Camden Head

The Camden Head is one of the oldest pubs in Camden, London, England having been established in 1787.

The Camden Head on Camden High Street, taken in 1903.
Old London postcard

The Camden Head’s architecture has changed little since its establishment in the 19th century.

Nowadays, it is known for its comedy venue, which has seen comedians such as Alan Carr, Stephen Merchant, Lee Kern and Bob Mortimer perform. It is not to be confused with The Camden Head in Islington, which is situated on Camden Passage.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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 Town

Carreras Cigarette Factory The Carreras Cigarette Factory is a large art deco building in Camden.

Carreras Cigarette Factory

Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints All Saints, Camden Town is a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints.

Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints

Mornington Crescent to Euston walk To a certain crowd, London’s best loved station

Mornington Crescent to Euston walk

NEARBY STREETS

Albert Street, NW1 Albert Street runs north-south in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Albert Street, NW1

Arlington Road, NW1 Arlington Road is ultimately a noble derivation of Harlington, Middlesex (Camden Town)

Arlington Road, NW1

Barclay Street, NW1 Barclay Street led from Aldenham Street northwards to Medburn Street (Somers Town)

Barclay Street, NW1

Barker Drive, NW1 Barker Drive built over railway sidings, takes its name from Tom Barker (1887-1970) who served as Mayor of Camden in the 1950s (Camden Town)

Barker Drive, NW1

Barton Place, NW1 Barton Place was a mid-nineteenth century name for a section of Camden High Street (Camden Town)

Barton Place, NW1

Bayham Place, NW1 Bayham Place is a short cobbled street (Camden Town)

Bayham Place, NW1

Bayham Street, NW1 Bayham Street is named for one of Lord’s Camden’s titles, Viscount Bayham (Camden Town)

Bayham Street, NW1

Baynes Street, NW1 Baynes Street connects Royal College Street with St Pancras Way (Camden Town)

Baynes Street, NW1

Beatty Street, NW1 Beatty Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Mornington Crescent)

Beatty Street, NW1

Bergholt Mews, NW1 Bergholt Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Bergholt Mews, NW1

Bruges Place, NW1 Bruges Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Bruges Place, NW1

Buck Street, NW1 Buck Street leads from Kentish Town Road to Camden High Street (Camden Town)

Buck Street, NW1

Camden High Street, NW1 Camden High Street is the local high street for Camden Town (Camden Town)

Camden High Street, NW1

Camden Street, NW1 Camden Street is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (Camden Town)

Camden Street, NW1

Canal Terrace, NW1 Canal Terrace was an 1820s development, surviving to the post-Second World War period as Canal View (Camden Town)

Canal Terrace, NW1

Carlow House, NW1 Carlow House is a building on Mary Terrace (Camden Town)

Carlow House, NW1

Carlow Street, NW1 Carlow Street leads off Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Carlow Street, NW1

Carol Street, NW1 Carol Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Carol Street, NW1

Carpenter Court, NW1 Carpenter Court is a building on Pratt Street (Camden Town)

Carpenter Court, NW1

Clarendon Street, NW1 Clarendon Street dated from before Earl Camden’s transformation of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Clarendon Street, NW1

Cobden House, NW1 Cobden House is located on Beatty Street (Mornington Crescent)

Cobden House, NW1

College Grove, NW1 College Grove is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

College Grove, NW1

College Place, NW1 In 1824 Charles Dickens lived in what is now the upper part of College Place at No. 112 (Camden Town)

College Place, NW1

Crowndale Court, NW1 Crowndale Court is a road in the NW1 postcode area (St Pancras)

Crowndale Court, NW1

Crowndale Road, NW1 Crowndale Road was at first called Fig Lane and then Gloucester Place (Somers Town)

Crowndale Road, NW1

Curnock Street, NW1 George Curnock was the 19th century proprietor of two wharves on the Regent’s Canal (Camden Town)

Curnock Street, NW1

Delancey Passage, NW1 Delancey Passage is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Delancey Passage, NW1

Delancey Street, NW1 Delancey Street was formed in 1867 out of the combination of Warren Street and Stanhope Street (Camden Town)

Delancey Street, NW1

Early Mews, NW1 Early Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Early Mews, NW1

Fig Lane, NW1 Fig Lane was the original name for the road later called Crowndale Road (Camden Town)

Fig Lane, NW1

Georgiana Street, NW1 Georgiana Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Georgiana Street, NW1

Gilbeys Yard, NW1 Gilbeys Yard is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Gilbeys Yard, NW1

Gloucester Crescent, NW1 Gloucester Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Gloucester Crescent, NW1

Gloucester Gate Mews, NW1 Gloucester Gate Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Gloucester Gate Mews, NW1

Gloucester Gate, NW1 Gloucester Gate is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Gloucester Gate, NW1

Godwin Court, NW1 Godwin Court is a block on Crowndale Road (Somers Town)

Godwin Court, NW1

Goodwin Court, NW1 Goodwin Court is located on Goodwin Court (Somers Town)

Goodwin Court, NW1

Greater London House, NW1 Greater London House is located on Hampstead Road (Mornington Crescent)

Greater London House, NW1

Greenland Place, NW1 Greenland Place followed the line of Church Path (Camden Town)

Greenland Place, NW1

Greenland Road, NW1 Greenland Road was called Hamilton Street until 1939 (Camden Town)

Greenland Road, NW1

Greenland Street, NW1 Greenland Street was originally York Street (Camden Town)

Greenland Street, NW1

Grove Street, NW1 Grove Street was a 1790s-era road of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Grove Street, NW1

