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London's most exclusive suburbs
Our rating with updated comfortable houses presents the most elite suburbs of London, which are distinguished by a high standard of living, stellar neighborhoods, a variety of prestigious schools and English clubs, parks, restaurants and shopping centers.
Virginia Water, Surrey
Surrey once again confirms its status as one of the most prestigious counties for purchase. The list of the most elite towns in the county in the suburbs of London is Virginia Water, which takes its name from the lake in the neighboring Royal Windsor Park. Here you can not only enjoy views of the lake, but also, for example, play golf at the prestigious Wentworth Golf Club or become Elton John's neighbor. It is worth taking into account the proximity to prestigious schools such as Eton, Sunningdale or St George's, and the variety of shopping centers and restaurants.
Average property price: approximately £1.186 million.
Annual growth: 5.91%
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham in Surrey ranks second in the ranking of luxury London suburbs. This is where the base of the Chelsea football club is located, and the players of the titled team prefer to buy houses in this area. In addition to a golf and cricket club and four football fields, the city has parks and popular English schools, such as St Andrew's Primary School, Parkside School and Feltonfleet School.
Average property price:£1.003 million
Annual growth: 6.94%
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House in the suburbs of London - house in Surrey -Cobham In the popular area of Cobham. There is an excellent selection of prestigious schools in the immediate vicinity. Cost: £1.925 thousand. |
Keston, London
Keston is located on the border of London and the picturesque county of Kent. Here it is fashionable to see both ancient houses from the 1920s and ultra-modern mansions with innovative technical equipment.
Average property price:£948k
Annual growth: 10.81%
Esher, Surrey
The small historic suburb of Esher, surrounded by lush greenery, boasts an average price tag of up to £1 million. Convenient transport links to London make it an excellent alternative to city center living. A variety of prestigious schools, a rich cultural and sporting life, and a high density of celebrity residents are just a few of the characteristics that make this suburb attractive when buying a home in Surrey.
Average property price:£932k
Annual growth: 10.08%
Richmond, London
Richmond is popular primarily among true Londoners who are looking for an island of tranquility where they can escape the hustle and bustle of the city. This affluent suburb southwest of London sits on a bend in the River Thames and boasts a high quality of life, top schools, a variety of dining options, picturesque parks and boutiques.
Average property price:£907k
Annual growth: 12.47%
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield is ideally located between London and Oxford and is only about 20 minutes away from the modern center of Marylebone. Politicians and celebrities have settled here for decades.
Average property price:£898k
Annual growth: 4.79%
Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire
Idyllic suburb of Chalfont St. Giles, located to the south-east of Buckinghamshire, has a good selection of prestigious English schools and good transport links to London.
Average property price:£898k
Annual growth: 0.47%
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
With easy access to central London by both train and car, the popular suburb of Gerrards Cross boasts several classic English schools and spacious townhouses. It is no coincidence that Gerrards Cross is called mini-Hollywood: your neighbors could be, for example, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Ozzy Osbourne. Celebrities choose this suburb for its calm atmosphere without camera flashes, high level of security and developed infrastructure with prestigious schools, golf clubs, restaurants and shops.
Average property price:£815k
Annual growth: 9.38%
Radlett, Hertfordshire
Radlett is a vibrant suburb of 8,000 residents, with a significant number of fashionable tennis, squash and cricket clubs, schools and restaurants. All this is in close proximity to London.
Average property price:£795k
Annual growth: 14.21%
Weybridge, Surrey
This beautiful small town near London takes its name from the River Wey. Its appearance consists of spacious, well-kept mansions. The thriving suburb is attracting more and more wealthy residents and stars. There are also many prestigious schools, boutiques, English clubs, and restaurants here. The golden quarter of St George's Hill also added to the popularity of the area, where stars such as John Lennon, Tom Jones and Cliff Richard moved back in the 1960s. In England they joke: “Blame The Beatles if you can’t afford Weybridge.”
Average property price:£785k
Annual growth: 6.96%
IN For the first time in the existence of my blog, I will dissuade anyone from visiting something. We are talking about Stonehenge, because visiting it is one of the main disappointments that befell me during my many travels.
Stonehenge, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is a rounded stone megalithic structure. The main interest is the purpose of this building, which scientists are still arguing about. There are several main hypotheses: some consider Stonehenge to be a place of worship for the Druids, others - an ancient observatory for observing the stars, and others - a funerary sanctuary. During your visit, you will be given an audio guide, where they will tell you about all these theories, but in general there are only stones and nothing else, so I would not recommend driving and wasting time, unless Stonehenge takes an honorable place in the top ten places that you a must visit in a lifetime.
