Highgate is a Town in the county of Greater London.

Highgate postcode: N6 4AF

Retail in Highgate

There are great places to visit near Highgate including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.

The area close to Highgate boasts some of the best cities including London.

The Tower of London is one of Highgate's best, nearby castles to visit in Highgate.

The area around Highgate features a number of interesting museums including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.

The area around Highgate boasts some of the best historic buildings including The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House.

Highgate is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Thames at London,

Highgate's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.

The area around Highgate boasts some of the best towns including Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth.

Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park are some of Highgate best country parks to visit near Highgate.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Highgate like Morden Hall Park.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Highgate like Cutty Sark.

Highgate's best nearby airports can be found at London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.

Stanmore Country Park is one of Highgate's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Highgate.

Highgate History

There are some historic monuments around Highgate:

• The Theatre Playhouse
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall at St Alphage Garden, incorporating remains of St Alphage's Church
• The Rose Theatre, Rose Court, Southwark
• Pumping engine house for Brunel's Thames tunnel
• Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School
• Medieval moated manor house, 43m west of Cathay House
• Remains of Roman and medieval wall and gateway W of boundary of Stationers' Hall to Ludgate Hill
• Apothecaries' Hall
• Painter Stainers' Hall
• London Wall: remains of Roman and medieval wall from W end of All Hallows Church to 38 Camomile Street
• Bell Barrow called Boadicea's Grave, 650m west of Millfield Cottage
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall, bastions and city gate of Aldgate from 17 Bevis Marks to India Street
• Pottery kiln in Walmer Road
• Tower of London
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Goring Street
• The Curtain Playhouse
• Manor House moated site, East End Road, Finchley
• The London Greyfriars, site of, Newgate Street, Farringdon
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and bastion beneath Crosswall, No. 1 America Square and Fenchurch Street railway station
• London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
• Innholders' Hall
• Earthworks at Old Park
• Structures of archaeological interest below Billingsgate Market
• Moated site, Camlet Moat, Moat Wood
• London Wall: section in Amen Court
• Fishmongers' Hall
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion, Camomile Street
• Huggin Hill Roman bath house, 120m WNW of St James's Church
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and conduit and medieval postern, Bloomfield House to site of Moor Gate
• London Wall: section of Roman wall at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey
• Roman amphitheatre, Guildhall Yard
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and Roman, medieval and post-medieval gateway at Aldersgate
• London Wall: section of Roman wall and medieval bastion in Postman's Park and King Edward Street
• Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital
• The Globe Theatre
• Roman hypocaust and building on site of Coal Exchange
• Stationers' Hall
• Skinners' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastion at Noble Street
• The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey
• London Wall: section bounding All Hallows Churchyard
• Abbey buildings, Bermondsey
• Dyers' Hall
• Roman wall in basement of 90 Gracechurch Street
• London Wall: site of Newgate and 121-124 Newgate Street, remains of Roman and medieval wall, gateway and bastion
• Remains of Winchester Palace, Clink Street and waterfront
• Kensington Palace
• London Wall: site of the Roman and medieval gateway of Cripple Gate
• Armourers' and Brasiers' Hall
• London Wall: remains of Roman fort wall and east gate under Aldermanbury
• London Wall: the west gate of Cripplegate fort and a section of Roman wall in London Wall underground car park, adjacent to Noble Street
• The Jewel Tower
• Merchant Taylors' Hall
• Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, Clerkenwell
• London Wall: remains of Roman wall and bastion (4a) at Crutched Friars
• Tower Hill West
• Inner Temple Hall Buttery
• Queenhithe dock
• London Wall: section of Roman wall within the London Wall underground car park, 25m north of Austral House and 55m north west of Coleman Street
• Goldsmiths' Hall
• Barnard's Inn Hall (Mercers' School)
• The Hope Playhouse, and the remains of three further bear gardens, Bankside
• Vintners' Hall
• London Wall: section of Roman and medieval wall and bastions, west and north of Monkwell Square
• Smiths' Wharf
• Roman Bath House, Shadwell
• Roman riverboat, 136m west of Greenwood Theatre
• Tallow Chandlers' Hall
• Roman governor's palace (site of)
• Baynard's Castle, 78m south-west of St Benet Metropolitan Welsh Church
• Watermen's Hall
• Monument
• A subterranean commercial ice-well (City of Westminster), Park Crescent West, W1
• Remains of St Pancras Church, Pancras Lane
• London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
• Romano-British bath house and medieval remains at 11-15 Borough High Street