South Hampstead
Coordinates: 51°32′33″N 0°10′24″W / 51.5424°N 0.1734°W
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.
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)
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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
[2]
Matt Lucas, actor
[3]
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[4]
South Hampstead High School, a prestigious independent girls' day school located at 3 Maresfield Gardens[5]
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)
Transport
Railway stations
- South Hampstead railway station (London Overground)
- Swiss Cottage tube station (Jubilee line)
- Finchley Road tube station (Jubilee and Metropolitan lines)
References
- ↑ http://www.freud.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www.fabricmagazine.co.uk/area-guide/south-west-hampstead/
- ↑ http://www.fabricmagazine.co.uk/area-guide/south-west-hampstead/
- ↑ "Why It Matters: South Hampstead (Where?) | The Kentishtowner: Daily Magazine for Kentish Town, Camden Town, King's Cross & North London". The Kentishtowner. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ http://www.shhs.gdst.net/
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