Hampton (whose name covers the three villages of Hampton, Hampton Wick and Hampton Hill) is a charming residential suburb in south west London just to the west of Bushy Park, home to the magnificent Hampton Court Palace. The park, with its mile-long Chestnut Avenue created by Sir Christopher Wren, its golden 17th-century Diana Fountain, restored 18th-century cascade and water garden, and herds of deer, is the second-largest of London’s eight Royal Parks after Richmond. You'll mainly be rubbing shoulders with affluent young families who moved away from central London in search of green spaces and a slower pace of life.