I ventured into the hills of Hampstead the other day. For those who don’t know, this is one of London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. According to Wikipedia there are some of the most expensive houses, not just in London, but in the World – with homes regularly selling for
millions of pounds.
There are very much two sides of Hampstead – the village, which is full of tight, twisty, windy little alleys, and quaint Victorian buildings, the epitome of ‘London’. Then there are the leafy streets full of huge, gated mansions and large terraced houses. I tried to get a bit of both in this set of pics…..
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1. Looking down Hampstead High Street, to the left is the Tube Station – the deepest on the network.
2. As far as high street architecture goes, I don’t think these buildings are anything special – in fact there are many downmarket areas of London that, in my opinion, have a much more impressive high street buildings than Hampstead – nevertheless, still very nice.
3. Further down the High Street it loses the Victorian oppressiveness, and becomes more of a quaint little village
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9. I do love a pretty Shop Front…if only all of London could be like this
10. I feel in love with this building…a very stylish Lloyds TSB bank
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15. Some more of that Village feel….(bare in mind this is only a few miles from central London)
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27. Something more modern – quite a few of this style of building doted around…
28. I’ve never seen so many Toyota Prius’s in my life – the good residents of Hampstead are doing their best to save the planet….how admirable of them.
29. G-Whizz, check out the little car 
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32. As well as trying to save the planet, they are also trying to destroy it…..’tis a beautiful car though
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50. Moving up to Hampstead Heath for a spot of lunch – one of Londons largest and oldest parklands…it is literally like being in the countryside.
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That’s all for now – a couple more to follow 
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