[10] The hill summit has a clear view of central London, as well as Hampstead and Belsize Park to the north and is adorned by an engraved quotation from William Blake.

[13][14] In 1792, Primrose Hill was the site of the first meeting of the "Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isles of Britain", organised by the Welsh radical poet and antiquarian Iolo Morganwg.

The Gorsedd (a community of bards) took place at a ceremony on 21 June (the summer solstice) and was designed to replicate ancient Druidic rites.

[17][18] Beginning in the late 1960s several of the roads were closed to motor traffic in response to an unacceptable level of collisions and consequent loss of life.

[23][24] The Primrose Hill district is an archetypal example of a successful London urban village, due to the location and the quality of its socio-historical development,[25] and is home to many prominent residents.

[b][26] Stanley Johnson and Lukas Heller each lived at different times at the 'Rocking Horse House' on Regent's Park Road.

[28] Among those living in the area are broadcasters Joan Bakewell[29] and Nicholas Crane,[30] as well as actors Daisy Ridley[citation needed], Derek Jacobi,[31] and Brian Cox.

[32] Elliott Square is a grouping of modernist 1960s houses by Douglas Streeter, built as part of the Chalcot Estate on land owned by Eton College.