Monday, July 16, 2007

Hampstead Village

Over the weekend, I did a tour of Hampstead Village- a rather posh area of North London. It is located on the highest point and has views over the entire city- all the way past Greenwich. Many celebrities past and present have lived here.

Views lookin over part of the Hampstead- hard to see in this photo, but beyond is Central London-I saw the whole city
A typical street in Hampstead
The Admiral's house in Mary Poppins
A former Victorian hospital- now luxury flats- two of the Spice Girls live here
The former home of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
A crooked chimney


Side view of Fenton House- dating from the late 1600s
Lily- a very wealthy dog!! She lives in one of the houses in Hampstead

The former home of Sarah Siddons- a famous 19th century actress
The former home of both H.G. Wells and Peter Cook (he was comic partners with Dudley Moore). Wells and Cook obviously didn't live there at the same time!!