Laid out as a residential district from 1791 and originally part of the manor of Kentish Town and the parish of St Pancras, Camden Town became an important location during the early development of the railways, which reinforced its position on the London canal network. The area's industrial economic base has been replaced by service industries such as retail, tourism and entertainment. The area now hosts street markets and music venues associated with alternative culture.[3]
The emergence of the industrial revolution in the 19th century meant Camden was the North Western Railway's terminal stop in 1837. It was where goods were transported off the tracks and onto the roads of London by 250 000 workhorses.[7] The whole area was adapted to a transportation function: the Roundhouse (1846), Camden Lock and the Stables were examples of this.
Camden Town stands on land that was once the manor of Kentish Town.[6] Sir Charles Pratt, a radical 18th-century lawyer and politician, acquired the manor through marriage. In 1791, he started granting leases for houses to be built in the manor.[6] In 1816, the Regent's Canal was built through the area.[8] Up to at least the mid-20th century, Camden Town was considered an "unfashionable" locality.[9] The Camden Markets, which started in 1973 and have grown since then, attract many visitors. A 1993 bomb blast injured 18 people on Camden High Street. On 9 February 2008, Camden Canal market suffered a major fire, but there were no injuries.[10] It later reopened as Camden Lock Village,[11] until closed in 2015 for redevelopment.[12]
Governance
Camden Town was contained within the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras between 1900 and 1965, when it became part of the new London Borough of Camden, of which it is the namesake and administrative centre.
Political constituencies
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Camden Town is contained in the following political constituencies for different purposes, listed with some incumbents as of December 2022[update]:
At the end of the 20th century, entertainment-related businesses began moving into the area, and a Holiday Inn was built abutting the canal. A number of retail and food chain outlets replaced independent shops, driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants with a variety of culinary traditions thrived, many of them near the markets, on Camden High Street and its side streets, Parkway, Chalk Farm Road, and Bayham Street. The plan to redevelop the historic Stables Market led to a steel and glass extension, built on the edges of the site in 2006, and increased the market's capacity.
Camden is well known for its markets. These date from 1974 or later, except for Inverness Street market, for over a century a small food market serving the local community,[15] though by 2013 all foodstuff and produce stalls had gone and only touristy stalls remained. Camden Lock Market proper started in a former timber yard in 1973, and is now surrounded by five more markets: Buck Street market, Stables market, Camden Lock Village, and an indoor market in the Electric Ballroom. The markets are a major tourist attraction at weekends, selling goods of all types, including fashion, lifestyle, books, food, junk/antiques and more bizarre items; they and the surrounding shops are popular with young people, in particular, those searching for "alternative" clothing. While originally open on Sundays only,[16] market activity later extended throughout the week, though concentrating on weekends.
Camden Town tube station is near the markets and other attractions. Chalk Farm and Mornington Crescent tube stations are also within walking distance. This station is a key interchange station for the Northern line, both northbound (towards Edgware or High Barnet/Mill Hill East) and southbound (via Bank or Charing Cross).[17]
When the station was designed in 1907 the line, and the station, had to pass exactly below the narrow streets to avoid having to pay landowners for access. The platforms of the station are consequently very narrow, and the station has one platform directly above another. There is an air raid shelter under the station used during the Second World War; many stations were used as air raid shelters, but few had dedicated shelters.[18]
After the area increased in popularity with the introduction of the markets the narrow platforms became dangerously overcrowded, particularly on Sunday afternoons. London Underground made many proposals to upgrade the station. In 2004 a proposal requiring the compulsory purchase and demolition of 'the Triangle'—land bordered by Kentish Town Road, Buck Street and Camden High Street—was rejected by Camden Council after opposition from local people; of 229 letters, only two supported the scheme. It was later planned to redevelop the station entirely between 2020 and 2024/5, with less demolition than proposed previously, but the redevelopment was postponed in December 2018 by TfL "until we have the funds we need";[19] no work had been announced as of September 2023[update].
Early in the 21st century the station closed to outbound passengers on Sunday afternoons due to the danger due to overcrowding of the narrow platforms during busy market hours.[18] Mornington Crescent, Chalk Farm, and Kentish Town stations, within walking distance, remained open. The restriction was extended temporarily due to escalator renovation,[20] and removed due to reduced traffic during the peak of the covid pandemic from 2020, but the Sunday afternoon closure continues, and outbound access is via a long spiral staircase instead of an escalator at other busy times when many market visitors arrive.
The area is a major hub for London Buses.[21] The following routes serve Camden Town: 24 (24 hour), 27, 29, 31, 46, 88 (24 hour), 134 (24 hour), 168, 214 (24 hour), 253, 274 and Night Bus Routes N5, N20, N27, N28, N29, N31, N253 and N279.
Roads
Parts of the A503 (Camden Road) and A400 (Camden High Street and Camden Street) are designated as red routes on which vehicles may not stop for any reason, managed by Transport for London (TfL) rather than the borough.[22]Black taxis ply for hire in the area and there are minicab offices.[23]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, from about March 2020 roadworks were carried out to make many side roads more suitable for cycling and reduce vehicle traffic. This led to traffic jams described as "gridlock", and opposition.[24]
Cycling
Transport for London and Camden Council both provide and maintain cycling infrastructure in Camden Town. Segregated cycle tracks run alongside Royal College Street to the east of Camden Town, past Camden Road railway station.[25] Cycling provision changes from time to time—in particular, cycling provisions were added during the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020. Current provision information (open and proposed cycle routes, Santander Cycles docking stations) is on the TfL Web site.[26] The CycleStreetsmobile app finds suitable routes throughout the UK, including Camden Town.
