Location: London in United Kingdom
Nearest Airport:
Heathrow at 5
Kilometres
Nearest Train:
Thanes Link at 0
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Nearest Motorway:
A40 at 0
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Car: not necessary
West Hampstead is an area in northwest London,England,situated between Childs Hill to the north,Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, swiss Cottage to the east and Kilburn to the south.Until the 19Th century, the area was a small village called West End. Modern West Hampstead emerged with the arrival of the railways, and the transformation of the area from farm land to housing estates. In 1879, the Metropolitan Railway adopted the name West Hampstead for their station on West End Lane. Their motivation seemed to be to avoid confusion with the main retail area in central London,known as the West End.
A few hundred yards south, toward central London, West End Lane joins Abbey Road, of Beatles fame. The road leads to St John's Wood.
West Hampstead's proximity to the Metropolitan line at Finchley Road and its own Jubilee line stop (West Hampstead), together with a high concentration of fashionable bars and restaurants.