Where to live in Highgate

Highgate Village lies just north of Highgate Cemetery. The oldest houses are to be found in The Grove, where there are grand houses from the 17th century. Fitzroy Park is a private road leading off The Grove with some large family houses. Some houses in this area overlook Hampstead Heath. Other desirable locations in the village include Pond Square which contains 18th-century houses as well as some mansion blocks, Bisham Gardens with Victorian terraced houses, Swain’s Lane which runs down the side of Highgate Cemetery, and Highgate West Hill. Highgate West Hill which winds round between the village and the heath contains a variety of houses from large detached houses to cottages. Off Highgate West Hill is a small estate known as the Holly Lodge Estate, with Hillway at its centre and streets running across it, which mainly contain mock-Tudor houses and blocks of flats. There are more modern housing developments in this area such as West Hill Park from the 1970s near Highgate Ponds. On the other side Southwood Lawn Road, Cholmeley Park and Cholmeley Crescent contain Victorian houses, and there are post-War mansion blocks such as Southwood Hall, Cholmeley Lodge and Northwood Hall. Hillside Gardens, Jackson’s Lane and Southwood Lane contain more modern houses with a communal garden.

On the other side of Archway Road, but north of Hornsey Lane, is high up and contains a number of mansion blocks with good views over Muswell Hill and Alexandra Palace. Panorama Court, Highgate Heights and Stanhope House are popular mansion blocks along Shepherds Hill. The most sought-after houses in the area are in Hurst Avenue, and there are modern flats in the “Miltons”, comprising Milton Park and houses off it, where there is a mixture of houses and flats. Northwood Hall is a large mansion block in this area. South of Hornsey Lane is the Whitehall Park conservation area with terraces of Victorian houses in Whitehall Park itself and streets to the south.

West of Highgate Village, Hampstead Lane runs round the top of Hampstead Heath. Various streets run off it to the North around Highgate golf course and there are very large houses in the streets such as Courtenay Avenue, Compton Avenue, Sheldon Avenue and Stormont Road. They are very close to The Bishops Avenue and have corresponding prices. Bishopswood Road and Broadlands Road, close to Highgate School, also contain large houses. North Road and North Hill leading back to Archway Road contain attractive period houses and also some mansion blocks.