Open · since 1879
Why is it called West Hampstead?
Jubilee
Where the name comes from
West Hampstead was the name the Metropolitan & St. John's Wood Railway adopted for its station on West End Lane, in an area previously called West End. Hampstead comes from Anglo-Saxon ham and stede, "homestead".
Where it is
See West Hampstead on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Jubilee Finchley Road
- Jubilee Kilburn
At a glance
- Opened
- 1879
- Status
- Open
- Line
- Jubilee
- Fare zone
- 2
- Local authority
- Camden
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
Where every Tube station name comes from · London’s ghost stations