Hampsted · New Albany, Ohio
Hampsted Village, Hampsted Green and Hampsted Heath, explained by a New Albany neighbor. Take the walk, see the year ahead, and hear about homes before they hit Zillow.
Take the walk Get the early look*Hampsted Heath sales Sept 2025 to Feb 2026 and Hampsted Village listings as of Oct 3, 2026. Ask me for today's numbers on any street.
Take the walk
Hampsted was M/I Showcase Homes' first New Albany neighborhood, built from the mid-1990s into the early 2000s on part of the old Prairie House land. Scroll, and take the long way to Market Square with me, past everything worth seeing.
Forgot the milk? It's a walk, not a drive. The plaza sits right across from the neighborhood.
An arboretum with about 30 kinds of trees, one of them more than 300 years old. The Plain Township Aquatic Center is next door, for July.
Every New Albany-Plain Local building sits on one 120-acre campus beside an 80-acre nature preserve. The McCoy Center, home of the New Albany Symphony, is here too.
Thirteen acres linking the campus to Market Square, and the stage for Founders Day, the Taste of New Albany and Oktoberfest. Phase two, with a new Veterans Memorial, is due in late fall 2027.
The library, the Heit Center, Thursday farmers markets all summer, and the tree lighting with a drone show the Sunday before Thanksgiving. That was the long way, past everything. Straight from Bishops Wood it's 1.55 miles: about 31 minutes on foot, or ten on a bike.
Route: OpenStreetMap walking paths from Bishops Wood Road, timed at 3 mph. Times are running totals for the whole loop.
The three Hampsteds
The original section, home to the gazebo, the pond and the bridge. Streets like Bishops Wood, Meadway, Settlement and Brooks Close.
West of Harlem Road and tied into the same trail network. Neighbors gather at the Green's gazebo on the Fourth.
The final phase: 27 homes on larger wooded lots beside a pond and wooded preserves. Streets like Heath Gate and Tottenham.
A year in Hampsted
The listing shows you the kitchen. This shows you the year. Swipe through.
Dates are the 2025–26 season from the City of New Albany, Healthy New Albany and the New Albany Symphony. Confirm next year's dates as they're announced.
Why New Albany, right now
The New Albany International Business Park is home to Abercrombie & Fitch, Discover, TJX, Bob Evans, Amazon Web Services, Meta and Google, with Amgen under construction. If you're relocating for one of them, ask me for the short version of the neighborhoods closest to your office.
The HOA, plainly
The Hampsted Village Homeowner's Association is managed by Ohio Equities. Dues cover the shared outdoors, so your weekends stay yours:
Exterior changes go through the HOA's architectural review. The current dues amount isn't published; I'll get you the exact number for any home you're serious about.
Schools
Hampsted is in New Albany-Plain Local Schools, where every building sits on one 120-acre campus beside an 80-acre nature preserve.
Today the buildings run Early Learning Center (PreK and K), Primary (1 to 3), Intermediate (4 to 6), Middle (7 and 8) and High School (9 to 12). A voter-approved bond adds a new K–2 building, with grade groupings changing for the 2027–28 school year.
Always confirm attendance details with the district for a specific address.
Only a neighbor would tell you
On the Fourth, Hampsted watches from the green space at Fodor Road and Heath Gate Drive.
A Hampsted-wide sale that draws shoppers from all over central Ohio. Good for decluttering before a move, or furnishing after one.
The fences, the historic-style street lights and the wooden street signs are part of New Albany's Georgian master plan.
Swickard Woods has about 30 kinds of trees. One of them was growing before Ohio was a state.
George Ealy built the Ealy House in 1860 and wrote the year and his workers' names in the attic. It's on the National Register now.
It started as a small bicentennial party in 1976. The 2026 parade was the fiftieth.
For sale in Hampsted Village
5 bedrooms, 3 full baths and a half bath, 3,301 square feet. A two-story great room with a brick fireplace, a breakfast room with windows on three sides, and a brick patio under the pergola.
Open house Sunday, October 4, 1 to 3. Listed by M. Scott Siebenaler, Rep One Realty.
Ask about this homeFive Hampsted Village homes are listed right now, from about $725,000 to $869,000. Some homes trade before they're widely marketed. That's what the early look is for.
Text me a street
Type any Hampsted street. It opens a text to me, and I'll send back what the last few homes on that street sold for. No sign-up, no newsletter. Just the numbers, from a person.
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The Hampsted early look
Tell me what you're looking for. When a Hampsted home comes up that fits, coming soon or quietly for sale, you hear about it from me first. One text or email, only when it's a match.
Your Hampsted agent
A native Texan who now calls New Albany home. Before real estate, Elizabeth spent her career in corporate retail on the West Coast, where traveling the world for work taught her to really understand what a customer needs. She has more than five years in residential real estate, plus a year in commercial, working with buyers and sellers across Greater Columbus.
She's been a PTO member and school volunteer, and led the New Albany Music Parents Association for years. You'll find her running, on the tennis court, on the trails with her dog Hero, or in the stands for her son and daughter.
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