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On West End Lane, in West Hampstead
What it's like at NW6 1LN: every home that has sold on West End Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on West End Lane; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
89 of the 736 homes on the street are owned by companies (5 overseas).
| 290, West End LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £1,500,000 | 227 m² | £6,608/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 292, West End LaneOther · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £2,200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 294, West End LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £1,659,400 | 206 m² | £8,055/m² | 3 |
| 296, West End LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £2,593,000 | 211 m² | £12,289/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Maisonette, 298, West End LaneFlat | Sept 2002 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First And Second Floor Maisonette, 298, West End LaneFlat | May 2021 | £1,400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 298, West End LaneFlat | Jul 2021 | £925,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 4, 300, West End LaneFlat | Sept 1997 | £135,000 | 44 m² | £3,068/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 300, West End LaneFlat | Jul 1998 | £138,000 | 51 m² | £2,706/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 300, West End LaneFlat | Apr 2025 | £405,000 | 49 m² | £8,265/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 300, West End LaneFlat | Jun 2016 | £1,103,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 324a, West End LaneFlat | Jun 2007 | £395,000 | 89 m² | £4,438/m² | 1 |
| 328a, West End LaneTerraced | Sept 2017 | £1,025,000 | 92 m² | £11,141/m² | 2 |
| 332, West End LaneOther · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £920,000 | 68 m² | £13,529/m² | 2 |
| 334a, West End LaneTerraced | Aug 1997 | £59,000 | 103 m² | £573/m² | 2 |
| 336a, West End LaneTerraced | Jun 2002 | £180,000 | 65 m² | £2,769/m² | 1 |
| 338, West End LaneOther | Mar 2019 | £30,273 | 64 m² | £473/m² | 1 |
| Ground And Lower Ground Floor, 340, West End LaneFlat · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £550,000 | – | – | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 64% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is West Hampstead Thameslink, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 3.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Elstree and Borehamwood.
The nearest bus stop is West End Lane Frognal, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 113, 13); 184 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 17% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 6 km away as the crow flies.
63% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Emmanuel Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 87% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Kingsgate Primary School (0.8 km), with 5 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hampstead School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 43.1 · 7.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Paddington Academy (2.7 km) and Parliament Hill School (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Henrietta Barnett School (3.5 km) and St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (7.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Little Waitrose, 250 m away, with Em Cakes closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cholmley Gardens Surgery (400 m), with Dales Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Headmasters is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Free Hospital, 1.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 70% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 68 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Hana is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Alice House the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 182 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 38% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (West End Green, South Hampstead).
Homes are mostly flats (88%).
69 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| St Andrews Church | II | 90 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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Hampstead and Highgate constituency: Tulip Siddiq MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,970 (30.8%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Conservative 17%, Green Party 14%, Liberal Democrat 13%.
76 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NW6 1LN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 62% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 178 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is West End Green, 250 m away; for exercise, Movers and Shapers (550 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hampstead Heath (Mixed Pond), 2.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 20.3 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, London City is 17 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 20 km.
Many neighbours rent: 49% of households rent privately and 21% socially.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 67% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Regent's University London, 3.8 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 479 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 126 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.4% | 67.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.5% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 22.1% | 23.5% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 736 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.