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Name:St John's Wood Park
Hill number:5572
Height:52m / 171ft
Parent (Ma):2874  Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
RHB Section:39: Central and Eastern England
County/UA:Greater London
London Borough:City of Westminster (LB)
Catchment:Thames
Class:London Borough Top
(CoL)
Grid ref:TQ 26650 83872
Summit feature:corner of Boundary Road and The Marlowes
Drop:0m
Col:52m  TQ267838  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 176
(1:25k) 173
Observations:south corner of Boundary Rd and St Johns Wood Rd junction 80m E at TQ 26732 83864 is lower
Survey:Abney level
Comments:Summit is within 50m contour and just on boundary
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Notes:
  • City of Westminster London Borough top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 107 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Took the bus from a walk around Hampstead Heath.justin_j_evans04/02/2024
St John’s Wood Park from South Hampstead Stationronaldo33321/10/2023
Slight rise in the centre of Boundary road near the top of The Marlowes.Vulcan22/09/2023
3 of 17. From Swiss Cottage station on the Jubilee line.WAYNE ROWLETT22/07/2023
Walked over from Primrose Hillgaryhoney01/04/2023
Final London Borough top of the daycolinfielding15/11/2022
With Jo; walk from King's Cross Station via Regent's Park. Weather; overcast, mild. Good visibility.amblerbob04/05/2022
From St John's Wood tube, returning from South Hampstead.peter4lc03/07/2021
On own. From Swiss Cottage.Beeliner14/06/2021
While out on run from home along canallerritt25/10/2020
Walked from Euston station, stopping for coffee in a busy Sunday morning Regents Park.NormanW28/07/2019
City of London run - 12 miles - to bag high point at the edge of Boundary Road and St. John's Wood. Tarmac.PhilipChaston05/02/2019
Early Saturday morning; little traffic & easy, though very limited parking at the end of Boundary Road where it joins St John's Wood Park. Walked up Boundary Road to the junction with The Marlowes as this certainly appears to be the high point. (S)gerrybowes19/01/2019
From Swiss Cottage to this road junction where the Boundary Road has City of Westminister on the southern side and HampsteadChinnockC20/10/2018
Detour on walk to buy a sink plug and get a key cut - hardly the heaviest load to carry on the mile walk back.Chris Pearson02/08/2018
Better than watching paint dry. A 2hr circular walk between stints of painting windows and to escape the nauseating smell of wet paint. Fascinating rich area of posh town houses , but all with security grills at windows - so prisoners of their own success? One typical house had spotless white rolls and silver bentley parked out front. Also summited nearby Primrose Hill (not quite a Tump) - a great open area offering fab views to the city over Regants Park -thick with morning joggers and people working out in the outdoor gym. Investigated a new rocky mountain peak spied below - artificially made inside nearby London Zoo- in the animals from Australia enclosure!Chris Pearson01/08/2018
Quiet road. Drive and park. Very posh area.Campbell Singer01/07/2018
With Evan. Had a well-earned pint at Swiss Cottage afterwards!Dangerous Dave22/04/2018
Holloway station to South Hampstead via four London Borough tops.PGCE13/04/2018
Extending a walk over Hampstead Heathjedthehumanoid07/03/2018
Had a wander round the summit on the way to an event at Lord's. Reckon the actual top is the base of the Plane tree or perhaps even the junction of Boundary Rd and The Marlowes. Took in the Abbey Rd zebra crossing for good measure.summitter29/11/2017
Parked at flats off main road.alwaysinshorts28/06/2017
Parked roadside on St Johns Wood Park and had a stroll to admire the houses. All flat, unable to pick out a high point.jonglew06/02/2017
A pleasant circuit from St John's Wood tube: Acacia Road, Ordnance Hill, St John's Wood Park Road, Boundary Road, Finchley Road. Marlowes gets my vote, too.Nick Down125/01/2017
Run from hotel near Barbican.stever10/10/2016
