West Hampstead

West Hampstead is an area of the London Borough of Camden, adjacent to Hampstead.

LGBT History

West Hampstead residents have included:

• Joan Armatrading – singer and musician, lived here in her early days
• Dirk Bogarde – actor
• Stephen Fry – actor and television presenter
• Matt Lucas – comedian and actor
• Dusty Springfield – singer, born here
• Evelyn Waugh - author, who grew up in Hillfield Road.