23 November 2013: Pitt's Arch

15 November 2013: Iron Pan Pond

30 October 2013: Two Tree Hill

These two oaks on Sandy Heath are older than the woodland that surrounds them. When this part of Hampstead Heath was dug up for sand in the 19th century, it was to difficult to remove them, and so they were preserved. They now stand on a little hill, and you can also still see how their roots were exposed during the sand digging.

The two trees can be seen in this old picture on the London Geodiversity Partnership website.

4 August 2013: North End Avenue

14 July 2013: Meadow Geraniums on Sandy Heath

Geranium pratense near the Paddock on Sandy Heath.

19 May 2013: Sandy Heath Paddock

21 April 2013: Gorse on Sandy Heath

This is one of the gorse sites on Hampstead Heath. Gorse is a heathland plant, growing on the sandy soil here.

26 January 2013: Sandy Lane

On Sandy Heath.

11 November 2012: Sandy Heath in Autumn

9 September 2012: To Pitt's Garden

This shows the entrance in the wall at North End Avenue, leading up to Pitt's Garden, which isn't a garden but a part of Sandy Heath. The Garden takes its name from William Pitt, who lived in a house there in the 18th century. The house was demolished after the Second World War, and its former garden became part of Hampstead Heath. Today, all that is left of it is a lonely archway, some steps, and this wall.

8 January 2012: Sandy Heath Pond

One of the Iron Pan Ponds looking very gloomy.

24 September 2011: Iron Pan Ponds

The Iron Pan Ponds are small ponds on Sandy Heath, which are not fed by springs, but by rainwater. They exist on this part of the Heath because of an indurated sandstone layer known as iron pan, from which they take their name.

See on the map where this picture was taken.