Historical Hampstead: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Belsize Park

Overview

This self-guided walking tour explores Belsize Park, London's most cosmopolitan artistic enclave in the 1930s, where British modernists lived alongside refugees from fascism and war. You'll explore the quiet streets that housed an extraordinary community of artists, poets, and writers who shaped British modernism while creating some of their most influential works. Pass Henry Moore's former studio where he created his famous Reclining Figure sculptures and wartime Shelter Drawings, discover where Piet Mondrian lived while creating celebrated geometric paintings, and stand outside the striking modernist Isokon Building where Bauhaus architects lived alongside Agatha Christie. This 90-minute tour reveals how this affordable quarter between expensive Hampstead and working-class Camden became a creative sanctuary during one of the most turbulent decades of the 20th century.