Do Not Miss the Secret Treasure of London Called Camden
Camden is one of London’s hidden gems. Camden’s borough stretches North from the central areas of Covent Garden and Holborn through Euston and Kings Cross to the trendy Camden Town quarter to the green and leafy Hampstead area.
Camden is well-heeled area there are a large number restaurants and pubs that allow your pooch to join you for a rest.
It is sited on the what was the manor of Cantelowes. The Manor house was acquired through marriage in the 1700s by Sir Charles Pratt a politician and radical lawyer who later became the 1st Earl of Camden. Sir Charles gave leases for over one thousand houses to be built on the land in near the end of the 18th century.
In the early 1800s Regent’s Canal was built on the land, going through the northern edge of Camden Town. The canal is very popular with dog walkers and cyclists. Summer boat trips are well liked. Until the 50s the canal barges were pulled by horses and the towropes etched into the handrails over the years and are still visible. There are still the ramps on the canal bank, not for boats, but to help the horses out of the canal. London’s largest non war explosion was at Macclesfield Bridge when a barge blew up in the 1870s. For most of Camden’s history it was not a chic area.
Camden Lock is a working manually-operated double canal lock. Situated close to it are some great weekend street markets. Camden’s markets are well known and exceptionally popular, the local small markets include Buck Street, Camden canal and Stables market as well as an indoor market – the Electric Ballroom. The markets sell everything under the sun, including, fashion, lifestyle, junk, books, antiques and more bizarre items.
During the last few of decades artistic and entertainment companies have moved into the area. Due to the increased wealth in the area restaurants and cafes have prospered. One of the first major venues was the Roundhouse, originally a locomotive train engine house built in the middle of the nineteenth century, it evolved through a number of uses until it was turned into a music venue in the 1960s. With a fresh re-launch in 2006.
The Camden area has a lot of greens spaces for great dog walking, Regents Park, Primrose Hill, Kenwood Park, Parliament Hill and the large Hampstead Heath to name the well known ones, so many London dog walkers are based here such as Camden Dog Walking.
The Camden Borough was created in the the 1960s by amalgamating the London boroughs of Hampstead, St Pancreas and Holborn.
The borough has a wide ethnic mix and whilst in general wealthy, there are some less well off areas.
Many well known people lived in Camden, many with an artistic background, that include the writers Charles Dickens, John Keats and Aldous Huxley, all types of politician from the politicians Benjamin Disraeli, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes and Frederick Engels. There is also Henry Moore the artist and a bevy of actors and modern rock stars.
One ofLondon’s oldest pubs is The World’s End It was formerly known as “The Mother Red Cap” and shortened to “The Red Cap”, it is situated near Camden Town tube station on Camden Road. Worth a look is KOKO which was known as ‘The Camden Palace’ a major rock and dance venue. It was renowned as the location of the famous Goon Show. The Electric Ballroom, is another good live music venue.
Families and dog owners enjoy Camden Square which is a short walk away from Camden Town station with a playground and dog walking area.
An unusual building is Sainsbury’s supermarket and was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw.
Other places worth a visit include the British Museum, British Library, St Pancreas railway terminal building, Highgate Cemetery, Jewish Museum, the London Zoo, Regents Park, St Michaels Church, St Pancreas Old Church.
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