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HAMPSTEAD is only a short distance from Hampstead Heath and is served by buses and train.
(If you are looking for travel information for Hampstead Heath, you need to click on the following: Hampstead Heath Travel Information.)
Included on this page are all the bus routes, with the main stopping points and tube and train stations that serve some of them.
There are also direct PDF links, where the routes can be studied in more detail.
Included here is a Transport for London form to make the planning a little easier.
The author suggests that the visitor takes either the underground or the overground to the bus stop that is nearest Hampstead and proceeds by bus or foot.
SUMMARY OF BUS ROUTES
C11
For Highgate, Parliament Hill Fields, The Highgate Ponds and Sports facilities (Highgate Road) (including Lido at Gordon House Road), Hampstead East Heath (South End Green)
24
Hampstead Ponds, The Fairground (seasonal) and East Heath (South End Green)
46
Hampstead Ponds, The Fairground (seasonal) and East Heath (South End Green)
168
Hampstead Ponds, The Fairground (seasonal) and East Heath (South End Green)
268
Golders Hill Park (North End Road), Inverforth House and The Hill Gardens, West Heath, Sandy Heath, The Vale Of Health, Jack Straw's Castle
SUMMARY OF TUBE STATIONS 
HAMPSTEAD STATION (Northern Line) walk to Hampstead or short bus ride
SUMMARY OF TRAIN ROUTES 
HAMPSTEAD HEATH STATION
BUS ROUTE C11
Archway Station (Northern Line Tube)
Parliament Hill Fields (Heath entrance)
Gordon House Road (LIDO)
Gospel Oak Station 
Southampton Road/Agincourt Road
Fleet Road
Royal Free Hospital (by South End Green)
Rosslyn Hill
Rosslyn Hill (Pond Street)
Belsize Park Station (Northern Line Tube)
Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Line Tube)
Finchley Road Station (Metropolitan Line tube) (Jubilee Line tube)
West Hampstead (Jubilee Line tube)
Cricklewood
Brent Cross Station (Northern Line tube)
Brent Cross Shopping Centre
BUS ROUTE 24
Pimlico (Victoria Line Tube)
Victoria (Victoria Line Tube) (Circle Line Tube) (District Line Tube) 
Westminster Cathedral
New Scotland Yard
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Station/Parliament Square (Circle Line Tube) (District Line Tube)
Trafalgar Square
Leicester Square (Northern Line tube) (Piccadilly Line tube)
Tottenham Court Road (Northern Line tube) (Central Line Tube)
Goodge Street (Northern Line tube)
Warren Street (Northern Line tube) (Victoria Line Tube)
Mornington Crescent (Northern Line tube)
Camden (Northern Line tube)
Fleet Road, HAMPSTEAD (short walk to The Heath)
BUS ROUTE 46
Lancaster Gate (Central Line tube)
Paddington Station (District, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Bakerloo Tube Lines) 
St.John's Wood (Jubilee Tube Line)
Swiss Cottage (Jubilee Tube Line)
Heath Street HAMPSTEAD (short walk to The Heath)
Hampstead Station (Hampstead High Street) (Northern Line tube)
Kentish Town (Northern Line tube)
Kings Cross Station (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Northern, Piccadilly & Victoria Tube Lines)
High Holborn/Chancery Lane (Central Line tube)
Holborn Circus
BUS ROUTE 168
Rosslyn Hill
Fleet Road, HAMPSTEAD (short walk to The Heath)
Belsize Park Station (Northern Line Tube)
Chalk Farm Station (Northern Line Tube)
Camden Town Station (Northern Line Tube)
Mornington Crescent (Northern Line Tube)
Holborn Station (Central Line Tube) (Piccadilly Line Tube)
Aldwych
Waterloo Station (Bakerloo Line Tube) (Northern Line Tube) (Jubilee Line Tube) 
Old Kent Road
BUS ROUTE 268
Golders Green Station (Northern Line tube)
Hampstead Way (Golders Hill Park)
Inverforth House (Hill Gardens entrance)
Whitestone Pond/Jack Straw's Castle (another HEATH entrance)
Hampstead Heath Station
Hampstead Station (Hampstead High Street) (Northern Line tube)
Finchley Road Station (Metropolitan Line tube) (Jubilee Line tube)
Below are some useful maps and diagrams in PDF form for readers to browse: