Image: St John's, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, 2002 © Gillian Lawson / Bridgeman Images
Welcome to the Downshire Hill Residents' Association website
DHRA Aims and Objectives
The aims of the Downshire Hill Resident's Association are to:

Support
To advise and support members of the Association collectively in the promotion and protection of their concerns in the Area

Welcome
To foster a sense of community in the area

Represent
To endeavour to reflect the views of the Area's residents.
The interests of the member of the Association are taken to include;- public services and amenities, planning and development and conservation, traffic, parking and safety issues.
The area shall be Downshire Hill.
The Association will not align itself with any political party.
Latest Updates
Algernon Newton’s view of ‘Downshire Hill’, Hampstead
Algernon Newton's artowrk Algernon Newton's view of 'Downshire Hill', Hampstead will be on display at London Art Week exhibitors showcase at Cromwell Place from the 28th June – 9th July.
Downshire Hill in the making
Downshire Hill started life in around 1813 at the time of the Napoleonic and 1812 American War against the United Kingdom.

Walter Richard Sickert, Hampstead, London; Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. CC BY-NC
Recent Meeting Minutes
DHRA Minutes. April 2023
Street Refuse Andrew and Redding reported on work to improve rubbish matter in front of 1a to 4 DH. Contact made with owner of alleyway ...
DHRA Annual General Meeting Minutes. October 2022
Approximately 25 residents attended this year’s AGM – some committee members had prior travel or work commitments, and some were not able to attend due ...
DHRA Minutes. September 2022
Traffic issues (i) Traffic working party Paddy O’Connor reported. Following the first survey of residents’ views (reported at the 2021 AGM), a second survey had ...

John Constable; Hampstead Heath, with the House Called 'The Salt Box'; Tate. CC BY-NC-ND
Campaign Updates
School Update. January 2018
Update-26th-JANUARY-2018Download Police Station redevelopment. The EFA (Education Funding Agency) have advised early the Council in early 2017 that they now intend to pursue a 210 ...
Funding Update. November 2016
December 2016 Financial summary to date of Police Station campaign funding-update-2016-11Download Donations from Downshire Hill, Keats Grove, Hampstead Hill Gardens and Haverstock Hill. Donations of ...
General Update. November 2016
School The saga with the planning application for a 420 place School at the site of the Old Police Station continues. Following the rejection of ...