PLACES TO VISIT North
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£ = admission charge EH = English Heritage & NT = National Trust (free entry to members)

FORTY HALL ESTATE Enfield Tel 020 8363 8196/4060
Grade I listed Jacobean Hall (open Wed - Sun 11-4) contains fine period rooms with local history displays. Programme of art exhibitions and activities. The 273 acre grounds are mostly informal but with a lake and walled garden. The surrounding estate includes parkland, woodland, farmland, river and lakes (fishing available). There is a Friends Group - contact 020 8449 2459. Forty Hall walk

THE BUILDING EXPLORATORY Albion Drive E8 4ET. Tel 020 7275 8555
A hands-on exhibition designed to help communities understand and appreciate their local area (Hackney). Open Thu & Fri 1-5:30 by appointment. Hackney walk

HACKNEY MUSEUM Reading Lane E8 1GQ. Tel 020 8356 3500.
Permanent displays and changing exhibitions with events programme. Open Tue - Sat. Hackney walk

SUTTON HOUSE NT 2 & 4 Homerton High Street E9 6JQ. Tel 020 8986 2264.
A Tudor house that has been home to royal courtiers to squatters, all leaving their mark. Parts of the house including historic rooms (charge), gallery, cafe and shop open Thu - Sun 12-4:30. Closed mid-December to end January. Programme of events. Hackney walk

BURGH HOUSE New End Square NW3 1LT. Tel 020 7431 0144
Historic house with local history displays, exhibitions, shop and cafe. Hampstead walks

FENTON HOUSE £ NT Hampstead Grove NW3 6RT. Tel 020 7435 3471
Late 17th century house with fine collections and attractive gardens. Seasonal opening Wednesday - Sunday. Hampstead walks

KEATS HOUSE £ Keats Grove NW3 2RR. Tel 020 7332 3868
Memorabilia of the poet in his former home. Admission tickets valid for 1 year. Open 1-5pm Tue - Sun (summer) & Fri - Sun (winter). Hampstead walks

KENWOOD EH Hampstead Lane NW3 7JR. Tel 020 8348 1286
Attractively sited house, remodelled by Robert Adam, with a fine collection of paintings. Shop, cafe and information centre adjoining. Hampstead walks

2 WILLOW ROAD £ NT NW3 1TH. Tel 020 7435 6166
Designed by architect Erno Goldfinger as his home in 1939. Open for afternoon tours seasonally. Hampstead walks

HAMPSTEAD HEATH INFORMATION CENTRE Parliament Hill Lido. Tel 020 7482 7073
Displays, Wildlife Garden and activities.

ABNEY PARK CEMETERY Stoke Newington High Street N16 OLN. Tel 020 7275 7557
Historic Victorian Garden Cemetery, now a 32 acre nature reserve with Visitor & Environment Centres. Programme of special events and volunteering opportunities. Stoke Newington walk

WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY Forest Road E17 4PP. Tel 020 8496 4390
This former home has a collection of works illustrating the achievements and influence of Morris. Friends Group. Shop. Set in an attractive park. Open Wed - Sun 10-5. Walthamstow walk

VESTRY HOUSE MUSEUM Vestry Road E17 9NH Tel 020 8496 4391
This building which has served as a workhouse, vestry and police station now houses local history displays and collections. Also local archives available (open by appointment). Shop and garden. Open Wed - Sun 10-5. Community room available for group use by arrangement (hire charge). Walthamstow walk

EASTBURY MANOR HOUSE £ NT Eastbury Square Barking IG11 9SN Tel 020 8724 1002.
Open to the public with guided tours from 10am on Mondays, Tuesdays (until 3pm) & second Saturdays (until 4pm). Also Family Days on first Saturday 10-4. Shop & cafe.

THE MUSEUM OF DOMESTIC DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet. Tel 020 8411 6639
Permanent and changing exhibitions. Study room for access to collections not on display. Programme of events.

STEPHEN'S COLLECTION Avenue House, East End Road N3 3QE. Tel 020 8346 6337
Displays on the life and work of Henry 'Inky' Stephens by the Finchley Society. Open Tue-Thurs 2-4:30. The gardens are an attractive public park with a pond and specimen trees (trail leaflet available).

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