Belsize Wood Nature Reserve

We will soon be starting sessions in Belsize Wood Nature Reserve! Another secluded patch of woodland just south of Hampstead Heath.

How to find us

Belsize Wood Nature Reserve is tucked away by the tennis club behind Belsize Park underground station, near the Royal Free hospital and the Isokon flats. We use the southern section, accessible from the upper level. The entrance is at the south-east corner of the housing estate.

If coming via Lawn Road from the east, you’ll need to go up all the steps and turn left.

If coming from Haverstock Hill, go down the side of Belsize Park underground station and follow the path round, with the tennis courts to your right. This route to the entrance is step free.

Detailed directions are given below!

 

Address

Belsize Wood Nature Reserve

8 Woodland Walk

London

NW3 2BZ

The closest Underground station is Belsize Park

The closest Overground station is Hampstead Heath

Buses: C11 and 46 – Lawn Road stop.

We don’t recommend coming by car.

Directions from Haverstock Hill

  • Go down the left-hand side of Belsize Park underground station

  • Follow the path round to the left, with the tennis court to your right.

  • Turn right at the end of the tennis court and walk 100 metres along the path with the tennis courts to your right.

  • The entrance is at the end of the pavement at the corner of Woodland Walk and Aspern Grove (at the south-east corner of the housing estate).

  • This route to the entrance is step free.

Street view of an alley next to Belsize Park underground station.
A narrow brick-paved alleyway between a modern white building on the left and an old brick building on the right covered in green vines. There is greenery and trees in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Tennis club building partially obscured by green trees on a sunny day, with brick walls and a green door.
A pavement lined with trees on the left and a brick wall with green gate on the right, with fallen leaves scattered on the ground and shadows cast by the tree and wall.
A pavement shaded by trees and plants, with metal railings and a gate at the end, in a residential area.
Gated enclosure at Belsize Wood Local Nature Reserve with wooden sign and information board surrounded by trees and greenery.

Directions from Lawn Road

  • The path up is next to the brutalist landmark, the Isokon Flats.

  • Follow the stepped path up - it bends right then sharply left.

  • Don’t try and use the lower entrance - it isn’t in use.

  • At the top of all the steps you reach a housing estate.

  • Turn left and walk 50 metres to the entrance

A pavement leading to a set of stone stairs surrounded by green bushes and trees, with a green metal fence on each side and a black bin on the left.
A winding outdoor path with stairs, surrounded by green foliage and trees, enclosed by a green metal fence.
A narrow garden path flanked by low wooden planters filled with green ivy plants, leading to a brick paved area with brick pillars and a metal gate, surrounded by trees and leafy bushes.
Entrance to a nature reserve called 'Belize Wood' with a green gate, fenced sides, surrounded by lush green trees and foliage, a black trash bin on the left, and a brick building on the right.
Entrance to Belsize Wood Local Nature Reserve with a green metal gate and sign, surrounded by green trees and foliage.