Road · Camden Town · NW1 · Contributed by The Underground Map

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Camden Town

Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy at weekends with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street.

Camden is well-known for Camden Market which is a major tourist attraction, particularly busy at weekends, selling variety of fashion, antiques, lifestyle and bizarre goods; they (and the surrounding shops) are popular with young people, in particular those searching for alternative clothing.

It is an area popular with overseas students who come to Camden to learn English and find a job in one of the local bars or restaurants. The oldest established language school is Camden College of English, which is located at the Chalk Farm side of the market.

The Regent's Canal runs through the north end of Camden Town and is a popular walk in summer.

Camdem Town tube station began life as part of the original route of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) (now part of the Northern Line). As the line here branched into two routes, to Hampstead and to Highgate, the design of the station was rather unusual, shaped like a V. The line to Hampstead (now the Edgware Branch) is under Chalk Farm Road; the line to Highgate (now the High Barnet branch) is under Kentish Town Road. With the narrowness of the roads above, and the necessity to keep directly beneath them to avoid having to pay compensation to landowners during construction, on both lines the northbound platform is directly above the southbound one.

At the apex of the V is a junction allowing northbound trains to take either of the branches north, and likewise allow the trains south from the branches to join the single southbound track. This resulted in four connecting tunnels. When the CCE&HR and City & South London Railway lines were joined together after the City & South London Line became part of London Underground, a short extension from the Euston terminus of the City & South London was built to connect with each of the two northerly branches. This added another four tunnels to the junction, making it the most complex junction on the network.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Acland Burghley School:   Community school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Agar Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Camden Road:   Camden Road is one of the few railway stations in England in which there is a police station.
Camden Town:   Camden Town tube station is a major junction on the Northern Line and one of the busiest stations on the London Underground network. It is particularly busy at weekends with tourists visiting Camden Market and Camden High Street.
Christ Church School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
College Francais Bilingue De Londres:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 16.
Eleanor Palmer Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Elfrida Rathbone Camden - Leighton Education Project:   Special post 16 institution which accepts students between the ages of 19 and 25.
Hawley Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, NW1:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 11.
Kentish Town:   Kentish Town station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the London Borough of Camden in Travelcard Zone 2.
Kentish Town Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
London Greek Orthodox Cathedral - All Saints:   All Saints, Camden Town is a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints.
Mornington Crescent:   Mornington Crescent is a London Underground station in Camden Town, named after the nearby street.
Mother Red Caps:   At the main junction of Camden Town is a long-established business, once known as Mother Red Caps or Mother Damnable's, more recently the World's End.
North Bridge House Prep School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 7 and 13.
Our Lady Roman Catholic Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Regent High School:   Community school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Regents Park Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Richard Cobden Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St Mary and St Pancras Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St Michael’s Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 4 and 11.
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
The Camden School for Girls:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
The Cavendish School:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 11. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
The Royal Veterinary College:   Higher education institutions
The Working Men’s College:   Further education (16 plus) which accepts students between the ages of 16 and 99.
Torriano Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Tufnell Park:   Tufnell Park - a respectable suburb.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Camden Town (1920):   Camden Town was named after Charles Pratt, the first Earl Camden, who started its development in 1791. It 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

