Camden Town Walk: a journey through history and culture

It's lively, it's quirky, it's cosmopolitan and it's packed full of history! Camden Town is all of these things. It's a neighbourhood that has been shaped by many communities, from the Irish to the Greek-Cypriots, each leaving an indelible mark. Charles Dickens, a very unhappy former resident, immortalised Camden Town's poverty, squalor and deprivation in his literary musings.

Camden Town was developed at the end of the 18th century with the aim to attract the wealthy middle classes, but the arrival of the railways put a stop to those ambitious plans. On the plus side, it now boasts the best-preserved railway heritage complex in the UK!

On this walk you will hear about the gin warehouses that once lined the Regent's Canal, the Victorian ice-wells now hidden from view and the hundreds of horses working in the goodyards. You will also discover how Camden's numerous pubs, ballrooms and warehouses have become a mecca for music makers and music lovers over the decades.

We are meeting outside Camden Town underground station (LEFT EXIT as you come up the escalator, on Kentish Town Road)

Host or Publisher Elena Paolini