Primrose Hill

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Primrose Hill is a hill and district located on the north side of Regent's Park. The hill has a fine view of central London. Like Regent's Park the area was once part of a great chase appropriated by Henry VIII and became Crown property in 1841. In 1842 an Act of Parliament secured the land as public open space.

The built up part of Primrose Hill consists mainly of Victorian terraces. It has always been one of the more fashionable districts in the urban belt that lies between the core of London and the outer suburbs, and remains expensive and prosperous.

In October 1678 Primrose Hill (then known as Greenberry Hill) was the scene of the mysterious murder of Edmund Berry Godfrey.

Nearest places:

• Camden Town
• Regent's Park
• Belsize Park
• Chalk Farm
• Hampstead
• St John's Wood

Nearest tube station:

• Chalk Farm tube station
• Swiss Cottage tube station

Primrose Hill in fiction

• In H.G. Wells' book The War of the Worlds, Primrose Hill was the site of the final Martian encampment.
• In Dodie Smith'sThe Hundred and One Dalmatians, the Dearly family live near the district, on Regent's Park's Outer Circle, with Primrose Hill itself forming an excellent location for Pongo to engage in the 'twilight barking'.
• Primrose Hill is referred to in the Blur song For Tomorrow. The lyrics "and the view's so nice", from the song, have been painted on a path leading to the top of Primrose Hill.
• Primrose Hill is mentioned in the Appleton single Everything Eventually, with the line "Let's go fly a kite on Primrose Hill". The video for the song was shot there too.
• Oasis took the photo for the cover of the single Wonderwall here where a girl is shown through a frame.
• Primrose Hill is referred to in "Emit Remmus" ('summer time' backwards), a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which is off of their 1999 album Californication.
• Primrose Hill is referred to by Herman Melville in his "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!" short story. It refers to "all London, from Mile End (which is no end) to Primrose Hill (where there ain't any primroses..."

See also

• Primrose Hill railway station
• Primrose Hill set

External links

• [Primrose Hill Local Website]
• [Primrose Hill and Regent's Park in Literature and Music], a bibliography
• [The story behind the Blur lyrics on Primrose Hill]

Parks and open spaces in London

Alexandra Park | Battersea Park | Brockwell Park | Burgess Park | Bushy Park | Cannizaro Park | Clapham Common | Clissold Park | Eel Brook Common | Epping Forest | Finsbury Park | Green Park | Greenwich Park | Hackney Marshes | Hampstead Heath | Hampton Court Park | Holland Park | Hornchurch Country Park | Hyde Park | Island Gardens | Kennington Park | Kensington Gardens | Kilburn Grange Park | Lincoln's Inn Fields | London Fields | Mile End Park | Morden Hall Park | Morden Park | Osterley Park | Oxleas Wood | Parliament Hill | Parsons Green | Plumstead Common | Primrose Hill | Queen's Park | Regent's Park | Richmond Park | Kew Gardens | South Norwood Country Park | St. James's Park | Streatham Common | Trent Park | Valentines Park | Victoria Park | Victoria Tower Gardens | Waterlow Park | West Ham Park | Wimbledon Park | Wimbledon and Putney Commons

 

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