Highgate is by William Hill and Sons, and installed in 1945 as a memorial to the local victims of the Second World War. On Friday 26 August 1988, Michael Williams, a 43-year-old father from Highgate who worked for the Home Office in Pimlico, disappeared whilst travelling back home after an employee social. His body was found at Highgate Wood the next day. His killer has never been found. The case remains unsolved despite being featured heavily in the national press and on BBC TV's Crimewatch programme. Highgate Cemetery is the burial place of Communist philosopher Karl Marx, Michael Faraday, Douglas Adams,
Walking in London in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet, connecting various green spaces along the way. This long route is designed to act as a link between the Capital Ring, which runs just north of the Heath through Highgate, and the London Loop. The Heath is grassy public space that sits astride a sandy ridge, which is one of the highest points in London, reaching . Running from Hampstead to Highgate, this ridge rests on a band of London Clay, that embraces ponds, meadows, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track, and it adjoins the stately