Keats House
The Hampstead house where poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, writing Ode to a Nightingale and several of his other best-known poems, saved from demolition and opened as a museum in 1925.
- Hidden gem
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Did you know
Keats reportedly wrote Ode to a Nightingale in a single morning while sitting in the garden beneath a plum tree here. The same garden still exists today, in the middle of a 17-month stay that also produced Ode on a Grecian Urn and To Autumn.
Local tip
It's a small, quiet house rather than a major attraction, so it rewards visitors who already know and care about the poems. Go with Ode to a Nightingale fresh in mind rather than expecting a big general literary museum.
Finding it
- Address
- Keats Grove, South End Green, Belsize Park, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, NW3 2RR
- Nearest station
- Hampstead Heath (Overground), 93 m away
Details change, so check with the place before you set off.
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