Sunbathe here for one of the best views in London, with a pavilion, lush trees and, beyond these, towering skyscrapers reaching up from our fair city.

A popular free concert is set to return to Hampstead Heath to "end the summer with joy". The fifth edition of the Natural Aspect Summer concert takes place at Parliament Hill Bandstand on August 31.

Many urban canopies across U.S. cities are dominated by only a handful of tree types, putting them at risk of being wiped out by an insect or disease.

The kind of plants you can grow have changed slightly in most regions of Canada according to the federal government’s latest Plant Hardiness Zones map — the first such update since 2014.

Surrey Heath Borough Council (SHBC) said it planted a "tree-mendous" 6,000 new trees between April 2024 and March 2025. This was 1,000 trees more than the previous year's total of 5,000, it added.

An advocacy charity is launching a legal bid that could ban trans women from the Hampstead Heath ladies’ pond, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling that redefined legal sex under the Equality ...

The Kenwood Ladies’ Pond on Hampstead Heath has long held a reputation among Londoners for being a safe haven for women, including those who are transgender. Since 1925, women have been swimming, ...

The corporation, which manages Hampstead Heath, introduced its current policy in 2019 to allow transgender women access to the Ladies’ Pond.

Hampstead Heath’s ladies’ pond has always been about inclusivity – long may that continue As a charity plans to make a legal claim against the organisation running the north London swimming ...

A woman climbing out of Hampstead Heath’s ladies’ pond in winter (Getty Images) I’ve never once felt unsafe in the presence of a trans woman, whether that’s at the ladies’ pond, in a women’s bathroom, ...