It's a charmed life in Hampstead. The sprawling Hampstead Heath beckons nature lovers, while the quaint Hampstead High Street and Village carry an old-world London appeal. With a wealth of cultural heritage and beautiful nature to explore, and the most blue plaques of any London suburb, we think you’re going to love it here.
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Your perfect first day in Hampstead: how to explore the area
🌞 Ready for a wander? Explore picturesque Highgate Village, nestled atop this hill in Hampstead Heath, to the west of Hampstead's high street. Enjoy stunning views of the Heath and London skyline while discovering charming gastropubs, theatres, boutiques, and cultural exhibits. If it’s a particularly sunny day, take a refreshing dip in Highgate Ponds' open-air swimming holes, or experience the breathtaking bluebells carpeting Highgate Wood each May.
🏃 Want to stretch your legs? Of course you have the sprawling woodlands and meadows of Hampstead Heath to amble - as well as tennis courts, open-air swimming and Parliament Hill running track open year-round. Hampstead also has a 9-hole golf course, multiple kitted out gyms and its very own cricket club.
🛒 Hampstead High Street, just outside the station, has an incredible array of upscale shops, from luxury outfitters to home goods for your new place. You'll have the best fresh produce at your fingertips with a local butcher, bakery and greengrocer. If it's a Saturday, you'll want to head to West Hampstead for the Farmer's Market.
👋 Meet your neighbours: who lives in Hampstead?
Today's celebrities – a-list actors, media personalities, footballers and artists – flock to Hampstead. As do well-established practitioners of law and medicine. West Hampstead is especially popular with young professionals.
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🔍 Is Hampstead a good place to live?
Adam Thornton, Managers of Foxtons Hampstead office, thinks so. ““Hampstead offers a peaceful village feel amongst cobbled streets and period architecture only a stone’s throw from Central London. From its quaint independent cafes and restaurants to the high end fashion boutiques, the high street has everything to appease locals and weekends visitors alike. Nothing quite beats a long walk in the Heath followed by the reward of drink in one of our cosy pubs.”
🏡 Find your home: the Hampstead property market
There are so many beautiful neighbourhoods around this area, from the colourful homes and cosy pubs of Hampstead Village to Belsize Park’s cobbled mewses and darling bakeries, and of course it’s worth a wonder by the eclectic mix of mansions on The Bishops Avenue, often referred to as ‘Billionaires Row.’
If you're looking for a place to call home in Hampstead, we'll show you around the elegant Victorian conversions, stately Georgian terraces, period mansion blocks and gated mansions that provide a rich landscape of impressive architecture.
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📸 Hampstead's most insta-worthy spot
The best place to snap a photo? It’s got to be The Hill Garden and Pergola in Hampstead Heath – everywhere you turn is a good photo op. In fact, many happy couples take their wedding photos here.
The Pergola, overlooking West Heath, is carefully cultivated to look like some overgrown ancient palace, and the garden has a beautiful range of unique cultivars for plant lovers. It’s a bit of a hike and feels very tucked away, but that only adds to its allure.
👑 Hampstead's claim to fame
Hampstead's greatest claim to fame is quite clearly the Heath. Hampstead Heath is the incredible wild park that inspired the Chronicles of Narnia. It's become the subject matter of many paintings including works by John Constable and Gillian Lawson. Famous poets like John Keats and authors like Zadie Smith wrote about the Heath.
Famous faces
As for famous faces, an incredible amount of celebrities have found their haven in Hampstead - Ricky Gervais, Lewis Capaldi, Harry Styles, Helena Bonham Carter, Olivier Giroud, Sam Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Sting... From actors to artists to politicians to sportspeople, there are far too many who've graced these cobbled streets for us to list them all.
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🚇 Commuting from Hampstead
Hampstead may feel like a world of its own, but it’s surprisingly well connected. The Northern Line serves stations such as Hampstead, Belsize Park, Highgate, and Chalk Farm. Swiss Cottage and Finchley Road have access to the Jubilee Line and Metropolitan Line. London Overground stations include Hampstead Heath, Finchley Road, Frognal and Gospel Oak.
📍 Where is Hampstead?
Hampstead is in Zone 2 and 3, in the London Borough of Camden, in North London.
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Borough of Camden School Guide: From nursery to university, see our guide to Hampstead schools (and the greater Camden borough), using information from the Department of Education.
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Source: This article has been compiled in collaboration with the Foxtons Hampstead office, who have verified all information within it. Our Hampstead team are experts on the local market and truly understand what the area has to offer.
For more information about living in Hampstead, or to discuss your property needs, pop into the office: 47 Heath St, London NW3 6UA or call the team at 020 7433 6600