3/12 In London for weekend so did some Borough Bagging Third of Twelve (College Park/Harrow Road/St Johns Wood Park/Seven Sisters Road/Bethnal Green/Whitechappel/Shooters Hill/Langdan Shaw (Sidcup)/Sydenham Hill/Weston Hill/Sansterstead Plantation/Clock House)Fergalh01/10/2016
The last of the morning. From St John's Wood station north along the Finchley Road and down Queen's Walk to St John's Wood Park and thence to Boundary Road. It was obvious from the bottom of Boundary Road that the high point was somewhere around The Marlowes junction. Once again difficult to be absolutely precise.Sixtyplus04/08/2016
TD, C & H by mobile kennel.This Dog27/03/2016
Nice stroll from Swiss Cottage to a meeting in central London in the sun via this summit. Agree with others that Marlowes seems higher so did both.assynt_bob22/03/2016
Agree junction with Marlowes seems highest.Also walked to Abbey Road crossing -sad really.catman11/11/2015
South side of Boundary road is in City of Westminster, North side in Camden. Junction with Marlowes appears to be highest point. Had time to spare after meeting before catching train from Paddington, also walked along Abbey Road to that Zebra crossing.PeterD15/09/2015
7th of 9 London Borough Tops - linked up through a combination of walking and Tube. Not much else to report!mcallmar11/09/2015
Seems to be at end of the block paved drive to me. It's all debatable as both pavement and block-paved drive are man made.clivevilla20/05/2015
More Aston Martins and Bentleys seen than on the average peak bagging trip. Worth combining with a walk across the most famous zebra crossing in the world outside the nearby Abbey Road studios -join the hordes stopping traffic for posed photos in Fab 4 line up and to read the graffiti tribute wall. On nearby Ordnance Road is the former St John's Wood Barracks which until 2012 served as HQ for the Royal Horse Artillery. Acquired for £250m by Ananda Krishnan, one of the richest businessmen in Asia, for residential development.Chris Pearson26/04/2015
One of 3 London tops today. If you can call them tops.Andrew Pearson21/02/2015
On trip to London to see 'Billy Elliot'. Also went to the zoo after bagging this one.DanHolme09/02/2015
Finsbury Park, Parkland Walk, Highgate Hill, Highgate, Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath, Swiss Cottage. 5 hours walking and rather tiring, good clear but cold weather.Nick27/01/2015
Hilarious this is a hillFionalevey24/12/2014
Nice 2hr walk from St John's Wood to Archway over 4 county tops. Unremarkable topMark Jackson17/11/2014
On the way home from Brentsqueegs15/09/2013
The 5th and final top done today. Not as pretty as the first four, but still had a cinema close by so stopped to watch a film.steverd09/06/2013
12th of 12 LBTs today. Another flat boring top. Spent far more time on trains and underground than walking today. None of 12 were really worth the effort, but at least that is 12 more tops I'll never have to visit in the future!Hillsidenick14/05/2013
Last of four this evening following Highgate pair and Hampstead. Long walk down Fitzjohns Avenue to Swiss cottage and St. John's Wood Park / Boundary road junction. Another road but quiet district. Tube away from Swiss Cottage. Good circuit of nr two hrs.nordicstar19/03/2013
A nondescript London top :-( (Just taking advantange of London Midland Railways Great Escape...London for £15 !)heavyhorses23/02/2013
Visited With Darren while trying to visit all the high points on London in one day.magirob10/01/2013
Now this really is a dull one! High point is on the block paved drive by the garage of the adjacent house.simon and co06/09/2012
very easy stroll from South Hampstead station in the dark. Lots of Christmas lights in the nearby trees.wheresthepath29/12/2011
Fifteen of London borough tops in 14 hours by bike from Kew. St John's was the first one after 50 minutes on bike. Yest there is a slight high point here.NilsOS09/10/2010
Days baggingBazWylie03/08/2010
Primrose Hill would make a much better top.Overthehilljill15/10/2009