Rosslyn Hill is a road in

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsiz ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, connecting the south end of

Hampstead High Street Hampstead High Street is located in the London Borough of Camden. It is the main high street for Hampstead Village and is part of the A502 road (Great Britain), A502. Heading southeastwards from a junction with Heath Street, Hampstead, Heath Stre ...

to the north end of

Haverstock Hill Haverstock is an area of the London Borough of Camden: specifically the east of Belsize Park, north of Chalk Farm and west of Kentish Town. It is centred on Queens Crescent and Malden Road. Gospel Oak is to the north, Camden Town to the south. ...

. It is the site of the

Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel The Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel is a place of worship in Hampstead, London. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella organisation for British Unitarians. It is also a Grade II Listed buildin ...

, St. Stephen's Church and the

Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Ho ...

. It is served by the bus routes N5, C11, 46 and

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. Pond Street links it to

Hampstead Heath railway station Hampstead Heath is a station on the Mildmay line of the London Overground, located on South End Road in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. Situated between and stations, the station is in Travelcard Zone 2. History In the ninetee ...

. Hampstead Hill Gardens runs between Rosslyn Hill and Pond Street. Haverstock Hill, Rosslyn Hill, and

Heath Street, Hampstead Heath Street is in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, part of the A502 road for much of its route. It runs from the centre of Hampstead Village northwards towards Hampstead Heath. By Jack Straw's Castle it divides into North End Way he ...

together constitute one long hill 2.8 km long, rising 99 m, with an average grade of 3.5% (maximum 8.5%). The street takes its name from

Rosslyn House Rosslyn House was a historic residence in what is now the Belsize Park area of London. Dating back to the sixteenth century and then known as Grove House, it was acquired in 1794 by the Scottish judge Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, th ...

, which stood nearby, and its former owner the

Earl of Rosslyn Earl of Rosslyn is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough, Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801, with special remainder to his nephew Sir James St Clair-Erskine, as We ...

Bibliography

* Wade, Christopher. ''The Streets of Belsize''. Camden History Society, 1991.

External links

Rosslyn Hill in 1848
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References

Hills of London Geography of the London Borough of Camden Streets in the London Borough of Camden Hampstead