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* Kenwood House
* Leighton House
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* London Transport Museum
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* Museum of London
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* Royal Academy (of Arts)
* St Bartholomew-the-Great
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* St James's Park
* St James's Piccadilly
* St James's Street
* St Katharine's Dock
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* Sir John Soane's Museum
* Soho
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* Wallace Collection
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* Winston Churchill's Britain at War
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Do not miss )
Leafy Hampstead, London's most famous 'village', was developed as a spa in the 18th century and became a fashionable and exclusive retreat favoured by many prominent writers and artists. Spotting name plaques among the many beautiful former homes of luminaries such as Lord Byron, John Keats, H G Wells, Robert Louis Stephenson, D H Lawrence, John Constable and the like is a favourite visitor pastime. The steep narrow streets around the centre are very well preserved and retain an intimate feel. The most appealing include Flask Walk, Well Walk (where you'll find the original spa fountain), Holly Walk, Hampstead Grove and Church Row. Meanwhile, Hampstead High Street and Heath Street bristle with trendy restaurants, cafés and a good variety of small independent shops that cater for the well-heeled residents.
There are a number of low-key sights in the centre. Burgh House acts as a local museum; Fenton House, built in 1693, holds ceramics and a renowned coll-ection of historic keyboard instruments; Keats' House, where the poet John Keats lived for almost two years, is a delightful spot, where Ode to a Nightingale and many other fine poems were written. Just south of here is the Freud Museum, where Sigmund Freud lived from 1938 until his death in 1939.
Hampstead's other claim to fame is Hampstead Heath, London's largest and most famous heathland covering some 324ha. One of north London's favourite summer walking spots, its ponds are also used for swimming. Parliament Hill is a traditional Sunday venue for kite-flying and offers great views across to central London. Much of the heath consists of undeveloped woodland, the main exception being the landscaped grounds of Kenwood House.
Hampstead
Metro: HampsteadTourist Information
Address: By the lido, southernmost point of the heathOpen: Wed-Sun 10-12, 1-5
Burgh House
Address: New End SquarePhone: (020) 7431 0144
Open: Wed-Sun 12-5
Admission: Free
Fenton House
Address: Windmill HillPhone: (020) 7435 3471
Open: Apr-Oct Sat-Sun, public hol Mon 11-5, Wed-Fri 2-5
Admission: Moderate
Keats' House
Address: Keats GrovePhone: (020) 7435 2062
Open: Tue-Sun 12-5
Admission: Moderate
Freud Museum
Address: 20 Maresfield GardensPhone: (020) 7435 2002 WEBSITE: www.freud.org.uk
Open: Wed-Sun 12-5
Metro: Finchley Road
Admission: Moderate
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