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Agar Grove, NW1 · Agar Place, NW1 · Albany Street, NW1 · Albany Terrace, NW1 · Albert Street, NW1 · Aldenham Street, NW1 · Alma Street, NW5 · Ampthill Square, NW1 · Anglers Lane, NW5 · Apollo Studios, NW5 · Appleford, NW5 · Arlington Road, NW1 · Ascham Street, NW5 · Augustus House, NW1 · Augustus Street, NW1 · Azania Mews, NW5 · Barker Drive, NW1 · Barn Close, NW5 · Barnby Street, NW1 · Bartholomew Road, NW1 · Bartholomew Road, NW5 · Bartholomew Villas, NW5 · Bartholomew, NW5 · Bayham Place, NW1 · Bayham Street, NW1 · Baynes Street, NW1 · Baynham Place, NW1 · Beatty Street, NW1 · Bellina Mews, NW5 · Bergholt Mews, NW1 · Bonny Street, NW1 · Brecknock Road, N19 · Bridgeway Street, NW1 · Broadfield Lane, N1C · Broadfield Lane, NW1 · Browns Lane, NW5 · Bruges Place, NW1 · Buck Street, NW1 · Burghley Road, NW5 · Busby Place, NW1 · Busby Place, NW5 · Camden High Street, NW1 · Camden Lock, NW1 · Camden Mews, NW1 · Camden Park Road, NW1 · Camden Road, NW1 · Camden Square, NW1 · Camden Street, NW1 · Camley Street, NW1 · Carker’s Lane, NW5 · Carleton Gardens, N19 · Carol Street, NW1 · Castle Road, NW1 · Castlehaven Road, NW1 · Cathcart Hill, NW5 · Cathcart Street, NW5 · Caversham Road, NW5 · Charlton King’s Road, NW5 · Charlton Kings Road, NW5 · Charrington Street, NW1 · Cheriton, NW5 · Chester Close North, NW1 · Chester Court, NW1 · Chetwynd Villas, NW5 · Church Avenue, NW1 · Church Avenue, NW5 · Clarence Way, NW1 · Clarkson Row, NW1 · Cliff Road Studios, NW1 · Cliff Road, NW1 · Cobham Mews, NW1 · College Grove, NW1 · College Lane, NW5 · College Place, NW1 · College Yard, NW5 · Corinne Road, N19 · Countess Road, NW5 · Cranleigh Street, NW1 · Crofters Way, NW1 · Crowndale Court, NW1 · Crowndale Road, NW1 · Cumberland Market, NW1 · Cumberland Terrace, NW1 · Deane House, NW5 · Delancey Passage, NW1 · Delancey Street, NW1 · Dowdney Close, NW5 · Dunollie Place, NW5 · Early Mews, NW1 · East Yard, NW1 · Elm Friars Walk, NW1 · Evangelist Road, NW5 · Eversholt Street, NW1 · Falkland Road, NW5 · Farrier Street, NW1 · Fortess Road, N19 · Fortess Road, NW5 · Fortress Road, NW5 · Frideswide Place, NW5 · Gaisford Street, NW5 · Georgiana Street, NW1 · Gloucester Crescent, NW1 · Gloucester Cresent, NW1 · Gloucester Gate Mews, NW1 · Godwin Court, NW1 · Goldington Crescent, NW1 · Grafton Yard, NW5 · Granary Street, NW1 · Granby Terrace, NW1 · Greenland Place, NW1 · Greenland Road, NW1 · Greenland Street, NW1 · Greenwood Place, NW5 · Hadley Street, NW1 · Hampstead Road, NW1 · Harrington Square, NW1 · Harrington Street, NW1 · Hartland Road, NW1 · Haven Street, NW1 · Hawley Crescent, NW1 · Hawley Cresent, NW1 · Hawley Road, NW1 · Healey Street, NW1 · Highgate Road, NW5 · Highgate Studios, NW5 · Holmes Road, NW5 · Huddleston Road, N19 · Huddleston Road, N7 · Hugo Road, N19 · Ingestre Road, NW5 · Inkerman Road, NW5 · Inverness Street, NW1 · Islip Street, NW5 · Ivor Street, NW1 · James Cameron