From the buzz of Camden Lock Market, to the refined gentility of the Nash terraces surrounding Regent’s Park, the colourful specialist shops of Chalk Farm Rd to the tranqility of the Grand Union Canal, Camden has a unique and wide-ranging appeal.
Most popular with young cosmopolitan professionals, artist, and media people, the area hosts a wide range of academic institutions, performing art venues, museums and galleries, along with many businesses involved in the arts and media.
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If you’d like to discover more about Camden’s beautiful streets, take a look at our short guide to the area below.
Camden Lock Market. Camden Lock isn’t simply a shopping district. It offers regular entertainment events, festivals, workshops and classes, alongside its regular complement of stalls, restaurants, stores, cafes and venues. This unique combination of amenities, in conjunction with its laid-back, relaxed atmosphere, has made it one of the most popular markets in London, and a regular haunt of locals and visitors alike.
The Roundhouse. First built as an Engine House for the railway in 1846 and listed Grade II, the Roundhouse is a world-class performing arts and Concert venue that has played host to many of the most famous names in the business. As well as headline performers, the venue is also a registered charity and runs a creative programme for 11–25s through the Roundhouse Trust, teaching thousands of 11- to 25-year-olds in live music, circus, theatre and new media. The Roundhouse Studios include a music recording suite, film production rooms, TV and radio studios and rehearsal rooms, all located underneath the Main Space.
Regent’s Park: Covering 166 hectares (410 acres), The Regent’s Park was designed in 1811 by renowned architects John Nash and Decimus Burton. It includes stunning rose gardens and is surrounded some of the finest Regency architecture in the country. The Park is the largest outdoor sports area in London catering for football, softball, rugby, and it also has a cricket pitch. The Park hosts London Zoo, the Open Air Theatre (performances end May to early September), and a boating lake. There are also wild bird species and waterfowl .Cafés include The Garden Café, The Honest Sausage, The Boathouse Café, and the Tennis Centre Café.
Electric Ballroom: A 1,500-capacity performance venue (primarily for rock bands) and indoor market located adjacent to Camden Town Tube. Host to many well-known acts the venue is used for a multitude of arts events.
Regents Canal: Running betwixt Little Venice and Docklands quiet and atmospheric Regent’s Canal passes by parks, a zoo, Camden Market, Victorian warehouses and celebrity hangouts. It was originally built to link the huge Grand Junction Canal’s Paddington branch with the River Thames, but now is mainly a place of leisure for both Londoners and visitors.
Koko: Formerly the Camden Palace, Koko is an iconic live music venue and former theatre close to Mornington Crescent, hosting acts including The Rolling Stones, Madonna and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Camden Lock Market. Camden Lock isn’t simply a shopping district. It offers regular entertainment events, festivals, workshops and classes, alongside its regular complement of stalls, restaurants, stores, cafes and venues. This unique combination of amenities, in conjunction with its laid-back, relaxed atmosphere, has made it one of the most popular markets in London, and a regular haunt of locals and visitors alike.
Camden High St: Alongside the established names and designer brands like Fred Perry, American Apparel, Vans and tattoo and piercing parlours, Camden High St is home to an array of specialist outlets supplying vintage clothing, jewellery, Shoes, cycles, musical instruments, antiques, amongst many others.
The Roundhouse. First built as an Engine House for the railway in 1846 and listed Grade II, the Roundhouse is a world-class performing arts and Concert venue that has played host to many of the most famous names in the business. As well as headline performers, the venue is also a registered charity and runs a creative programme for 11–25s through the Roundhouse Trust, teaching thousands of 11- to 25-year-olds in live music, circus, theatre and new media. The Roundhouse Studios include a music recording suite, film production rooms, TV and radio studios and rehearsal rooms, all located underneath the Main Space.
The Stables Market: For a more vintage or retro feel (located to the north of Camden Lock Market on Chalk Farm Road), and considered to be the more bohemian of the markets in Camden Town, noted for its gothic clothing and accessories. With nearly 700 different shops to choose from, here you can also find vintage clothing, retro furniture and homemade crafts as well.
York & Albany: Gordon Ramsay’s sophisticated and effortlessly chic former coaching inn. Cuisine British with international influences. Expect hearty classics like the pie of the week or slow roasted pork belly alongside pumpkin tortellini and street pizza specials. There’s also a great Sunday lunch available and afternoon tea too.
Lemonia:Established for over 30 years, cosy and intimate, classic Greek and Mediterranean cuisine – Rich moussaka, grilled fish and charcoal-flamed meats are all present – if you’d prefer a taste of everything order the mezze for a selection of hot and cold starters, main dishes and Greek salad.
The Engineer: Relaxed British gastropub offering an excellent selection of pub staples like cod and chips or sausage and mash alongside innovative, modern dishes such as pan-fried seabass with chargrilled Provençale-style vegetables and a tomato tapenade.
Haché; Camden’s primary upmarket burger joint. Juicy burgers served in hand shaped soft brioche buns with a wide range of gourmet variations. Hghly recommended.
Porky’s Camden: Comforting American-style diner on Chalk Farm Rd, offering a carnivorous taste of the South in relaxed surroundings.
Naamasté Kitchen: Award-winning Indian restaurant on Parkway, with twists on established curry-house favourites and dishes that are bursting with flavour. House specialities include the Goan sea bass, pan seared and served with a tomato, coconut, onion, mustard seed and curry leaf sauce.
At the heart of the borough of Camden lies Camden Town. Named after Charles Pratt, the first Earl Camden, who started its development in 1791, Camden Town began life as little more than a handful of buildings beside a main road. Camden Town’s expansion as a major centre came with the opening of the Regent’s Canal to traffic in 1820.
Improvements to transport provided employment for the local population, which, by the end of the 19th century, had grown significantly. Many streets were changed when new housing developments and schemes were introduced in the 1960s. The conversion of Camden Lock’s wharves and warehouses on the Regent’s Canal to craft markets in the 1970s ensured Camden Town’s future as one of London’s top tourist attractions.
Chalk Farm was originally a farmhouse and later a tavern set in fields. Soon after 1840 housing and shops were developed in Regent’s Park Road but the original building still survives as a restaurant.
The arrival of the railway stations, Euston (1837), King’s Cross (1852), and St Pancras (1868), together with their extensive goods yards and sidings, provided massive employment and encouraged local industrialisation. The borough became a major centre for the piano, organ and furniture industries, light engineering and scientific instruments.
While there is now very little industry in the borough it remains an important commercial centre, and its proximity to the City of London and Westminster strengthens this.
Despite the intensive building, the borough has a number of outstanding open spaces. Regent’s Park, designed in 1811 by John Nash, and Primrose Hill, opened to the public in 1842, are both Royal Parks. The largest and most varied area is the nearby 800 acres of Hampstead Heath, parts of which have been preserved for the public since 1871.
Today, visitors and locals gather here to search for treasures in Camden’s markets, walk along Regent’s Canal, enjoy cuisine from around the world and listen to live music. Many famous people have made Camden their home, including John Keats, Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw, Dylan Thomas, Walter Sickert and Amy Winehouse. The area continues to be the preferred choice of many people of note.
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