West Hampstead is an area in northwest London, England, situated between Hampstead to the east and Kilburn to the west. Before being absorbed into the expanding Greater London in the latter half of the 19th century, the area was a small village called West End; the main road through West Hampstead is West End Lane.
A few hundred yards south, toward central London, West End Lane becomes Abbey Road, on which the Beatles recorded the album of that name. The famous zebra crossing is still there and the walls of the recording studio are covered with fans' graffitti.
West Hampstead's proximity to the Metropolitan Line at Finchley Road and its own Jubilee Line stop, together with a high concentration of fashionable bars and restaurants, means that the area is a popular destination for a night out for people who live in the northwestern suburbs of London.
