The West London town where locals named the Underground station after their favourite beer

Nestled between Vauxhall and Victoria, Pimlico stands as a verdant enclave within Westminster, where property prices soar to an average of £1,330,815 towering over half a million pounds above the London mean.

To many Londoners, Pimlico might just be another part of the cityscape with its imposing white stucco buildings and a Victoria line tube station that's often bypassed by commuters opting for Victoria or Vauxhall stations instead.

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The name 'Pimlico' rolls off the tongue quite nicely these days, doesn't it?

But rewind to the late 17th or early 18th century, and you'd find yourself in a place known by the decidedly more bucolic moniker of 'Ebury', or 'The Five Fields'.

Delving into the past, William Gifford in his book "The Works of Ben Jonson" notes: "Pimlico is sometimes spoken of as a person, and may not improbably have been the master of a house once famous for ale of a particular description."

Indeed, it was the fame of Ben Pimlico's nut-brown ale that helped transform the area into "a district of public gardens much frequented on holidays," shaping the Pimlico we recognise today.

'It's a beautiful place to live'

Fast forward to the present, and Pimlico has retained its old-world allure, with residents praising it as 'a beautiful place to live, with beautiful architecture'.

Echoing this sentiment, a local clergy member shared: "It's full of really, really lovely people, people who are really friendly. People talk to each other and smile at each other in the street. There's a real diversity of people as well."

"It's just a close-knit community, so it has a real village feel."

They added that 'it's a very mixed area'. It's also renowned for being a very green zone.

They said: "There's lots of lovely places to sit and there are trees and that everywhere. Even on this estate, which surrounds the church, it gets a green flag award every year, which is really impressive for a local authority estate."

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