South Hampstead

South Hampstead is an affluent part of the London Borough of Camden in inner north London. The streets were laid out in the Victorian era. The area was not served by any railways until Loudoun Road station opened in 1879 on the street of that name.

Notable residents and organisations

T. S. Eliot, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, lived at 3 Compayne Gardens with his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot.
Silvanus P. Thompson, physicist, who lived on Chislett Road
Mina Loy, writer
Pete Gage, musician, who briefly lived in Compayne Gardens
Nahum Sokolow, author and Zionist statesman
Frederick Rolfe, writer
The 43 Group, an anti-fascist group of Jewish ex-servicemen after World War II who broke up right wing marches and fought fascists in the streets, was founded here.
Kylie Minogue, singer
Barry Humphries, Australian comedian known for playing Dame Edna Everage
Natalie Imbruglia, singer
Simon Amstell, comedian
Lindsay Anderson, film director
Kathy Lette, comedian, author
John Mortimer, barrister, writer and creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, lived at 3 Harben Road for ten years.
Walter Sickert, artist
John Seymour Lucas, artist
Banister Fletcher , architect and politician
Thomas Castaignède, rugby player
Turner Layton, musician
Ronald Frankau, comedian
Kim Philby, British intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union as part of the Cambridge Five
Education

, an independent girls' day school, is located at 3 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead.

Bus routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 139, 187, 189, 268, 328, 603 and C11 serve the area in addition to night routes N28, N31 and N113.