Editing Hampstead (section)

==Transport==
[[File:HampsteadUndergroundSt06.jpg|thumb|right|256px|[[Hampstead tube station]]]]
=== Rail and Tube ===
Hampstead station is on one underground line, the Northern Line which has connections to other lines at Camden Town and Kings Cross & St Pancras stations and Embankment among others.

The [[London Overground]] ([[Mildmay line]]) also runs through [[Hampstead Heath railway station|Hampstead Heath]] and [[Finchley Road & Frognal railway station|Finchley Road & Frognal]].

Stations in Hampstead include:
* [[Belsize Park tube station|Belsize Park]] {{Rint|london|northern}}
* [[Finchley Road tube station|Finchley Road]] {{Rint|london|jubilee}} {{Rint|london|metropolitan}}
* [[Finchley Road & Frognal railway station|Finchley Road & Frognal]] {{Rint|london|overground|mildmay}}
* [[Hampstead tube station|Hampstead]] {{Rint|london|northern}}
* [[Hampstead Heath railway station|Hampstead Heath]] {{Rint|london|overground|mildmay}}
* [[Swiss Cottage tube station|Swiss Cottage]] {{Rint|london|jubilee}}

All stations are in [[London fare zone 2]], except Hampstead, which is in both zones 2 and [[London fare zone 3|3]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/walking-tube-map.pdf|title=Walking times between stations on the same line|website=[[Transport for London]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416075039/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/walking-tube-map.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> Hampstead station serves the north western part of the wider district, near Hampstead's traditional centre. All the other three stations in the area are located to the south.

In the 1860s, the [[Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway]] was authorised to build a branch line from Swiss Cottage to Hampstead with [[Hampstead railway station (Metropolitan & St John's Wood Railway)|its terminus]] to be located at the junction of Flask Walk, Well Walk and Willow Road. Financial difficulties meant that the project was cancelled in 1870.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Alan|title=London's Metropolitan Railway|publisher=David & Charles|year=1986|isbn=0-7153-8839-8|pages=41 & 331}}</ref>

=== Bus ===
There is a bus terminus near South End Green in Hampstead (near the [[Royal Free Hospital]]), served by [[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 1|1]] and [[London Buses route 24|24]]. Routes [[London Buses route 46|46]], [[London Buses route 268|268]], [[London Buses route C11|C11]], and [[London Buses route N5|N5]] also serve the Royal Free Hospital.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hampstead-heath-royal-free-hospital-a4-0120.pdf|title=Buses from Hampstead Heath (Royal Free Hospital)|website=[[Transport for London]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420210116/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hampstead-heath-royal-free-hospital-a4-0120.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

Hampstead tube station and High Street are served by routes 46, 268, [[London Buses route 603|603]], and N5. Route [[London Buses route 210|210]] runs along the northernmost rim of Hampstead, stopping at [[Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead|Jack Straw's Castle]].<ref name=":0" />

Finchley Road is served by routes [[London Buses route 13|13]], [[London Buses route 113|113]], [[London Buses route 187|187]], 268, C11, and [[London Buses route N113|N113]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/finchley-road-a4-010417.pdf|title=Buses from Finchley Road|website=[[Transport for London]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420210036/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/finchley-road-a4-010417.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

=== Cycling ===
[[Cycling infrastructure]] in Hampstead is poor. In early 2016, [[Transport for London]] (TfL) consulted with the public on a new "[[Cycle Superhighway]]" (CS11) between [[Swiss Cottage]] and [[West End of London|the West End]], which provide an unbroken, predominantly traffic-free cycle route from Hampstead to Central London. The scheme was cancelled following court action from the [[City of Westminster]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-11|title=Cycle Superhighway 11|website=[[Transport for London]] (TfL)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035252/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/cycle-superhighway-11|archive-date=1 January 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

There are [[bus lane]]s along the A41/Finchley Road that cyclists are allowed to use.

A [[Shared use path|shared-use path]] runs from [[Parliament Hill, London|Parliament Hill]] to [[Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead|Jack Straw's Castle]]/[[Highgate]] through the centre of Hampstead Heath.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/hampstead-heath/Documents/hampstead-heath-map.pdf|title=Hampstead Heath|website=[[City of London Corporation]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713170606/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/green-spaces/hampstead-heath/Documents/hampstead-heath-map.pdf|archive-date=13 July 2019|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

=== Road ===
The [[A41 road|A41]]/[[Finchley Road]] passes north–south through Hampstead. The road links the area directly to [[Marylebone]] and [[Oxford Street]] to the south. The route runs northbound to [[Golders Green]], [[Brent Cross]], the [[M1 motorway]], and [[Watford]].

The [[A502 road|A502]]/Hampstead High Street runs from [[Camden Town]] in the south, through Hampstead, to Golders Green and [[Hendon]] in the north-west.

===Nearest places===
{{Adjacent communities|width=auto|NORTHWEST=[[Childs Hill]]|NORTH=[[Golders Green]] and [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]]|NORTHEAST=[[Highgate]]|WEST=[[West Hampstead]]|CENTER=Hampstead|EAST=[[Hampstead Heath]] and [[Gospel Oak]]|SOUTHWEST=[[Swiss Cottage]] and [[St John's Wood]]|SOUTH=[[South Hampstead]] and [[Primrose Hill]]|SOUTHEAST=[[Belsize Park]] and [[Chalk Farm]]}}