Instead, take your time to stroll around Salisbury, the historic town where the tour bus to Stonehenge departs. In addition to its proximity to the famous stone structure, Salisbury is famous for its beautiful cathedral, built in the 13th century. It is here that one of four copies of the Magna Carta, the first piece of legislation in English history to limit royal power, is kept.
Since 1227, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, a traditional fair has been held in the central square of the city, attracting local farmers.
How to get there:
A train runs to Salisbury every half hour from London Waterloo station every day, the train journey takes 1.5 hours, the ticket costs 35-40 euros.
There is a sightseeing bus from Salisbury station to Stonehenge. Bus tickets and visits to Stonehenge can be purchased in advance on the website.
Follow in the footsteps of the Romans and Jane Austen in Bath
Situated on the banks of the River Avon, the city of Bath was famous during the Roman conquest of Britain, when the famous Roman Baths were built, which were restored and turned into a museum (Roman Baths, address - Abbey Church Road, tickets cost £15.5 ). The hot springs, which existed even before the construction of the baths, were revered by the local tribes of the Britons and were considered the sanctuary of the goddess Sulis (hence the Roman name for the baths - Aqua Sulis), which the Romans identified with Minerva. It’s funny that people came to the baths not only to wash, but also in search of justice: archaeologists found so-called “curse tablets”, on which people wrote their prayers to the goddess if someone treated them unfairly (for example, stole clothes in bath).
Another notable building is the Royal Crescent, built in the 18th century by the architect John Wood. The development was originally called simply 'The Crescent', with the adjective 'Royal' only added in the 19th century when the Duke of York lived at numbers 1 and 16. The Royal Crescent now has a hotel and a museum, and some of the houses contain offices and multi-apartment residential premises.
But most of all, the city of Bath evokes associations with the famous writer Jane Austen: the action of two of her novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, take place in Bath. The city has a Jane Austen Museum (address - 40 Gay Street, entrance ticket costs 11 pounds, opening hours are on the website), the exhibition of which is dedicated to the life of the city of Bath during the times of the writer's novels. On the second floor there is a stylized Regency Tea Room. The place is designed for tourists and especially young ladies, who are invited to try Mr. Darcy's favorite desserts.
How to get there:You can get from London to Bath by train from Paddington Station. The journey takes two hours and costs £33.10. Tickets can be purchased in advance on the website.
See how British students study
When in England, you should definitely visit Oxford or Cambridge to soak up the student spirit and wander around the cozy towns and campuses. The journey to one and the other is a little over an hour by train. My choice fell on Oxford, because I wanted to combine the trip with a visit to Blenheim Palace, which will be discussed a little further.
The town of Oxford itself dates back to the time of the Anglo-Saxons and was called Oxenaforda, which meant Ford of Oxen (“Bull Ford”). However, the city gained fame already in the Middle Ages, with the appearance in the 12th century of the first colleges of the future Oxford University, the oldest English-language institution of higher education in the world. By the way, it is funny that in the 13th century there were clashes between the learned men of the university and the residents of the city, after which the former left the settlement and founded the University of Cambridge.
Almost every notable building in the city is part of the Oxford University campus. A beautiful round building built in the Palladian style, the Radcliffe Camera (address: Radcliffe Square) houses the reading room of the Bodleian Library, the main book depository of the University and the second largest library after the British Library. The nearby Divinity School will seem familiar to film buffs: several scenes from Harry Potter were filmed here. And among the college buildings, the most beautiful are the ancient buildings of Keble College (address - Parks Road) and Exeter College (address - Turl Street), where the collegiate cathedral is especially beautiful.
While in Oxford, you should definitely visit the museums, the entrance to which, unlike some colleges, is free. The Natural History Museum (address - Parks Road, opening hours from 10 to 17.00, closed on Mondays) has an excellent collection of fossils and a lot of useful information about research into the origins of our planet and the living world. Through it you can enter the Pitt Rivers Museum, dedicated to archeology and anthropology. The Ashmolean Museum (address - Beumont Street, open from 10 to 17.00, closed Monday) houses works by Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rubens, Picasso and many others, and the Museum of the History of Science (address - Broad Street, opening hours from 12 to 17.00 , Monday is a day off) in a place of honor hangs a board on which Albert Einstein himself wrote in 1931.
