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Primrose Hill

Weekend overnight closures at Primrose Hill

Due to anti-social behaviour and noise disturbances which have been reported recently on Primrose Hill, the park will close to the public from 10pm this Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening until 6am the following morning.

We plan to install temporary fencing at park entrances. We hope that this short-term solution will help put an end to the disruptive behaviour we have been witnessing recently but we will continue to work closely with the police to keep the situation under review. Being in a park after closing time is a criminal office. Enforcement of the law is a matter for the Metropolitan Police.

We will monitor the situation over the next few weeks.

As always, we urge all visitors to be mindful of others and to respect the park and local residents.


Primrose Hill has a character all of its own, at the summit of this grassy hill are some spectacular views across London. It is separated from Regent’s Park by Prince Albert Road and the ZSL London Zoo.

Like Regent's Park, this area was once part of a great chase, appropriated by Henry VIII. Primrose Hill, with its clear rounded skyline, was purchased from Eton College in 1841 to extend the parkland available to the poor people of north London for open-air recreation.

At one time this was a place where duels were fought and prize-fights took place. The hill has always had a somewhat lively reputation, with Mother Shipton making threatening prophesies about what would happen if the city sprawl was allowed to encroach on its boundaries.

At the top of the hill is one of the six protected viewpoints in London. The summit is almost 63 metres above sea level and the trees are kept low so as not to obscure the view. In winter, Hampstead can be seen to the northeast. The summit features a York stone edging with a William Blake inscription, it reads:

I have conversed with the spiritual sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill.

An oak tree, known as "Shakespeare's Tree" stands on the slope of the hill, planted in 1864 to mark the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. A large crowd of workmen marched through London to watch the planting ceremony in 1864. A replacement tree was re-planted in 1964.

Primrose Hill summit and lamp post

Primrose Hill summit and lamp post

Sunset on Primrose Hill

Sunset on Primrose Hill

Park bench on Primrose Hill

Park bench on Primrose Hill

Park visitors to Primrose Hill

Park visitors to Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill summit through the trees

Primrose Hill summit through the trees

Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill

View of London from Primrose Hill summit

View of London from Primrose Hill summit

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Primrose Hill summit and lamp post

Primrose Hill summit and lamp post

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Sunset on Primrose Hill

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Park bench on Primrose Hill

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Park visitors to Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill summit through the trees

Primrose Hill summit through the trees

Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill

View of London from Primrose Hill summit

View of London from Primrose Hill summit

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