Rahul Sharma (Editor)

South Hampstead

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
OS grid reference
  
TQ266842

Region
  
Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Dialling code
  
020

Post town
  
London borough
  
Country
  
Postcode district
  
NW3, NW6, NW8

Ceremonial county
  
UK parliament constituency
  
Hampstead and Highgate

South Hampstead

London streets 449 south hampstead abbey road london marylebone sussex gardens


South Hampstead is a district of northwest London, part of the London Borough of Camden. It is commonly defined as the area between West End Lane to the west, Belsize Road to the south, Fitzjohn's Avenue and Finchley Road to the east, and Broadhurst Gardens and Nutley Terrace to the north.

Contents

Trains at south hampstead


Notable residents and associated organisations

Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud, who lived at 20 Maresfield Gardens (currently the home of the Freud Museum)

Nahum Sokolow, author and Zionist statesman

The 43 Group, an anti-fascist group of Jewish ex-servicemen after WW2 who broke up right wing marches and fought fascists in the streets, was founded here.

Kylie Minogue, singer

Stephen Fry, actor

Matt Lucas, actor

ETA, the Basque separatist group, and PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, used houses here as safe houses in the 1970s.

Barry Humphries, Australian celebrity known for playing Dame Edna Everage

Natalie Imbruglia, singer

South Hampstead High School, a prestigious independent girls' day school located at 3 Maresfield Gardens

Nearby places

  • Hampstead Village (to the north)
  • Swiss Cottage and Primrose Hill (to the east)
  • St John's Wood (to the south)
  • West Hampstead (to the north-west)
  • Maida Vale and Kilburn (to the west)
  • Railway stations

  • South Hampstead railway station (London Overground)
  • Swiss Cottage tube station (Jubilee line)
  • Finchley Road tube station (Jubilee and Metropolitan lines)
  • References

    South Hampstead Wikipedia


    Similar Topics