How to get there:
A special Oxford Tube train runs from Victoria Station to Oxford every 12-20 minutes. The ticket costs £17 if you return the next day, or £20 if you return within three months (the logic is strange, to be honest), and the train takes 100 minutes.
You can also get there from Paddington station by regular train. Tickets cost £20 and the journey takes just over an hour.
Find out about Churchill's childhood
In England there are so-called “treasury houses” - ten of the most luxurious estates and palace and park ensembles belonging to the most famous families of Britain. They all have one single drawback - they are all located extremely inconveniently, so you almost have to use dogs to get there. With the exception of one thing - Blenheim Palace, which is located near Oxford.
Blenheim Palace is not only the residence of the Dukes of Marlborough, but also the only non-royal estate to bear the name of a palace. The palace was built in 1704-1706. for John Churchill, who came from a family of poor aristocrats, who was very successful in his service, for which King William III gave him land in Oxfordshire for the construction of an estate and the title of Duke of Marlborough.
Maintaining the palace was not a cheap pleasure, and due to the waste of several generations, the Marlborough dynasty was mired in debt. By the end of the 19th century, the state of the family and the palace was so deplorable that Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough, had to seek urgent measures to solve financial problems. In 1896, he married Consuela Vanderbilt, the daughter of a railroad magnate and heiress to one of America's wealthiest families. Thanks to the influx of funds, the restoration of Blenheim Palace begins, the richest interiors of which have been preserved to this day.
But the palace gained its greatest fame already in the 20th century, as the estate where Sir Winston Churchill was born. Churchill lived on his father's family estate for only two years, after which the family moved to Dublin, where his grandfather received the position of Viceroy of Ireland, and Churchill's father became his personal secretary. However, it is at Blenheim Palace that a significant part of the building is devoted to an extensive exhibition dedicated to “The Greatest Briton” and his family.
The palace is surrounded by a delightfully landscaped park, which is worth a stroll through, including the Marlboro Maze, an artfully crafted green labyrinth. By the way, many films were filmed in the park, including Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, 007: Spectre and The Young Victoria.
The palace is open from 10.30 to 17.30, the park from 9.00 to 18.30. A ticket for the palace and park costs £24.90, and the park alone costs £15.90. You can get a 30% discount if you show your bus ticket at the entrance. All useful information is on the palace website.
How to get there:
Blenheim Palace is served by the S3 bus from Oxford Central Station. The journey takes half an hour.
Plunge into a magical world
And the last point of my recommendations is dedicated to ardent fans of the bespectacled British wizard - Harry Potter. Not far from London, the Warner Brothers Studio Tour park was opened, where, unlike its American counterparts, you will not ride on stylized rides, but this is where the original props from the films are stored and many of the scenery have been recreated, including the main Gryffindor living room, the Great Hall and Hagrid's Hut. And just recently, at the end of March, they opened a new location - the Forbidden Forest. Many artifacts are “animated,” though not with the help of magic, but with technology, so take a close look at the exhibits.
You must purchase your ticket in advance on the website. Admission is by sessions, so it is better to arrive 15-20 minutes before the designated time.
How to get there:
There are two convenient ways. The first is to use the dedicated shuttle bus that runs from Baker Street and Victoria Station, the bus ticket costs £31 return. The ticket must be purchased in advance on the website.
The second is to go from London Euston station to Watford Junction station, from where a shuttle runs every 15 minutes. A train ticket will cost you £22.20 return, a return ticket for the shuttle is another £2.50 (you can pay the driver). In total, the savings compared to the first option will be only 6 pounds, so think about it.
Today I would like to show you modern housing in London. And using his example, pay attention to the principles of modern residential development. It’s clear to see why they are doing well and we are doing poorly. And this is not some special path of Russia, it is simply the wrong path. Sooner or later we will build the kind of housing that is being built today in England, Germany or the USA. Perhaps the finishing materials will not be as expensive, but the building principle will be exactly the same. I don’t know when the revolution will happen in the residential real estate market. Maybe in 5 years, maybe in 10. But it will definitely happen, and then all the panel microdistricts will turn into a ghetto pumpkin.
So, welcome! The new residential area is located in the Stratford area of north-east London, right next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This park opened after the London 2012 Olympics, and sports facilities still operate there. However, London authorities intend to develop the area around it.
In total, within 20 years, 5 residential blocks will be built near the park, designed for 6,800 apartments. Or rather, not apartments, but housing units, because this also includes townhouses, maisonettes and individual houses. In addition to housing, kindergartens, medical centers and sports grounds are being built in the area.
