London Zoo from Camden: the canal walk, tickets and what to see first
Sixteen minutes on foot from Camden Town station, a 274 bus if it is raining, and a short winter day once you are through the gate.
Small gig venues in Camden: Dublin Castle, Barfly, Underworld and Green Note
Doors at 19:15 and a tenner on the door at the Dublin Castle, the Barfly back under its old name, metal under the World's End and folk every night on Parkway. Camden's small rooms.
The big Camden gig venues: Roundhouse, KOKO, Electric Ballroom and more
An 1846 engine shed for 1,800, a 1900 theatre for 1,500, an Irish ballroom by the Tube and a basement under the World's End. Camden's big rooms, what they cost and where to stand.
Jazz and blues in Camden: Jazz Cafe, Green Note, the Blues Kitchen
Doors at 19:00 at the Jazz Cafe, folk and jazz every night at Green Note for £10 to £20, and a Saturday soul and blues party at the Blues Kitchen, free before 20:00. Camden's jazz and blues, night by night.
Regent’s Canal walk: Camden Lock to Little Venice
Two miles of towpath, about an hour, free. From the Lock past the zoo’s aviary and Blow Up Bridge to the pool at Little Venice, with the detour at the Maida Hill tunnel and the boat back if your legs are done.
Primrose Hill: the view, the hill and Regent’s Park Road
Free, open round the clock on weekdays and one of six protected views in London. When to go up Primrose Hill, when it gets locked, and dinner on Regent’s Park Road afterwards at Lemonia or Greenberry.
Eight corners, turned up
NW1 · NW3 · NW5Where we’d go
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The Roundhouse
Chalk Farm · NW1
The Stables Market
The Stables · NW1
The Southampton Arms
Kentish Town · NW5
The Dublin Castle
Camden Town · NW1
KOKO
Mornington Crescent · NW1
The Lock Tavern
Chalk Farm · NW1More from Camden
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Things to do in Camden: the first-visit essentials
The market opens at 10:00, the towpath is free, Primrose Hill is 63 metres of protected view and the Jazz Cafe is on Parkway. The Camden essentials for a first visit, in the order we would do them.
Camden pubs with the best beer gardens
A heated terrace beside the Euston line, a roof over the Stables, a covered garden on Castle Road and two award winners in Kentish Town. Where to drink outside in Camden, and which ones work in the cold.
Moving to Camden: the neighbourhoods compared
Two Northern line branches, one Thameslink station, a hill with a protected view and five very different high streets. Camden Town, Kentish Town, Chalk Farm, Primrose Hill and Belsize Park compared for anyone thinking of moving to NW1, NW3 or NW5.
The best pubs in Kentish Town
Vinyl, pork baps and seven casks on Highgate Road, a Victorian back street local with a Thai kitchen, 29 taps on Prince of Wales Road and a panelled corner house with bar billiards. Kentish Town’s best pubs.
Craft beer in Camden: taprooms, beer bars and bottle shops
Hells from the arches where it started, a brewery under the railway at Hawley Wharf, 29 taps on Prince of Wales Road and two bottle shops you can drink in. Camden’s craft beer, stop by stop.
Comedy in Camden: where to see stand-up in NW1
A 65-seat club above the Camden Head running seven nights a week, £6 for a show and a pint on Kentish Town Road, a 42-seat pub theatre where Bill Bailey warmed up, and a fringe festival every August. Comedy in Camden, sorted by room.
Who’s playing this weekend.
One email every Thursday evening: the gigs, the markets and the new openings in NW1, NW3 and NW5. Free. Leave any time.