Camden Borough Guide

Camden is the life and sole of any party; a massive alternative music, cultural and theatre scene runs alongside the mainstream. This area is stereotyped as the hippy, grungy, left-leaning area, but with a trendy edge - just take a look around Camden Market! Alongside this there is a greater respectability around Regent's Park and London Zoo as well as the mainstream attractions in the City Centre around The British Museum and the new St Pancras Station.


The London Borough of Camden stretches a total of just 22 square kilometres within inner London, to the north of the city centre. It is an area of strong contrasts, ranging from open spaces like Hampstead Heath, to the busy Central London areas of Covent Garden and Holborn and the lively, lefty Camden Market and Camden Lock. This area attracts many tourists and as such tends to get busy and attract a high crime rate associated with opportunists targetting easy prey.

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Camden Market

Camden Market Camden High Street, Buck Street NW1 8NH

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Regents Park

NW1 5HA

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London Zoo

Regent's Park NW1 4RY

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The Roundhouse Camden

Farm Road, Camden NW1 8EH

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Belsize Park
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Islington
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