Area Quide to Camden Town.

Area Quide

I’m going to write about Camden town because it’s one of the most gothic places there is. I love Camden town it’s just so different. When you come out of the tube station, and you go left and you have the Electric Ballroom which is an indoor market and has some different stalls which sometimes changes so it’s not always the same stalls. Then if you after that market you have Camden town market, honestly I can go on and on in Camden there are about 5 markets all together. Each market has so many stalls on it and a lot of stalls sell the same of sort of things, not every stall sells just gothic things they sell a little bit of everything. Between each market there are some shops, some very gothic stores. The best thing about Camden is that it now caters for all subcultures which I think is great. Camden has everything from clothes, shoes, bags. Makeup, it’s just sells everything for everyone and that’s why it’s so popular. Even though Camden is for everyone, it still looks somewhere just for Goth’s because a most of the shops have gothic clothes and accessories all hanging up. Like I said such a big place and it makes for a wonderful day out.

Camden

Camden Town is an inner city district in northwest London, England, and the central neighbourhood of the London Borough of Camden. It is located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the 35 major centres identified in the London Plan.  It was laid out as a residential district from 1791 and was originally part of the manor of Kentish Town and the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex. The town became an important location during the early development of the railways and is also located on the London canal network. Its industrial heritage has made way for retail, tourism and entertainment, including a number of internationally renowned markets and music venues that are strongly associated with alternative culture.

The markets

Camden MarketCamden is well-known for its markets: these are relatively new, except for Inverness Street market, a small food market serving the local community, though now with only 3 fruit and vegetable stalls among more touristy stalls. Camden Lock market proper started in a former timber-yard in 1973, and is now surrounded by five more markets: Buck Street market, Stables market, Camden Lock village, and an indoor market in the Electric Ballroom. The markets are a major tourist attraction at weekends, selling goods of all types including fashion, lifestyle, books, food, junk/antiques and more bizarre items; they and the surrounding shops are popular with young people, in particular those searching for "alternative" clothing.

 

This part is about the landmarks in Camden town.

The Roundhouse Theatre

The Roundhouse is a locomotive engine roundhouse constructed in 1847 for the London and Birmingham Railway. It later had various uses and eventually became derelict. It was converted to a music venue in the 1960s. Since re-opening in 2006 it has again become a popular theatre and music venue.

The most popular pubs and clubs in Camden Town.

• The World's End has been a pub since 1778, located on Camden Road near Camden Town tube station
• KOKO, formerly 'The Camden Palace', is a major dance and rock venue on Camden High Street near Mornington Crescent tube station and hosted the famous Goon Show and Channel 4's Album Chart Show.
• Electric Ballroom, hosts weekly club nights and acts as a live music venue.
• Devonshire Arms, Also known as "The Dev" or more recently "The Hobgoblin", is a long established alternative pub/venue.

A list of Historic Places in Camden

• Jewish Museum
• St Pancras Old Church
• St Michael's Church, Camden Town
• Camden catacombs (see also Catacombs of London)
• The unusual Sainsbury's supermarket and flats on Camden Road were designed in a High-tech style by Nicholas Grimshaw and built on the site of the former large ABC Bakery.
• Arlington House, a hostel for the homeless, one of the Rowton Houses.
• The Camden Eye at 2 Kentish Town Road, was formerly known and as The Old Mother Red Cap, The Red Cap and Halfway House. It was also used as a prison.
• The Carreras Cigarette Factory (now Greater London House), a striking Art Deco Egyptian Revival building dating from 1926 to 1928, stands at Mornington Crescent and is distinguished by a pair of 8.5-foot (2.6 m)-high bronze statues of the Egyptian cat god Bastet.

 

Here is a list of Famous people who live or have lived in Camden

• Playwright Alan Bennett has lived in Gloucester Crescent for the last forty years.
• Beryl Bainbridge lived in Albert Street from the 1960s until her death in 2010.
• Actor Orlando Bloom has his London home in Camden Town.
• Anthony Stewart Head (actor/singer) was born here.
• Physicist, matematician, and engineer Oliver Heaviside was born in Camden Town.
• Feminist writer Suzanne MacNevin lives in Camden Town.
• Singer Morrissey lived in Camden Town in the 1990s.
• The English hip-hop group N-Dubz were born, lived and first performed in various places around Camden Town
• The painter Walter Sickert lived and worked as part of the Camden Town Group in Mornington Crescent.
• Poet Dylan Thomas owned a house at 54 Delancey Street from 1951 until his death in 1953. There is a plaque on the house today.
• Popular jazz singer Amy Winehouse grew up and lived in Camden Town and is still a regular visitor.

 Here is a pictuer of two of my closes friends Charlottoe and Hiren

standing out side the old cybergod ^^

(I put this here for my facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Town)