Chobham Manor is the first of these blocks and contains approximately 850 housing units. Right now the houses are for rent, they are not even on Google maps yet! 
In 2015, the block received a prize from the National Association of Housing Builders for the best development plan. Please note that along large driveways there are apartment buildings (no higher than 5-6 floors), and rows of townhouses are hidden deep in the block.
The area is designed to be family friendly: 75% of apartments and townhouses are designed specifically for families, and 28% of housing is affordable. Londoners have their own ideas about accessibility.
Now prices for apartments in Chobham Manor start from 450,000 pounds - that's 35.7 million rubles for a small two-bedroom apartment (bedroom + dining room/living room) with a balcony and no parking space.
A two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and its own parking space can be bought for 622,000 pounds (49.3 million rubles).
The most expensive housing costs almost a million pounds (79.3 million rubles) - a three-story townhouse with 5 bedrooms, a backyard, a terrace on the 3rd floor, a garage, bicycle storage, etc.
By the way, having a personal parking space on average adds 10 thousand pounds to the cost of a similar apartment - that’s almost 800 thousand rubles. How do you like that?)
Along with apartments in new buildings, premises for trade and services are rented out. The developer claims that residents of the area have 250 shops within walking distance, as well as many cafes and restaurants, but it is clear that only a few of them are located within the block.
Chobham Manor is something that could be built on the empty post-Olympic spaces of Sochi if we had a demand for good areas in our country.
01. Let's start with architecture. This is very, very, very important! Please note that all houses in the area are different.
Agree, a little different from this: 
02. Each building in the new area is unique, while maintaining the general style. Everywhere there are different windows, finishing materials, entrance groups. The diversity of architecture in a residential area is very important if we are not building barracks. It is not human nature to clone boxes of the same type. Just as no two trees are alike in a forest, so in a good area the buildings are different, yet harmonize with each other. 
03. In England they are not afraid. In Russia, black buildings are practically never found, which is a pity. The black facade looks very stylish, especially if it is made of quality materials. 
04. Moreover, all colors are strict. We don't have the diversity we love so much. For some reason, in Russia they think that if you paint buildings in clown colors, it will be more fun to live in them. This is wrong. It's fun to live in quality homes built with good materials. 
This is not what you need to do: 
05. Natural materials are used. 
07. Also pay attention to the variety of materials! There are 3 types of paving stones alone. 
08. Again, about architecture. You won't confuse one street with another here. 
09. Mature trees were immediately planted in the new area. 
10. It is not only the diversity of architecture that is important, but also the diversity of housing types. For example, there are both townhouses and ordinary apartment buildings. 
11. At the same time, almost everywhere there are low numbers of storeys. And apartment buildings are also all of different architecture. 
12. Offices are being built nearby. The proximity of residential and commercial real estate is very important so that the area does not turn into a “bedroom”. This makes it possible to combat commuting, when in the morning everyone goes to the center to work, and in the evening to their outskirts. A good neighborhood should be bustling with life all day long. This is also important for safety: there are always people on the streets. And for business development. For example, in a residential area it is difficult to open a good restaurant or cafe, since there are no customers there during the day. Similarly, in business districts, everything dies out after the end of the working day. In areas with mixed development, a restaurant can feed office plankton during the day and residents in the evening. 
13. Taking care of bicycles 
14. Entrance to the entrance. Everything here is standard: a transparent door, the entrance is flush with the ground. Mailboxes are made on the street so that the postman does not enter the hall. If the house has a concierge, then mailboxes may be inside. 
15. Townhouses have a small area in front of the entrance. 
16. This is also very important. Usually, the space between the house and the sidewalk is not used in any way - there is a lawn or a vacant lot. Here you walk along green terraces. 
17. Agree, this is much better than a vacant lot! 
18. Backyard of townhouses. There are technical passages, entrances to garages and garbage cans. 
19. Sidewalk improvement 
20.
21. Street inside the district. There is little parking here 
22. All parking is in pockets separated from each other by trees. All parking is paid. 
23. Interesting point. In the distance there is a zebra crossing, which is marked by poles with lanterns. This is a normal crossing where pedestrians are allowed to pass. But you can’t make a zebra crossing every 20 meters, so on quiet streets, where traffic speed is limited to 20 km/h, you can find crossings with cars having priority. That is, here the pedestrian must cross the road at his own risk when there is no car. 
24. All intersections of driveways and sidewalks are made at one level, so that people do not have to step down from the curbs. 
