Camden Area Guide

Camden Market - Stables Market

Welcome to London x London’s Camden Guide: your guide to the best bars, restaurants and things to do in this North London neighbourhood.

Camden sits in the London Borough of Camden, just north of Regent’s Park and within easy walking distance of King’s Cross, Primrose Hill and Kentish Town.

Camden is famed for its markets and its long history as a hub of London’s alternative scene.

It’s one of the capital’s liveliest neighbourhoods, a mix of cultures and ages that gives the area its spark.

Looking at the eclectic mishmash that is Camden today, it’s difficult to believe it was once a genteel area of open fields with only two buildings, one of which was the World’s End pub.

Its world-famous markets sit alongside bars and pubs that were once the haunt of London’s musical renegades, including Amy Winehouse, and street art appears around almost every corner.

London’s alternative heart, markets and music heritage

Getting there
Nearest tube: Camden Town (Northern line), also close to Chalk Farm and Mornington Crescent, plus Camden Road Overground.
Best for
Marketslive musicstreet artalternative culture
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