Golders Green
Golders Green is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet in north West London, 5.6 miles (9 km) northwest of Charing Cross.

Golders Green is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet in north West London, 5.6 miles (9 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Its historical origins lie in a medieval small suburban linear settlement that was sited near a farm and public grazing area green. The bulk of Golders Green forms a late Victorian/early Edwardian suburb centered on a commercial crossroads, the rest being of a later build.
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Worth seeing in and around Golders Green
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Middlesex University
Middlesex University, branded as Middlesex University London, is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England. The university also has campuses in Dubai and Mauritius.
3.1 km · university in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning 320 hectares. This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay.
2.6 km · park in Camden and Barnet in London, England · Wikipedia - 03Freud Museum London
The Freud Museum in London is a museum dedicated to Sigmund Freud, located in the house where Freud lived with his family during the last year of his life. In 1938, after escaping Nazi annexation of Austria he came to London via Paris and stayed for a short while at 39 Elsworthy Road before moving to 20 Maresfield Gardens, where the museum is situated.
3 km · historic house museum in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Kenwood House
Kenwood House is a stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The present house, built in the late 17th century, was remodelled in the 18th century for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield by Scottish architect Robert Adam, serving as a residence for the Earls of Mansfield until the 20th century.
1.7 km · art museum and historic house in Hampstead, London · Wikipedia - 05Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school in London, England. It was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906 as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students.
3.5 km · public drama school and conservatoire at the University of London · Wikipedia - 06Parliament Hill
Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west London. The hill, which is 98 metres high, is notable for its views of the capital's skyline.
2.7 km · hill and area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Tomb of Karl Marx
The Tomb of Karl Marx is in the Eastern cemetery of Highgate Cemetery, North London, England. It is the burial site of Karl Marx, his wife Jenny von Westphalen, and other members of Marx's family, including his daughter Eleanor Marx.
3.4 km · tomb in Highgate Cemetery in London, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Isokon building
Isokon Flats, also known as Lawn Road Flats and the Isokon building, on Lawn Road, Belsize Park in the London Borough of Camden, is a reinforced-concrete block of 36 flats, designed by Canadian engineer Wells Coates for Molly and Jack Pritchard.
3.2 km · Grade I listed building in London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Kiln Theatre
The Kiln Theatre is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as new writing, political work and verbatim reconstructions of public inquiries.
3.4 km · theatre and cinema in Kilburn, Brent, London, England · Wikipedia - 10Keats House
Keats House is a writer's house museum in what was once the home of the Romantic poet John Keats. It is in Keats Grove, Hampstead, in inner north London.
2.6 km · writer's house museum in Keats Grove, Hampstead, London Borough of Camden, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Golders Green
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 22 km · London Luton (LTN), 36 km · London Stansted (STN), 45 km
- Stations
- Swiss Cottage tube station, 3.6 km · Kilburn tube station, 3.1 km · Finchley Road tube station, 3 km · West Hampstead tube station, 3 km · Belsize Park tube station, 3.2 km
- London → Golders Green9 km · quickest by road, 45 min · £1–1.5
- London, Essex → Golders Green9 km · quickest by road, 45 min · £1–1.5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Golders Green154 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £16–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Golders Green
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Golders Green. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMore entertainment than transport really, rickshaws run in Soho and the surrounding areas.
From Wikivoyage: London/Soho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Golders Green – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Golders Green
Golders Green is 7 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hampsteadarea of north London, England2.5 km
- Hendonsuburb situated in the London Borough of Barnet2.5 km
- Highgatedistrict of the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington in North London, England3.3 km
- Finchleyarea of North London, England in the London Borough of Barnet2.8 km
- West Hampsteadarea in the London Borough of Camden2.2 km
- East Finchleyarea in north London, in the London Borough of Barnet2.2 km