The London-wide Santander Cycles cycle hire scheme operates in Camden Town. There are several docking stations, some near rail and Tube stations.[28]
Cycle counters on Royal College Street to the north of Camden Road railway station recorded over 375,000 journeys between August 2017 and July 2018.[29][30]
Regent's Canal runs through the north end of Camden Town. Canal boat trips along the canal from Camden Lock are popular, particularly in summer. Many of the handrails by the bridges show deep marks worn by the towropes by which horses pulled canal barges until the 1950s, and it is still possible to see ramps on the canal bank designed to assist horses that fell in the canal after being startled by the noise of a train. Camden Lock is a regularly used traditional manually operated double canal lock operating between widely separated levels. A large complex of weekend street markets operates around the Lock. The towpath is a pedestrian and cycle route which runs continuously from Little Venice through Camden Lock to the Islington Tunnel.[31] A regular waterbus service operates along the Regent's Canal from Camden Lock. Boats depart every hour during the summer, heading westward around Regent's Park, calling at London Zoo and on towards Maida Vale. Sightseeing narrow-boat trips run from Camden Lock to Little Venice.
Notable places
The World's End, formerly known as Old Mother Red Cap or Mother Damnable's, is both a historical pub and alternative live music venue built in 1690 that can be located at 174 Camden High Street. The venue is one of the largest in London, with three floors and two bars, and has seen notable patrons, ghostly sightings and more throughout its long history as Camden's biggest pub.
The Underworld is a popular music venue underneath The World's End. Responsible for bringing alternative music scenes to London; this venue has seen the likes of Mötley Crüe, Bring me the Horizon, The Smashing Pumpkins and more performing within its walls.
The Roundhouse is a former locomotiveroundhouse constructed in 1847 for the London and North Western Railway. It later had various uses, including a corn and potato store, Gilbey's gin warehouse, and eventually became derelict[32] until it was converted to a theatre, arts centre and music venue in 1966,[33] later closed, and reopened in 2006 as a theatre and music venue.[34]
Camden Catacombs(see also Catacombs of London), not true catacombs but an underground area largely underneath the Camden markets, originally used as stables for horses and pit ponies used to shunt railway wagons.[35][36] Not open to visitors due to danger of flooding.
Greater London House, formerly the Carreras Cigarette Factory and now offices housing several companies, a striking Art DecoEgyptian Revival building dating from 1926 to 1928, stands at Mornington Crescent and is distinguished by a pair of 8.5-foot (2.6 m)-high bronze statues of the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet.
The Royal Veterinary College on Royal College Street. Founded in 1791, the oldest and largest veterinary school in the UK.
Arlington House, originally one of the Rowton Houses providing low-cost overnight accommodation, now housing a conference centre but still providing low-cost rooms and flats.[37]
The Hawley Arms is a pub and music venue which became well known in the 90s as a hub for the indie and alternative music scene in London.[3] It was Amy Winehouse's favourite pub, and she was rumoured to get behind the bar to pull pints and serve drinks.[39]
A new park and walkway utilising the former railway alignment between Camden Town and Kings Cross was given planning permission in January 2023.[40][41]
Notable people
B. R. Ambedkar (social reformer, jurist and LSE graduate) lived at 10, King Henry Road, Camden Town, now known as Ambedkar House, in 1921 and 1922.
Beryl Bainbridge lived in Albert Street from the 1960s until her death in 2010.[42]
Charles Dickens's second London home was in Bayham Street in 1822. He later moved to 112 Little College Street (now College Place),[44] where he boarded with Elizabeth Roylance, a family friend, whom Dickens later immortalised as "Mrs. Pipchin" in Dombey and Son.
Actor and singer Anthony Head was born in Camden Town.
Physicist, mathematician, and engineer Oliver Heaviside was born in Camden Town.[45]
Author and journalist Bernard Levin grew up in Camden Town's Plender Street.[46]
Richard Ryan lived in Camden Town from 1819 until his death in 1849.
Boxer Tom Sayers lived in Camden, and died at No. 257 Camden High Street in 1865. The house now has a plaque.[47]
Poet Dylan Thomas owned a house at 54 Delancey Street from 1951 until his death in 1953.[50] There is a plaque on the house today.
Singer Amy Winehouse lived in Camden Town for many years. First buying a flat at 2 Jeffrey's Place in 2003 and then at 25 Prowse Place in 2008.[51] In 2010, she moved to 30 Camden Square where she was found dead in July 2011.[52] Winehouse was strongly associated with Camden Town.[3] Since her death she has been entitled as "The Queen of Camden" and a bronze statue of her was placed in Stables Market on what would have been her 31st birthday, 14 September 2014.
Hip-hop trio N-Dubz are from and grew up in the area.
Music Band Madness are from and grew up in Camden Town and surrounding areas.
To the north of Camden Town station and running along the canal is a modern pop art complex designed by Terry Farrell as the studios of the former TV-am, now used by MTV[8] but retaining TV-am's eggcup sculptures along the roof line. Associated Press Television News has its head office in a former gin warehouse near Camden Lock called "The Interchange".[55]
Local
The Camden New Journal is a free, independent weekly newspaper that covers the London Borough of Camden.
Camden tv, Web site with short films about Camden.[56]
The 2015 film The Lady in the Van tells the story of a homeless woman who parked her van in Alan Bennett's Camden driveway (in Gloucester Crescent) and lived there for 15 years.
The 2015 film Amy, the documentary based on Amy Winehouse's life and death features footage and exclusive images of Winehouse in Camden during her life.
^Thomas, Sean (26 September 2023). "The deep absurdity of HS2's diversity agenda". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. This is because I live exactly where Camden Town meets Primrose Hill – and where Britain's first intercity railway tore through inner London (around 1837), surging out of London's first mainline station: Euston.
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