West Hampstead

West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. Mainly defined by the railway stations of the same name, it is situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to the east, South Hampstead to the south-east, Kilburn to the west and south-west, and Cricklewood to the north-west.

The area is mainly residential with several small shops, restaurants, cafes, bakeries concentrated on the northern section of West End Lane and around West End Green. It is served by three stations: West Hampstead on the Jubilee line, West Hampstead Overground station and West Hampstead Thameslink station.

Image: Provenance unknown but appears to be the Metropolitan (now Jubilee) line platforms sometime in the 1920s


CITATIONS

London Street Names” by Gillian Bebbington (1972)


West Hampstead station platforms

West Hampstead station platforms



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