At the top of this path there is plaque on the brick wall to Sir Henry Hallett Dale OM GBE PRS was an English pharmacologist and physiologist. For his study of acetylcholine he shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi.   ///afford.corn.cabin

Number 7 Mount Vernon was the home of Robert Louis Stevenson and his home now bears a Hampstead Society black plaque. Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.   ///afford.corn.cabin

• Briefly divert left into Holly Walk to the corner of Holly Berry Lane. 

The house standing on the corner is where the first Hampstead Watch had its headquarters - marked by another Hampstead Society plaque.

Number 10 Holly Berry Lane was the home of the celebrated British composer Sir William Walton OM. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include Façade, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto and the First Symphony.   ///curiosity.heats.hopes