Primrose Hill Property, History & Transport
Primrose Hill puede ser sólo 63m o 206ft sobre el nivel del mar, pero la vista desde la cima es impresionante, desde los rascacielos de Canary Wharf en el London Eye, con St Pauls se elevan majestuosamente en el centro.
In medieval times the hill was a forest ‘full of the lairs and coverts of game, stags, bucks, boars and wild bulls’. In Queen Elizabeth’s time the trees were cleared and the hill became meadowland, also acquiring its name in honour of the flowers that bloomed there.
En el siglo 17 el famoso adivino predijo que la Madre Shipton, cuando Londres rodeado de Primrose Hill por las calles de la ciudad se ejecutaría con la sangre. Afortunadamente, parece que se han equivocado.
The hill’s 206 acres of park was popular with duellists in the 18th century, and was also the scene of many notable political rallies including the Chartists. In 1864 a huge rally was held in support of Garibaldi, the man who united Italy.
Primrose Hill has become a popular movie location with British directors. The view from the top was used in the 1987 spy thriller The Fourth Protocol and in the 1997 award winner, Career Girls. Most recently, it starred in the opening credits of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004).
The area to the west of Primrose Hill consists of early Victorian terraces and crescents, perrenially popular for their charm and community spirit.
To the north, wide streets are lined with detached houses set in spacious gardens.
Needless to say, properties that look out onto the Hill itself fetch very high prices indeed.