House, NW1 · Jamestown Road, NW1 · Jeffrey’s Place, NW1 · Jeffrey’s Street, NW1 · Jeffreys Place, NW1 · Kelly Street, NW1 · Kentish Town Road, NW1 · Kentish Town Road, NW5 · King’s Terrace, NW1 · Kings Terrace, NW1 · Lady Margaret Road, N19 · Lady Margaret Road, NW5 · Lady Somerset Road, NW5 · Lawford Road, NW5 · Lawfords Wharf, NW1 · Leighton Crescent, NW5 · Leighton Cresent, NW5 · Leighton Grove, NW5 · Leighton Place, NW5 · Leighton Road, NW5 · Leverton Street, NW5 · Lewis Street, NW1 · Leybourne Road, NW1 · Lidlington Place, NW1 · Little Green Street, NW5 · Lupton Street, NW5 · Lyme Street, NW1 · Lyme Terrace, NW1 · Mandela Street, NW1 · Mary Terrace, NW1 · Mayford, NW1 · Medburn Street, NW1 · Middle Yard, NW1 · Miller Street, NW1 · Montpelier Grove, NW5 · Mornington Crescent, NW1 · Mornington Cresent, NW1 · Mornington Street, NW1 · Mornington Terrace, NW1 · Murray Mews, NW1 · Murray Street, NW1 · North Villas, NW1 · Oakford Road, NW5 · Oakley Square, NW1 · Oseney Crescent, NW5 · Ospringe Road, N19 · Ospringe Road, NW5 · Oval Road, NW1 · Pandian Way, NW1 · Pandian Way, NW5 · Park Village East, NW1 · Park Village Mews, NW1 · Park Village West, NW1 · Parkway, NW1 · Patshull Place, NW5 · Patshull Road, NW5 · Peckwater Street, NW5 · Plender Street, NW1 · Pleshey Road, N19 · Pleshey Road, N7 · Ploughmans Close, NW1 · Polygon Road, NW1 · Pratt Mews, NW1 · Pratt Street, NW1 · Prowse Place, NW1 · Raglan Street, NW5 · Railey Mews, NW5 · Randolph Street, NW1 · Raveley Street, NW5 · Reachview Close, NW1 · Reapers Close, NW1 · Recycling Centre, NW5 · Redhill Street, NW1 · Regal Lane, NW1 · Regent’s Canal towpath, E2 · Regent’s Canal towpath, E8 · Regent’s Canal Towpath, NW1 · Regent’s Park Terrace, NW1 · Regent’s Place Plaza, NW1 · Regents Canal towpath, NW1 · Regents Park, NW1 · Regent’s Canal towpath, NW1 · Regis Road, NW5 · Rochester Mews, NW1 · Rochester Place, NW1 · Rochester Road, NW1 · Rochester Square, NW1 · Rochester Terrace, NW1 · Rossendale Way, NW1 · Rousden Street, NW1 · Royal College Street, NW1 · Ryland Road, NW5 · Saint Augustine’s Road North West, NW1 · Saint Pancras Way, NW1 · Saint Pauls Mews, NW1 · Sandall Road, NW5 · Sanderson Close, NW5 · Signmakers Yard, NW1 · Southcote Road, N19 · St Katharines Precinct, NW1 · St Martins Almshouses, NW1 · St Martins Close, NW1 · St Mary Brookfield Hall, NW5 · St Pancras Way, NW1 · St Pauls Mews, NW1 · St. Augustine’s Road, NW1 · St. Pancras Way, NW1 · Stonegate, NW5 · Stratford Villas, NW1 · Stucley Place, NW1 · The Marr, NW1 · The Polygon · Torbay Street, NW1 · Torriano Avenue, NW5 · Torriano Cottages, NW5 · Torriano Mews, NW5 · Tufnell Park Road, N19 · Twisden Road, NW5 · Underhill Street, NW1 · Unity Mews, NW1 · Wandsworth Place, NW5 · Water Lane, NW1 · Weavers Way, NW1 · Wendling, NW5 · Werrington Street, NW1 · West Yard, NW1 · Whitcher Place, NW1 · Willes Road, NW5 · Willingham Terrace, NW5 · Wilmot Place, NW1 · Wolsey Mews, NW5 · Wrotham Road, NW1 · York Mews, NW5 ·