Hamilton Street, NW1 Until 1938, Hamilton Street was the name for Greenland Road (Camden Town)

Hamilton Street, NW1

Harrington Square, NW1 Harrington Square is named after the Earl of Harrington, one of whose daughters married the seventh Duke of Bedford (Mornington Crescent)

Harrington Square, NW1

Hawley Crescent, NW1 Hawley Crescent is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Hawley Crescent, NW1

Hurdwick House, NW1 Hurdwick House can be found on Harrington Square (Mornington Crescent)

Hurdwick House, NW1

Inverness Street, NW1 Inverness Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Inverness Street, NW1

Jamestown Road, NW1 Jamestown Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Jamestown Road, NW1

King Street, NW1 King Street was one of the original roads of Camden New Town, laid out in 1791 (Camden Town)

King Street, NW1

King’s Terrace, NW1 King’s Terrace was formerly Little King Street South and Little King Street North (Camden Town)

King’s Terrace, NW1

Kingston House, NW1 Kingston House is a block on Camden Street (Camden Town)

Kingston House, NW1

Lawfords Wharf, NW1 Lawfords Wharf is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Lawfords Wharf, NW1

Lyme Street, NW1 Lyme Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Lyme Street, NW1

Lyme Terrace, NW1 Lyme Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Lyme Terrace, NW1

Mandela Street, NW1 Mandela Street was named after Nelson Mandela (Camden Town)

Mandela Street, NW1

Mary Terrace, NW1 Mary Terrace is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Mary Terrace, NW1

Metro House, NW1 Metro House is a block on Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Metro House, NW1

Miller Street, NW1 Miller Street is a street in Camden Town (Mornington Crescent)

Miller Street, NW1

Mornington Court, NW1 Mornington Court is sited on Arlington Road (Mornington Crescent)

Mornington Court, NW1

Mornington Crescent, NW1 Mornington Crescent was named after Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (Mornington Crescent)

Mornington Crescent, NW1

Mornington Street, NW1 Mornington Street is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Mornington Street, NW1

Mornington Terrace, NW1 Mornington Terrace - as Mornington Road - dates from before 1840 (Camden Town)

Mornington Terrace, NW1

North Bridge House, NW1 North Bridge House is a block on Gloucester Avenue (Camden Town)

North Bridge House, NW1

Oakley Square, NW1 Oakley Square was so-named as this land was formerly owned by Dukes of Bedford, who also owned land in Oakley, Bedfordshire (Somers Town)

Oakley Square, NW1

Oval Road, NW1 Oval Road is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Oval Road, NW1

Park Village East, NW1 Park Village East was part of a proposed canal-side village (Camden Town)

Park Village East, NW1

Park Village Mews, NW1 Park Village Mews is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Park Village Mews, NW1

Park Village West, NW1 Park Village West is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Park Village West, NW1

Parkway, NW1 Parkway is one of Camden Town’s older roads - originally called ’The Crooked Lane’ (Camden Town)

Parkway, NW1

Plender Street, NW1 William Plender, 1st Baron Plender was an accountant and public servant who served as Sheriff of the County of London in 1927 (Camden Town)

Plender Street, NW1

Pratt Mews, NW1 Pratt Mews dates from the 1790s (Camden Town)

Pratt Mews, NW1

Pratt Street, NW1 Pratt Street was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden (Camden Town)

Pratt Street, NW1

Reachview Close, NW1 Reachview Close is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Reachview Close, NW1

Regal Lane, NW1 Regal Lane is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Regal Lane, NW1

Regent’s Park Terrace, NW1 Regent’s Park Terrace is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Regent’s Park Terrace, NW1

Regent’s Place Plaza, NW1 Regent’s Place Plaza is a road in the NW1 postcode area (Camden Town)

Regent’s Place Plaza, NW1

Rossendale Way, NW1 Rossendale Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Rossendale Way, NW1

Royal College Street, NW1 Royal College Street is home to the London campus of the Royal Veterinary College, a constituent college of the University of London (Camden Town)

Royal College Street, NW1

Savant House, NW1 Savant House is a block on Camden High Street (Camden Town)

Savant House, NW1

Signmakers Yard, NW1 Signmakers Yard is a small yard off Delancy Street (Camden Town)

Signmakers Yard, NW1

Somerston House, NW1 Somerston House is a block on St Pancras Way (Camden Town)

Somerston House, NW1

St Katharines Precinct, NW1 St Katharines Precinct is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

St Katharines Precinct, NW1

St Martins Almshouses, NW1 St Martins Almshouses is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

St Martins Almshouses, NW1

St Martins Close, NW1 St Martins Close is surrounded by St Martin’s Gardens (Camden Town)

St Martins Close, NW1

St Pancras Way, NW1 St Pancras Way is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

St Pancras Way, NW1

Stanmore Place, NW1 Stanmore Place is a small backstreet of Camden Town (Camden Town)

Stanmore Place, NW1

Stucley Place, NW1 Stucley Place is a street in Camden Town (Camden Town)

Stucley Place, NW1

The Marr, NW1 The Marr is a block on the Curnock Street Estate (Camden Town)

The Marr, NW1

Underhill Street, NW1 Underhill Street lies off Arlington Road (Camden Town)

Underhill Street, NW1

Warren Street, NW1 Warren Street was an early nineteenth century street in Camden (Camden Town)

Warren Street, NW1

Werrington Street, NW1 Werrington Street was an incorporation of Clarendon Street and the west side of Clarendon Square (Somers Town)

Werrington Street, NW1

Whitehall Park House, NW1 Whitehall Park House can be found on Camden Road (Camden Town)

Whitehall Park House, NW1

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