Police find dead woman’s body on London’s Hampstead Heath near Grade II-listed Jack Straw’s Castle
- A woman’s body has been found on Hampstead Heath in north London today
- Body was found in woodland near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building
- It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious
A woman’s body has been found in a woodland area on Hampstead Heath in north London, this morning.
The body was found near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building, and has been sealed off by Met Police.
Specialist officers recovered the woman’s body and investigations are ongoing.
A woman’s body has been found in a woodland on Hampstead Heath in north London today
It has not yet been revealed how the woman died but a post-mortem examination will be scheduled in due course
It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious.
Formal identification of the body found in Hampstead Heath has yet to take place and it is unknown if the woman’s next of kin have been informed.
It has not yet been revealed how the woman died, or how long the body had been in the park but a post-mortem examination will be scheduled in due course.
Met Police have been contacted for comment.
It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious and investigations are ongoing
The body was found in a woodland area near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building (pictured) which used to function as a large pub
Jack Straw’s Castle is a Grade II listed building in Hampstead, which used to function as a large pub, and dates back to the 18th century.
Charles Dickens was known to visit the pub, describing it as a place where he could get ‘a red-hot chop for dinner, and a glass of good wine’ and it is also mentioned in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
The pub closed in 2002 and it is currently unoccupied.