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Primrose Hill

A single steep field north of Regent's Park, with the skyline in one unbroken sweep.

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The summit has a stone kerb around it carrying a line of Blake's about conversing with the spiritual sun, and the city arranged in front of it from the BT Tower on the right to Canary Wharf on the left, St Paul's in the middle and the Shard behind. The sightline to the dome is protected, so the centre of that picture cannot be built out. Regent's Park is at the foot of the slope, and the city is near enough from here that the towers stand up rather than sitting flat on the horizon.

Where
Primrose Hill, Primrose Hill Road, NW3 3NA
Nearest station
Chalk Farm · 7 min walk

Hours

MondayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 3 September 2026.

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Photo by Louise Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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