25. Parking for scooters 
26. Well, well, well... What do we have here? BA-BA-BA-BAH! 30-story building! And black too. As you know, I write a lot about the fact that residential buildings should be no higher than 8 floors, and ideally -
5-6. Can a 30-story residential building exist in this world? Maybe. And a 100-story one can. There's nothing wrong with that. If your building is predominantly low-rise, then the area may be dominated by towers; this is not a crime. Crime is when your entire area is built up with towers. 
27. Here, on a patch of land near the railway, they erected a tower. They made quite an interesting yard. There are markings on the hard surface for different types of sports games. 
28. Very high quality spaces with good landscaping. Again, pay attention to the variety of materials. 
29.
30. The British are the best in the world at landscaping. 
31. There is no open ground anywhere. 
32. Look, what a cool improvement! 
33. The quality of work is amazing. The soil in some places is covered with shale fragments.
34. This is how the birch tree grows here. The soil is covered with bark, there is a lattice around the trunk, and the path itself is made of a special material that allows moisture to pass through. 
35. Isn't this a miracle? 
36. A swing was hidden in the birch trees. And this is an ordinary yard that was done a few months ago. The criterion for good landscaping is very simple. Would you like to be here? Would you do this at your dacha? If the answer is yes, then the improvement is good. 
And if so? 
37. But let's return to England. 
38. Children's area. Various benches, awnings, binoculars, hearing pipes. 
39. This is Dasha, she is a local resident. Dasha is holding on to the carousel for a reason: there is a tree in the center of the carousel. And this tree rotates along with the carousel. Incredible design. I've never seen anything like this. I wonder if the tree will survive?))) 
40. Trampolines 
41. Lawns 
42. Outdoor furniture
43. Something went wrong))) 
44. The bike paths are not made very well, there’s a problem here. 
45. Let's move to neighboring blocks. Here parking is located in the driveways. 
46. The houses themselves are 10-story. 
47. Architecture is different everywhere. 
48. There are no cars inside the blocks. Only greens. 
49. Good landscaping 
50. Almost Zaryadye 
51. Passage from the driveway 
52. Passage inside the block. Please note that there is business everywhere on the ground floors. 
53. Beauty! 
54. Entrance to the entrance 
55. Even the design of the entrances is different everywhere. 
56. These are residential buildings where athletes lived during the 2012 Olympics. There is a sign on each house: you can find out which teams lived here specifically. 
57. There is parking on the ground floor. And on the second - the yard! This, by the way, is a good idea for the reconstruction of old areas where courtyards have been turned into parking lots. If you buy the first floors and locate a business on them, you can raise everything to one level and create green courtyards on the roofs of parking lots. 
58. Beauty is above 
59. And here is the yard. Here, each apartment on the ground floor, as usual, has its own plot. 
60. Even in such a yard they managed to plant trees, and big trees! 
61. Please note that even within one small block, all houses are different. 
62. Yard landscaping 
63. Let me remind you that all this is on the roof of the parking lot. 
64. And on the ground floors there are shops, cafes and restaurants. By the way, the best showcase for a good establishment is simply transparent windows behind which you can see the interior. It immediately enlivens the street. 
65. Street 
66. This is how the British are building now. And this is the outskirts of London. 
67. By British standards, this is very budget accommodation. Comparable to our sleeping bags on the outskirts. 
68. Would you like to live here? 
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1. Bloomsbury area
Travelers should begin their visit to this trendy residential area by taking the tube to Russell Square, the largest square in London. It's a pleasure to stroll along Bedford Square and admire the immaculate examples of Georgian architecture. The beautiful private gardens can be seen through the closed wrought iron gates. The area was originally owned by the Duke of Bedford, who rose to fame as one of the most popular writers of the Bloomsbury Set literary community at the turn of the century.
Members of this illustrious group of writers included: John Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf and Edward Morgan Forster. Bloomsbury is home to several educational and cultural institutions, such as the British Museum, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Charles Dickens Museum.
The tourist will also see here University College London and several well-known theaters and cinemas. This area is a great place for walking around the city. There are plenty of luxury hotels to choose from, including the prestigious Bloomsbury Hotel.
2. Notting Hill
The trendy, well-known area of Notting Hill gained its widespread popularity thanks to the filming of a Hollywood film on its streets starring Julia Roberts. You can get here by taking the metro to Notting Hill Gate station. This is a great place to visit if you are the shopping and street market type of traveler (Portobello Market is a must see). Tourists are lured here by cool bars, restaurants and stylish, small boutiques. Notting Hill Carnival is not to be missed on the last weekend of August with its spectacular explosion of color and music in the streets.
