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**Swiss Cottage**
	Swiss Cottage
	; The current Ye Olde Swiss Cottage public house
	; Swiss Cottage ; Swiss Cottage shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ266842
London borough	Camden
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW3, NW6, NW8
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hampstead and Highgate
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
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For a specific building in County Tipperary, see Swiss cottage, Cahir

Coordinates: 51°32′33″N 0°10′24″W / 51.5424°N 0.1734°W / 51.5424; -0.1734

The original Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage is a district of the London Borough of Camden in London, England.^[1] The geographically small district is located 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north-west of Charing Cross. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and is the location of Swiss Cottage tube station.

[edit] Etymology

The district is named after an inn called The Swiss Tavern that was built in 1804 in the style of a Swiss chalet and on the site of a former tollgate keeper's cottage. The inn was later renamed Swiss Cottage.^[1]

[edit] History

The district formed part of the ancient parish of Hampstead. It developed following the Finchley Road Act 1826, which authorised construction of Finchley New Road and Avenue Road, with the The Swiss Tavern built at the junction of the new roads.^[2] The neighbourhood around Finchley Road and Avenue Road was redeveloped in 1937 and 1938 with the opening of an Odeon cinema and the Regency Lodge flats. After World War II local authority housing was constructed by the London County Council in the area.^[2]

[edit] Transport

The area is served by Swiss Cottage tube station on the Jubilee line of the London Underground and is a local hub for London Buses.^[3] Swiss Cottage station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1868, the current station dates from 1939.^[4] South Hampstead railway station and Finchley Road & Frognal railway station are also nearby.

[edit] Education

Main article: List of schools in the London Borough of Camden

Swiss Cottage School is located on Avenue Road.^[5]

[edit] Politics

Swiss Cottage is in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency, for which the MP is Glenda Jackson. It forms part of the Barnet and Camden London Assembly constituency.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford. pp. 222-223.
^ ^a ^b 'Hampstead: St. John’s Wood', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 60-63.
^ Transport for London - Buses from Swiss Cottage
^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground. Douglas Rose.
^ Swiss Cottage School

[mills-0] Mills, A.D. (2001). Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford. pp. 222-223.

[bho-1] 'Hampstead: St. John’s Wood', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 60-63.

[tfl-2] Transport for London - Buses from Swiss Cottage

[3] Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground. Douglas Rose.

[4] Swiss Cottage School

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