The formerly sheep-speckled hill was a destination for duels at the end of the 18th century. Today, people travel from all over for a view of the city that never disappoints.
‘Splendid to be on Primrose Hill/At evening when the world is still’ wrote W.H. Auden in a poem in 1922. The location has a rich history of literary and artistic associations evident in the English Heritage blue plaques dotted around the area. Sylvia Plath lived in a house nearby, one that was inhabited by W.B. Yeats almost a century earlier. An oak tree planted on the slope in 1864 marked the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, and engraved in stone at the edge of the summit are William Blake’s famous words: ‘I have conversed with the spiritual Sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill’.
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"Лучшее средство хорошо начать день состоит в том, чтобы, проснувшись, подумать, нельзя ли хоть одному человеку доставить сегодня радость. Фридрих Вильгельм Ницше"