Highgate Wood – Alexandra Palace loop from Highgate

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Highgate Wood – Alexandra Palace loop from Highgate

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Highgate Wood – Alexandra Palace loop from Highgate

02:15

8.38km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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792 m

Highgate Wood

Highlight • Forest

Against all the odds, an area of ancient woodland sits in this urban part of north London. It was once part of the huge Forest of Middlesex which stretched across Essex, Hertfordshire and most of London.

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1.85 km

Highgate Wood

Highlight • Viewpoint

Wonderful park in north London, don’t miss the Little Café next to the Highgate Wood Field

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2.11 km

View of London from Parkland Walk

Highlight • Viewpoint

Especially beautiful in spring when the trees are blooming and the bluebells are shining everywhere

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3.42 km

Alexandra Palace

Highlight • Historical Site

Alexandra Palace is a Grade II listed entertainment and sports venue which opened 1873. It burnt down only two weeks later and had to be rebuilt.

Part of the building …

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3.51 km

View of London from Alexandra Palace

Highlight • Climb

Going north there is a nice back street route to Barnet via Friern Bridge Shopping Centre, New Southgate station, Totteridge and Whetstone station and Dollis Valley Cycle Route to Barnet …

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8.37 km

Highgate station

Highlight • Rest Area

Highgate is a London Underground station and former railway station in Archway Road, in the London Borough of Haringey in north London. The station takes its name from nearby Highgate …

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8.38 km

End point

Train Station

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