West Hampstead

West Hampstead is separated from Hampstead only by the width of Finchley Road and like its fashionable neighbour, it shares much of what Hampstead has to offer.

Amenities
It is true that you have to be a determined walker to stride all the way to Hampstead Heath, which is on the far side of Hampstead from West Hampstead (though it’s only a very short car journey). West Hampstead has the superstores which Hampstead lacks including a Waitrose, Habitat, Sainsburys, a Homebase and the O2 entertainment centre.
There is even within walking distance, one of London’s oldest cricket grounds and alongside it that rarity nowadays - grass tennis courts.
There’s an eclectic mix of homes: grand houses and villas with gardens, mansion flats and modern apartments, something for everyone, in fact. Much of it was built in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods and many of the houses display splendid bay windows and pointed gables.

Transport

The area is exceptionally well-served for transport by the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines on the Underground with stations at Swiss Cottage and Finchley Road, and by both the overland Thameslink and Silverlink metro network with stations at West Hampstead and Finchley Road and Frognal.