page_title: Hampstead
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Hampstead / History / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: House in Hampstead occupied by poet John Keats and now a museum next the Heath branch Public Library on the right
context_page_description: Hampstead is an area in north London, England. Lying 4 miles northwest of Charing Cross, it extends from the A5 road to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the north-west part of the London Borough of Camden.
  Hampstead is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations. It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area. Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: In the 20th century, a number of notable buildings were created including:
  Hampstead Underground station (1907), the deepest station on the Underground network
  Isokon building (1932)
  Hillfield Court (1932)
  2 Willow Road (1938)
  Swiss Cottage Central Library (1964)
  Royal Free Hospital (mid-1970s)
  Cultural attractions in the area include the Freud Museum, Keats House, Kenwood House, Fenton House, the Isokon building, Burgh House (which also houses Hampstead Museum), and the Camden Arts Centre. The large Victorian Hampstead Town Hall was recently converted and extended as an arts centre.
  On 14 August 1975 Hampstead entered the UK Weather Records with the Highest 155-min total rainfall at 169 mm. As of November 2008 this record remains.
  The average price of a property in Hampstead was £1.5 million in 2018.
caption: Keats House, Hampstead, where Keats wrote his Ode to a Nightingale
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