3. Chelsea
This stylish, exclusive residential area has recently become extremely popular thanks to the famous advertising phrase on soap labels: “made in Chelsea”. The area also gave rise to the phrase "Sloane Rangers", which refers to the wealthy individuals living near Sloane Square.
Belgravia is also part of the Chelsea area, which is bordered to the south by the Thames. Chelsea's main thoroughfare, the Royal Road, leads to Sloane Square tube station. Here the traveler can explore exclusive shops and boutiques, as well as the famous Fulham Road with its many bars and restaurants.
4. Kensington
You can get to Kensington from the following tube stations: South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Cone and Kensington Street Terminus. This area is full of attractions and extensive park areas: the beautiful green Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, prestigious museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum.
Other attractions in the area include the Royal Albert Hall and London's most famous department store, Harrods. Kensington High Street is a large street ideal for shopping and a good alternative to Oxford Street.
5. Shoreditch area
Shoreditch Market is quite an interesting, isolated area that is a great alternative to other areas of London. Here the traveler will find a large selection of private shops, market stalls, small markets and vintage boutiques. The area is home to the large Brick Lane market, which is bordered by Old Street, Great East Street and Shoreditch High Street.
6. Camden and Primrose Hill
A must-see is the world-famous Camden Lock Market, where items from all areas of Londoner's life are on sale: arts, crafts and everyday goods. The closest tube station to the market is Camden Town. This area is a hotbed of alternative cultural trends and the development of young trends. While here, you can take a pleasant walk along the canals, enjoying the beauty of the Camley Street Nature Park. To get to Primrose Hill, go down to Chalk Farm tube station, north of Regent's Park. The Hill is an open green area with exclusive houses on the neighboring streets, where many famous celebrities live.
7. Angel, Islington
There are many interesting places to visit in this part of North London. The main thoroughfare here, Appe Street, is filled with cool bars, some great restaurants, boutiques and design shops. From Angel metro station, it is worth taking a stroll through this area, which combines the subtle charm of individual style and ancient history. This popular residential area is also home to famous personalities. It is rich in events, theaters and also has a famous antique market (located on the Camden Passage pedestrian crossing).
8. Soho Village
Soho is a village within the city, home to London's gay community (Old Compton Street). Many of the city's main attractions, such as Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury Avenue and part of Oxford Street, are located on its territory. This village is considered the heart of the city, where there are many restaurants, bars, jazz clubs and music and creative centers. Soho Square is a popular weekend gathering place and is also the theater district, home to the London Palladium and Palace Theater, where many visitors spend their nights out.
9. Hampstead
The beautiful area of Hampstead is the heart of this area of north central London. This area is distinguished by a beautiful landscape with natural vegetation, as well as interesting archaeological areas. The area is home to historic buildings covered in green heather, expensive homes, bars and museums. This elegant area contains many stylish, unique restaurants, shops and was once a popular literary gathering place.
Keats's House, the Freud Museum and Hampstead Parish Church are just some of the attractions that can be seen on foot here. Also, the traveler can visit the final resting place of Karl Marx and other famous people at Highgate Cemetery. To get to this area, you should get off at Hampstead tube station.
10. Little Venice
There are two canals in this area: Regent’s and Grand Union. Here a tourist can have a pleasant lunch or drink while admiring the pretty view of the canals. Then, it is suggested to book a scenic boat trip on the water. You can also take a tug ride, which will take you straight to Camden with its noisy, crowded streets.
And in the suburbs it's even better. There, real estate prices are lower, the air is cleaner, and the atmosphere is calmer. And there are no problems with transport at all. Every year more and more people prefer living in the periphery rather than in large cities. But which area to choose from all the many options?
What are the popular suburbs?
Fulham– this area is located in the western part of London and borders Chelsea. Real estate prices here are significantly lower. It is popular with young families who live in quaint Victorian mansions. You can also buy a mansion, feeling like a real lord. Every year more and more new and modern cafes and restaurants open here.
From any London suburb you can easily get to the center or other important areas of the city. Each district is dominated by Victorian-era architecture, ancient mansions that harmoniously combine with modern buildings. It’s lower here, and there’s no shortage of entertainment and places to relax. Quiet parks, cozy squares and cute restaurants, a calm environment, a lot of variety with modern teaching methods. These are places where you will feel calm and comfortable, where you want to live and build a family.