Hampstead

Pros: Lovely parks, architecture, lakes and houses
Cons: Very expensive, no parking,

Well I live next door to Hampstead, which is split up into two sections. Hampstead Garden Suburb which is very residential area and Hampstead where all the shops, history and gorgeous parks, heaths and old stately houses are. To see the later just get...

Pros: Location, location, location. Darling.
Cons: Expensive.

Hampstead is expensive. That's the first thing you have to know before coming here. It's not too bad as a visitor or tourist, but it's a killer if you live here. Just to give you a guide to the prices - a small one bedroom flat with no garden around here...

Pros: Great Walking Area, Georgian Mansions, Kenwood House
Cons: view over London from the Heath is flat

Perched at an odd angle atop a hill, Hamstead has kept its village atmosphere and feeling of being aloof from the pressures of the city.

Kenwood House is a wonderful mansion remodeled by Robert Adams, the highlight is the library with it's...