London - Whitestone Pond, Hampstead c.1890 - Camden Library postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Whitestone Pond, c.1890 - Hampstead, London Borough of Camden
• Publisher:  Camden Libraries Local History Collection, c.1980s
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Hampstead Heath (locally known as ""the Heath"") is a large, ancient London park, covering 320 hectares (790 acres).^[1] This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay.^[2] The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track, and it adjoins the stately home of Kenwood House and its grounds. The south-east part of the Heath is Parliament Hill, from which the view over London is protected by law.

Running along its eastern perimeter are a chain of ponds – including three open-air public swimming pools – which were originally reservoirs for drinking water from the River Fleet. The Heath is a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation,^[3] and part of Kenwood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Lakeside concerts are held there in summer. The Heath is managed by the City of London Corporation, and lies mostly within the London Borough of Camden with the adjoining Hampstead Heath Extension and Golders Hill Park in the London Borough of Barnet.

Whitestone Pond is a roughly triangular pond, centrally located on the Heath's south side and north-northwest of the Queen Mary's House care home (formerly a maternity hospital), across busy Heath Street (A502). This spring-fed pond is the source of the River Westbourne (an 1850s-encased Thames tributary).

It has an exposed location, closely surrounded by roads, which limits its recreational use. It is the Heath's best known body of water, and many people's introduction to Hampstead Heath's ponds.

type=printed

london borough=camden

period=post-war (1945-present)

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)