Oct 21, 2026 · 16 min · 11 segments
In today’s episode of Escape to Hampstead Heath, we feature musical guest Frances, who relocated to Gospel Oak more than 55 years ago from South London. When not performing the violin with the BBC…
Richard TevershamHost[laughs] But, uh, we see him.
Um, I'm trying to think.
I, I mean, my world is the music world, or, um...
No, apart from that.
I'm sure...
No, uh, there must be a lot of famous people who walk on the Heath.
Oh, I've seen b- I used to s- see sometimes Br- uh, Brindale, the pianist, Alfred Brendal, and John Lill, very famous pianist, lives just by the bridge there, footbridge.
Oh, that, that secret garden over by the entrance to Kenwood.
That is beautiful.
And that area just over there is lovely.
And, and that pond over, it's just to the right of East Heath Road, isn't it? With the lake and the, and the flats looking over there.
Lovely.
That, yeah.
I think they're two of the most beautiful bits.
And really very unspoilt at the moment.
I love it when all that hedge down there, when it all comes into full flowering of the white blossom, is glorious.
It's looking pretty good now.
And when you get the skeletons of the trees up on the hill there, that, those, they are really, really lovely.
Those, you know, those sort of thing.
[laughs] But, uh, we see him.
Um, I'm trying to think.
I, I mean, my world is the music world, or, um...
No, apart from that.
I'm sure...
No, uh, there must be a lot of famous people who walk on the Heath.
Oh, I've seen b- I used to s- see sometimes Br- uh, Brindale, the pianist, Alfred Brendal, and John Lill, very famous pianist, lives just by the bridge there, footbridge.
Oh, that, that secret garden over by the entrance to Kenwood.
That is beautiful.
And that area just over there is lovely.
And, and that pond over, it's just to the right of East Heath Road, isn't it? With the lake and the, and the flats looking over there.
Lovely.
That, yeah.
I think they're two of the most beautiful bits.
And really very unspoilt at the moment.
I love it when all that hedge down there, when it all comes into full flowering of the white blossom, is glorious.
It's looking pretty good now.
And when you get the skeletons of the trees up on the hill there, that, those, they are really, really lovely.
Those, you know, those sort of thing.
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