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The London Borough of Camden (/ ˈ k æ m d ə n /) [2] is a borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies 1.4 mi (2.3 km) north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the former metropolitan boroughs of Holborn, St Pancras and Hampstead.
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- British Museum
- Camden Town
- British Library
- Hampstead Heath
- Highgate Cemetery
- Sir John Soane’s Museum
- Regent’s Park
- Primrose Hill
- London Zoo
- Regent’s Canal
The first national public museum in the world, the British Museum opened as a cabinet of curiosity at the former Montagu House in 1753. The site was redeveloped from the 1820s, according to a plan by the Neoclassical architect Robert Smirke, giving us today’s iconic portico. Now, while for some the museum may be a holdover from the days of the Empi...
Still one of the best places to go out in London, especially if you’re in your 20s, Camden has had a bit of a louche reputation since the punks set up shop in the late-1970s. There are rakish dives aplenty in Camden, many in listed buildings that used to serve the canal or railway. Most of the nightspots have a stage for live music, while long esta...
Once a department of the British Museum, the British Library detached from that institution in 1973, moving into a gigantic complex on the Euston road. This is the largest public building constructed in the UK in the 20th century, and is the largest national library in the world. It has a copy of every book printed in the UK and Ireland, amounting ...
On Camden Borough’s northern boundary is a rambling 350-acre common on a sandy ridge at one of the highest points in London. Hampstead Heath is bounded by some of the most affluent neighbourhoods in the city, and joins to the grounds of the Georgian former stately home, Kenwood House. You can visit the house to view an art collection that has piece...
Also in the north of the borough is a cemetery noted for its many illustrious burials, masterful funerary monuments and its natural splendour. Even though it’s a working cemetery, Highgate is open all year except Christmas. To name just a handful of the interments, there’s Karl Marx, actor Bob Hoskins, painter Lucian Freud, architect Frank Matcham ...
At the townhouse home of the Neoclassical architect John Soane (1753-1837), this museum is more than a simple exhibition of his personal collections. First-off, space is limited and only 90 people are allowed in at any time, so it pays to come early. Beyond that, the museum has almost no labels, but there are knowledgeable attendants in every room ...
One of London’s eight Royal Parks, Regent’s Park is 410 acres of mostly open lawns crossed by long and straight tree-lined walks. At the centre within the ring road, the Inner Circle, is the formal and fastidiously tended Queen Mary’s Gardens. You can rent the pedal boats at the Boating Lake and sip a coffee by the water at the Boathouse Cafe. A lo...
Cross the Prince Albert Road from Regent’s Park and you can scale this 65-metre rise for another fabulous perspective of the London skyline. Primrose Hill is in open parkland, and from its viewpoint you can ponder the BT Tower in the foreground and the London Eye and Shard in the distance, while slightly to the east of these is the ever-growing clu...
In the northern fringe of Regent’s Park is London Zoo, which started out in 1828, not as a public attraction but as a site for zoological research. The zoo received its first public visitors in 1847 and it remains a go-to for family excursions in London, holding almost 700 species in its 36 acres, and constantly investing in new enclosures. Childre...
This 8.6-mile waterway is an integral part of Camden’s townscape. Opening in 1820, the Regent’s Canal was also designed by John Nash, and can be followed from Little Venice, where it meets the Grand Union Canal, to the Docklands, where it joins the Thames. The Camden Lock is a twin manually operated lock, still functioning and busy with narrowboats...
Sep 18, 2024 · Camden, inner borough of London, England, in the historic county of Middlesex. It lies to the north of Westminster and the historic City of London. The borough extends some 5 miles (8 km) from below High Holborn (road) to the northern heights of Hampstead Heath.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In April 1965, the London Borough of Camden replaced the former metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras. It was named after the first Earl Camden, Charles Pratt, who started...
Camden Town (/ ˈ k æ m d ən / ⓘ), often shortened to Camden, is an area in the London Borough of Camden, around 2.5 miles (4.1 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. [2] Historically in Middlesex, it is identified in the London Plan as one of 34 major centres in Greater London.
London's Camden Town offers an eclectic mix of markets, cuisines and live music venues. Camden Town has been a residential area since the 1790s. But it was only the development of the Grand Union Canal and the improved railway transport that turned it into a bustling part of London.
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