Management Plan
Download the Hampstead Heath Management Plan
Part I (374kb)
Download the Hampstead Heath Management Plan
Part I Summary (1.2mb)
The City of London produced a draft plan for the management of
Hampstead Heath and sought the views of the public on its
vision and objectives during a three-month consultation period in
2007. A full report and extended executive summary of the findings
of this consultation period was produced by the Environment Council
and Resources for Change Ltd. (June 2007).
Download the full report (464kb)
Download the appendices (622kb)
Download the extended executive
summary (117kb)
Download the brief
summary (357kb)
In the light of this report and the comments made, the City of
London made changes to the draft plan. To find out more and view
the final plan and all appendices see the
link below.
Find out more and download the management plan
Download the Annual Work
Plan (602kb)
Parliament Hill Triangle Masterplan
Having produced a new management plan for Hampstead Heath,
consulting many people in the process, it has become clear to the
City of London that the Parliament Hill Triangle is an extremely
important gateway to the whole Heath for millions of visitors and
potential visitors.
We have, therefore, produced a Masterplan, detailing proposed
future improvements to the Parliament Hill Triangle, in conjunction
with some of our Heath partners. Elements of this Masterplan formed
part of a submission for a Heritage Lottery Fund bid at the end of
September 2008. Overall comments on this Masterplan were invited
during August 2008. Thank you to those who gave us their
comments. A copy of the report on the consultation is
available to download below. This report and the individual
responses that we received will influence how the Masterplan
develops over time. A Frequently Asked Questions sheet is also
available below. This gave some initial responses to
some of the common questions that emerged as part of the
consultation. Further discussion and consultation will, of course,
be required with local community groups.
Download the report on the Parliament Hill
Triangle consultation (100kb)
Download the Frequently Asked Questions
sheet (23kb)
Download the Masterplan (3.2mb)
(see more details
below)
Download the Masterplan explanatory note -
principles and proposals (36kb)
Download more details of the Parliament Hill Triangle draft
Masterplan:
Vision and long term aims (307kb)
Prioritisation and new
audiences (404kb)
The Triangle: existing (427kb)
The Triangle: proposals (405kb)
Landscape proposals (1.54mb)
Building proposals (286kb)
There will be opportunities to comment on the detailed proposals
that make up the Masterplan over the coming years.
July 2010: Interaction assessment of vehicles, cyclists and
pedestrians in the Parliament Hill Triangle area
One objective of the 2009 Parliament Hill master plan was to
seek to overcome the perceived dangers created by the density and
mix of vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians on the stretch of pathway
between the Highgate Road entrance and the Staff Yard. A proposed
alternative route for vehicles to reach the Staff Yard aroused some
very vigorous local opposition and was not progressed.
Nevertheless, the dangers arising from the use of the Highgate Road
entrance for vehicles remain a matter of concern. Consultants were
employed to establish whether or not these dangers are real and
critical.
View the summary of the consultants'
report (1mb)
View the consultants' report (5.1
mb)
This approach is not just an attempt to resurrect the 2009 master
plan; it is solely concerned with the risks to which visitors are
exposed now, and in the future, based on various assumptions; it is
a basic study from first principles; it defines the risks but does
not provide the solutions to overcome them.
Ideas or proposals to this end are welcome; the intention is to
start with a clean slate, set out all the options as clearly as
possible for wide consultation and to select a preferred option by
the end of this year.
Parliament Hill HLF application decision
The City of London was notified in 2009 that its
application to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund
(BIG) to carry out improvements to Hampstead Heath had been
unsuccessful.
Bob Hall, then Chairman, Hampstead Heath Management Committee
said: "The unfavourable decision on the City of London’s
application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for financial help to
improve the Parliament Hill Fields area of Hampstead Heath is
disappointing. Although the funding we sought is not available on
this occasion, we will be reviewing what might be done to implement
the overall direction of the plan which formed the basis of the
application to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
"We are very grateful to everyone who has contributed to the
discussions to date on the Parliament Hill Fields plan, and to the
Heritage Lottery Fund for the fair and thorough way in which it has
conducted the bid process.
"The City of London is committed to ensuring that improvements
and developments which take place at Parliament Hill Fields and
across the Heath respect the environment, contribute to progressive
implementation of sustainable ways of managing the Heath, and allow
as many as possible to enjoy visiting the Heath."
Other Management and Consultation
The interim Hampstead Heath Management Plan 2006/08 and the
current annual works programme are available to download here.
Download the interim Hampstead Heath Management
Plan 2006/08 (5.3mb)
Download the Annual Work
Plan (602kb)
The City of London sees consultation as a vital part of effective
management of the Heath, working closely with local organisations
which are represented on the Heath's Management and Consultative
Committees, and meeting regularly with the Heath and Hampstead
Society and English Heritage.
Ongoing dialogue with Heath users has reinforced the message
that people value the Heath and want it maintained broadly as it
is. The management plan reflects this and outlines how active
management is essential to maintain and enhance the nature
conservation, landscape and amenity interest of Hampstead
Heath.
In 2001 the City of London invited the Greater London
Authority's Strategy Directorate to produce a report indicating
management techniques suitable for the Heath's woodland, scrub and
hedgerows. The Heath Management Committee acknowledged that this
document added important detail to the Management Plan. During the
winter of 2001/2002 staff begun implementing the suggestions on
small woodland areas of the Heath. The aim is to increase the
beauty as well as the nature conservation and amenity value of our
woodlands by use of proven management techniques. The woodland
management report complements the grassland management report
produced in 2000.
Hampstead Heath - have your say!
A website www.greenstat.org.uk has been set up to record
feedback and provide local residents with the opportunity to
comment on how open spaces nationwide are managed and maintained.
The City of London will be able to access this information and
compare results on Hampstead Heath with other open spaces up and
down the country.
We would very much welcome your involvement. Please visit
www.greenstat.org.uk and click on the London
region, where you will then see a list of organisations – please
chose ‘City of London’ which is conveniently located at the very
top of the page. You will then be asked to select whether you wish
to comment on the Service provided by City of London, or to comment
on a specific Open Space. If you select option 2 ‘Park or Open
Space’ you will be given a list of City of London open spaces to
comment on – please select ‘Hampstead Heath’ from this list and you
will then be taken through an online survey.
Pedestrian and Cycle
Observation Study
The City of London commissioned consultants Intelligent Space
ATKINS to conduct a series of user surveys on Hampstead Heath
during the summer and autumn of 2007 in order to determine user
patterns, particularly of pedestrians and cycles, user demographics
and public opinion. They looked at the suitability of existing
routes and some suggested routes for pedestrians and cycles to
share. The aims of the Study reflect commitments made in the draft
Part I Hampstead Heath Management Plan. The Pedestrian and
Cycle Observation Study report was produced in December 2007.
Download the executive summary (4.1
mb)
Please email us at
hampstead.heath@cityoflondon.gov.uk
if you would like a disc of the full report posted to
you.
The closing date for comments on this document was 1 February
2008. The Hampstead Heath Management Committee considered these
comments and decided that further work should be undertaken by
specialist consultants to determine the feasibility of introducing
two of the suggested routes - Routes 1 and 7. All other suggested
routes have been rejected. There is also a need to consider how
some of the existing shared use routes can be improved.