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.
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Views lookin over part of the Hampstead- hard to see in this photo, but beyond is Central London-I saw the whole city
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A typical street in Hampstead
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The Admiral's house in Mary Poppins
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A former Victorian hospital- now luxury flats- two of the Spice Girls live here
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The former home of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
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A crooked chimney
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Side view of Fenton House- dating from the late 1600s
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Lily- a very wealthy dog!! She lives in one of the houses in Hampstead
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The former home of Sarah Siddons- a famous 19th century actress
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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!!
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