Hampstead

Hampstead is a district of London, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Charing Cross. It is part of the London Borough of Camden. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for the large and hilly parkland Hampstead Heath. Some of the most expensive housing in the London area, or indeed anywhere in the world is in Hampstead, with large houses selling for up to £50m (2008). The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.

Hampstead has long been known as a residence of writers, composers, ballerinas, intellectuals, actors, artists and architects, many of whom created a bohemian community in the late 19th century. After 1917, and again in the 1930s, it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of émigrés and exiles from the Russian Revolution and Nazi Europe.

Hampstead Media

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  Kenwood House, Hampstead

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  A current day view of the location used for the Madox Brown painting on The Mount, just off Heath St

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  Keats House, Hampstead, where Keats wrote his Ode to a Nightingale

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  A map showing the wards of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.

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  The former Hampstead Town Hall on Haverstock Hill.

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  Hampstead Heath west ponds

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  St Mary's Church, Hampstead

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  The Viaduct on Hampstead Heath