Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green.
It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations. It is an example of early 20th Century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in North West London.
The master plan was prepared by Barry Parker and Sir Raymond Unwin. In the 1930s the "Suburb" (as it is known by locals) expanded to the north of the A1.
While more characterful than most other suburban housing, some of the housing to the north is considered, overall, of less architectural value.
High house prices and the very small proportion of housing association housing means that Hampstead Garden Suburb has an almost entirely upper-middle class population featuring character filled cottage-style terraces and prestigious detached homes.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is close to two underground tube stations, these being Golders Green and East Finchley.
Both stations run on the Northern Line, which has connections to a variety of different central working areas within the city. Hampstead Garden Suburb has 12 bus routes which serve 86 bus stops which link to Brent Cross to the West End. The H2 bus runs a loop service around the suburb to Golders Green station.
The H3 runs a similar service for the section north of the A1 which stops at East Finchley station as well as Golders Green station. The area is in Zone 3 and an annual travel card to Zone 1 costs £1,648. Also, the North Circular Road is only a short drive providing links to the M1, M25 and A1.
Henrietta Barnett, a girls’ grammar school, this is one of the country’s top- performing state schools and its pupils are regularly photographed and filmed by news crews as they whoop with joy over their splendid achievements on GCSE and A-level results day.
The other local state school, Christ’s College Finchley (boys ages 11 to 16, with girls in the sixth form). There are two popular state primary schools, Child’s Way and Brookland Infants in Hill Top which has a separate junior school. Golders Hill School (2-7 year old) in Finchley Road and Annemount (2-7 year old) in Holne Chase are the two local pre-prep schools.
Kerem School (4-7 year old) in Norice Lea is an independent Jewish primary school. King Alfred School (ages 4 to 18) in North End Road is the local all-through private school.
Hampstead Garden Suburb is widely recognised for its stunning architecture, set within a leafy Suburb and the open spaces of Heath Extension.
From the Central Square to Hampstead Heath extension to the south of the suburb it is possible to walk through a countryside setting all the way to Hampstead or Highgate. Golders Hill Park is more manicured and there is a small zoo and a butterfly house. Central Square was to be the focal point of Dame Henrietta Barnett's Hampstead Garden Suburb, the site selected for its height and views; its design underwent numerous revisions In the suburb itself there are two areas of woodland: Big Wood and Little Wood, both designated nature reserves.
Little Wood is the site of an open-air theatre built in 1920, which is often used in summer by The Garden Suburb Theatre Company.
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