INTERESTING PLACES IN LONDON

KEATS HOUSE

JOHN KEATS Keats House is where the poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting that inspired some of Keats’s most memorable poetry. Here, Keats wrote 'Ode to a Nightingale', and fell in love with Fanny Brawne, the girl next door. It was from this house that he travelled to Rome, where he died of tuberculosis aged just 25.

MUSEUM Keats House is a thriving museum dedicated not only to the poetry of John Keats but also to poetry in general. We work closely with local community groups, museums, artists and schools, and run popular poetry groups. We run regular events and, assisted by our vibrant team of volunteers, bring the life and times of John Keats to contemporary Hampstead.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE The Keats House collection is comprised of an enormous variety of Keats related material including books, paintings and everyday household items which might have been used in the house at the time. Some of the original material includes letters written by Keats, books in which Keats wrote some of his poetry, and the engagement ring given by Keats to his fiancée, Fanny Brawne.

LOCATION By Tube: Hampstead tube to Keats House – 750m or just under half a mile (mostly downhill) Belsize Park tube to Keats House – 750m or just under half a mile (up and downhill) By London Overground: Hampstead Heath train station – approximately 100m By Bus: Buses 24, 46, 168 and C11 all go to South End Green, next to Hampstead Heath Station Bus 268 goes to the Rosslyn Hill junction with Downshire Hill

OPENING HOURS Summer hours 1 March October 2012 Tuesday - Sunday, 1pm - 5pm: Open to all visitors Also open on: Bank Holiday Mondays Winter hours begin on 1 November November February 2013 Friday - Sunday, 1pm - 5pm: Open to all visitors Tuesday - Thursday, 10am - 5pm: Pre-Booked Groups only

RECOMMENDATION If you are interested in British literature, it’s a place worth seeing. Incredible historical atmosphere created by surroundings and inferior of the building take you back in time to the beginning of the 19th century. You can see, touch and even smell the atmosphere of the past time.

O2 ARENA

The O2 Arena (visually typeset in branding as The O 2 arena, referred to as North Greenwich Arena in context of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the centre of The O2, a large entertainment complex on the Greenwich peninsula in London, England.

HISTORY Construction of the arena started in 2003 and finished in Owing to the impossibility of using cranes inside the dome structure, the arena's roof was constructed on the ground within the dome and then lifted. The arena building's structure was then built around the roof. The arena building, which houses the arena and the arena concourse, is independent from all other buildings in The O2 and houses all the arena's facilities.

EVENTS SPORT During the 2012 Summer Olympics it is scheduled to be the venue for gymnastics, for which it will have a spectator capacity of 16,500, and for basketball finals, for which it will have a capacity of 20,000. MUSIC 24 May - 9 June 2012 In the Night Garden Live! Sept & Oct 2012 Michael McIntyre 15 September 2012 The Voice UK November 2012 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals November 2012 Andrea Bocelli 1 December 2012 Jason Mraz

LOCATION

OPENING HOURS Opening hours depend on the current events’ schedule.

RECOMMENDATION This is the best place to visit for sport and music fans. It’s a unique, modern building surrounded by Old-English architecture. Not only is the building interesting, but also events taking place in it.