The generously juicy portion of semi-residential space can be attributed to the area of Golders Green, amongst the wide public parks in North London. Sitting just beneath the north Circular Road to avoid being part of Greater London, this neighbourhood incorporates part of the local high street, Golders Green Road. The street is full to the brink with local businesses, the majority with a Jewish flair thanks to the strong local community–Dukla and Kosher Kingdom being two of the most popular spots to get your Kosher fix. Transport-wise, Brent Cross station which is confusingly not in Brent Cross, is your most reliable tube stop into the metropole–just a short journey on the old Northern line.

Golders Green’s origins are medieval when it was nothing but a little public grazing area for local animals feeling peckish. “Golder” itself is the outcome of hundreds of years of mispronouncing ‘Godyere’, a local who owned much of the local grazing land. Even until the 19th century, there was little to see in Golders Green apart from what was described as a handful of ‘ornamental villas and cottages’. However, this all changed as the brick making industry revolutionised the area.

The population sprung up along with the infrastructure to transform the village into a fully blown suburb. It was a little later that the Jewish population came into town to setup homes and livelihoods for themselves, many fleeing the Nazi terrors in continental Europe in the 1930s.

Golders Green is a great place for people with a family due to its plenitude of large houses, schools, and community atmosphere. But sadly, this, like all good things, comes with a price. And that price comes in pounds sterling. Specifically, hundreds of thousands of them, possibly even a few million. In other words, buying, let alone renting, a home here is very expensive.

Golders Green has a few plans for development up its sleeve. Firstly, the Kisharon School in nearby Hendon was completed in 2020 with a £12.5 million budget to cater to children with learning difficulties. It accommodates 72 pupils and and provides a state-of-the-art facility equipped to deliver a more focussed, specialist Jewish education. Plans have also been announced to turn the Best Western-owned Palm Hotel in neighbouring Childs Hill into a 110-bed shared accommodation, though the proposal was met with fierce opposition by local residents.