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Note:
This pleasant pub has now been converted in apartments.
This weather-boarded pub on the
northern edge of Hampstead
Heath is named after a ringleader in the Peasant's
Revolt of 1381.
Jack Straw, one of Wat Tyler's
lieutenants, is believed to have taken refuge here.
He built an encampment from which he intended to march on
London but his plans came to nothing when he was captured
and hanged by the king's men.
A pub has stood on this site
for many years and in the 19th century Wilkie Collins, William
Makepeace Thackerary and Charles Dickens are all known to
have drunk at Jack Straw's Castle. However, the present,
mock-castle dates only from 1964, but has wonderful views
across Hampstead Heath from the restaurant and Turret Bar
on the second floor.
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