London cultural calendar for decades. For anyone living in Highgate who travels regularly to the City, Heathrow, or elsewhere across London, the Northern line from Highgate station handles some journeys well, but for airport runs with luggage or any trip where timing actually matters, a pre-booked reliable taxi Highgate is almost always the more dependable choice.