London neighborhood: The University District
Bloomsbury, Holborn, and Fiztrovia are home to the British Museum and many major London universities and colleges
Bloomsbury, Holborn, and Fiztrovia are home to the British Museum and many major London universities and colleges
One of the greatest museums on the planet, a repository of astounding artifacts from throughout human history all around the globe, from the Rosetta Stone to the Parthenon Marbles to an Easter Island moai and much, much, much more
A collection of the English language's greatest books and manuscripts, from Beowulf to Beatles lyrics by way of the Magna Carta, Shakespeare, James Joyce, and more
This London rail station was catapulted to fame as the location of Platform 9 3/4 in the Harry Potter books and movies
This redbrick Victorian castle is London's prettiest rail station—and home to the Eurostar to the Continent
Quite possible the greatest museum gift store on the planet—perfect for souvenir and holiday shopping
A five-star, countryside-meets–modern design hotel perfectly sited between the west End, British Museum, and Marylebone
Eight elegant, bookish-themed B&B rooms above a gourmet pub in Clerkenwell
A classic hostel with mixed dorms around the corner from the British Museum
Dorm rooms in Kensington just off Hyde Park at the London School of Economics
Dorm rooms between the British Museum and Covent Garden at the London School of Economics
Camden dorm behind the British Museum at the University of London
Camden dorm rooms near the British Museum at the University of London
Breakfast at London's Fox & Anchor pub comes with a pint of Guinness and the company of the slaughterhouse workers
A quick stop for cheap pub grub right across from the British Museum
Alongside notable natives like actor Stephen Fry and author Evelyn Waugh, the Village of Hampstead has been a magnet for notables, artists, and celebrities since the 19th century. This is just a short list:
Among the legions of writers and authors we count Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, D H Lawrence, John le Carré, Martin Amis, P. L. Travers (Mary Poppins), T.S. Eliot, Ian Fleming, John Fowles, Aldous Huxley, A.A. Milne, George Orwell, Robert Louis Setevnson, H.G. Wells, and a nearly complete set of major Romatic poets: Lord Byron, Percy Bysse Shelly, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Keats (whose Hampstead home is now a museum).
Musicians Sting, Ozzy Osnourne, Paul Robeson, Boy George, Liam Gallagher (of Oasis), and Hary Styles (of One Direction) all have called Hampstead home.
Artists John Constable, Lucien Freud, Walter Gropius, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Piet Mondrian, George Romney, and the architect George Gilbert Scott have lived here, as did psychiatrists Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud.
Hampstead was home to both the the famed adventurer and diplomat Sir Richard Burton (famous for his English translations of One Thousand And One Nights/Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra), and the famed Welsh actor who took his name, Richard Burton.
Other actors folowed: Peter Cook, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dame Judi Dench, Michael Palin, Elizabeth Taylor, Helena Bonham Carter, Ricky Gervais, Judy Garland, Jeremy Irons, Peter, O'Toole, and James Corden, plus director Ridley Scott.
However, in 2015 Cumberbatch and his wife moved just east to Dartmouth Park, and celeb power couples Tim Burton/Helena Bonham-Carter and Gwyneth Paltrtow/Chris Martin (pre-divorce) decamped just south nearby Belsize Park along with James Corden (who then moved Stateside to take over The Late Late Show) and Cameron Diaz. Are Hampstead's glory days as the Beverly Hills of London over?