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Somers Town

Somers Town, Camden Sand­wiched between Euston and St Pancras stations, Somers Town has been trans­formed several times in its 200-year existence At the end of…

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Tottenham Court Road

Tottenham Court Road, Camden A commer­cial thor­ough­fare running along the western edge of Blooms­bury, noted for its furniture and elec­tronics retailers The Eliz­a­bethan manor house…

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Swiss Cottage

Swiss Cottage, Camden A well-endowed amenity zone serving a wide and wealthy catchment area north of St John’s Wood, but with pockets of depri­va­tion in its…

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Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill, Camden A delightful vantage point and its outra­geously expensive resi­den­tial surround­ings, situated imme­di­ately north of Regent’s Park The woodland here was granted to…

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Bexley

…more than doubled its size in the mid-17th century. In 1623 William Camden granted the manor of Bexley to Oxford Univer­sity, which used the revenue…

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Sandy Heath

Sandy Heath, Camden The part of Hampstead Heath that fills the angle formed by North End Way and Spaniards Road Sandy Heath’s name reflects its…

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London boroughs map

…here shows the boundary between the boroughs of Camden and Islington (running along the middle of Brecknock Road and York Way), as well as the…

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West Hampstead

West Hampstead, Camden A stepping-stone resi­den­tial area for upwardly mobile young profes­sionals, situated to the south-west of its Hampstead parent between the Finchley Road and…

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Lincoln’s Inn

Lincoln’s Inn, Camden/Westminster A legal quarter and its neigh­bouring square, which is the largest in central London, situated south-east of Holborn station The land belonged…

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Hampstead Garden Suburb

…local resident Jonathan Ross) as a community library. The artist William Ratcliffe, a fringe member of the Camden Town Group, lived here and his painting…

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