London Guide
Highgate
Highgate lacks the literary cachet of its neighbour Hampstead, but makes up for it with London's most famous cemetery, resting place of, among others, Karl Marx. It also retains more of its village origins, especially around The Grove, Highgate's finest row of houses, set back from the road in pairs overlooking the village green, and dating back to 1685. Their most famous one-time resident is Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who lived at no. 3 from 1816 until his death here in 1834.