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Celebrate the centenary of London Underground’s Camden Junction tunnels
Celebrate the centenary of London Underground’s Camden Junction tunnels

Celebrate the centenary of London Underground’s Camden Junction tunnels

This Saturday (20th April) marks the centenary of one of the London Underground's most impressive engineering feats.

Apr
16
HS2 hands over new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council
HS2 hands over new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council

HS2 hands over new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council

HS2 has handed over the keys to the new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council.

Nov
20
2023
Tickets Alert: Cinema poster pop-up inside a 1920s future cinema
Tickets Alert: Cinema poster pop-up inside a 1920s future cinema

Tickets Alert: Cinema poster pop-up inside a 1920s future cinema

A former Polytechnic assembly hall in Kentish Town that's been empty for about a decade is going to open its doors to the public for a few days.

Nov
15
2023
London’s Alleys: Cockpit Yard, WC1
London’s Alleys: Cockpit Yard, WC1

London’s Alleys: Cockpit Yard, WC1

This is a rough looking former stables mews that today is a mix of municipal yard and arts centre.

Oct
23
2023
Camden housing left empty due to HS2 transformed into art studios
Camden housing left empty due to HS2 transformed into art studios

Camden housing left empty due to HS2 transformed into art studios

Nearly 100 flats right next to the HS2's Euston station building site that were vacated due to the construction noise are to be handed over to artists while the Euston station works are on hold.

Jul
12
2023
Camden’s Dead Dog Bridge reopens to the public
Camden’s Dead Dog Bridge reopens to the public

Camden’s Dead Dog Bridge reopens to the public

A bridge nicknamed the Dead Dog Bridge next to the Regents Canal in Camden has reopened after it was restored by the Canal and River Trust.

Apr
20
2023
London’s Alleys: Underhill Passage, NW1
London’s Alleys: Underhill Passage, NW1

London’s Alleys: Underhill Passage, NW1

This is a busy alley off Camden's main shops that has a long and at times confusing history.

Apr
03
2023
London’s Pocket Parks: Harrington Square Gardens, NW1
London’s Pocket Parks: Harrington Square Gardens, NW1

London’s Pocket Parks: Harrington Square Gardens, NW1

This is a pocket park that sits close to Mornington Cresent tube station and despite its name is actually a triangle, not a square.

Mar
09
2023
Plans to open a disused railway as the “Camden Highline” are approved
Plans to open a disused railway as the “Camden Highline” are approved

Plans to open a disused railway as the “Camden Highline” are approved

Plans to convert a disused railway in North London into an elevated walkway for pedestrians have been given the go-ahead after Camden Council granted planning permission for the first section of the highline walkway.

Jan
20
2023
London’s Pocket Parks: Alfred Place Gardens, WC1
London’s Pocket Parks: Alfred Place Gardens, WC1

London’s Pocket Parks: Alfred Place Gardens, WC1

This is a new linear pocket park in central London that was until a few months ago an unremarkable road used mainly for parking and deliveries.

Apr
27
2022
London’s Pocket Parks: Bramber Green, WC1
London’s Pocket Parks: Bramber Green, WC1

London’s Pocket Parks: Bramber Green, WC1

Originally constructed on a WW2 bomb damaged housing site, Bramber Green in King's Cross was created in the early 1960s to accompany an orange coloured block of flats after which it was named, Bramber House.

Apr
07
2022
Camden Market offering unlimited meals for £5 each
Camden Market offering unlimited meals for £5 each

Camden Market offering unlimited meals for £5 each

For the next couple of weeks, it's possible to eat at Camden Market's many food outlets for £5 per dish.

Jan
28
2022
Graffiti covered shop shutters fills an art gallery
Graffiti covered shop shutters fills an art gallery

Graffiti covered shop shutters fills an art gallery

Chopped up shop shutters covered in graffiti are filling a Camden art gallery, as graffiti continues its transition from street art to gallery art.

Nov
26
2021
HS2 shows off revised plans for Camden ventilation shaft
HS2 shows off revised plans for Camden ventilation shaft

HS2 shows off revised plans for Camden ventilation shaft

Revised plans for HS2's headhouse building in Camden have been published ahead of a series of public consultations on the design.

Sep
07
2021
Outdoor exhibition opens around Kentish Town
Outdoor exhibition opens around Kentish Town

Outdoor exhibition opens around Kentish Town

To mark the one-year anniversary of the pandemic lockdown, an outdoor exhibition is opening in Camden, and it's outdoors because we're still in lockdown.

Mar
22
2021
New York Highline team to design London’s Camden Highline
New York Highline team to design London’s Camden Highline

New York Highline team to design London’s Camden Highline

The team that lead the New York's Highline development, turning an old railway line in a public park has won a design competition to do the same along an old railway line in Camden.

Feb
15
2021
London’s Pocket Parks: Camden Gardens, NW1
London’s Pocket Parks: Camden Gardens, NW1

London’s Pocket Parks: Camden Gardens, NW1

A decent-sized triangle of land next to Camden Road station, with the railway running through the middle of it, on arches.

Dec
31
2020
It’s the 200th anniversary of Mornington Crescent
It’s the 200th anniversary of Mornington Crescent

It’s the 200th anniversary of Mornington Crescent

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the construction of Mornington Crescent.

Mar
25
2020
London’s Alleys: Argyle Walk, WC1
London’s Alleys: Argyle Walk, WC1

London’s Alleys: Argyle Walk, WC1

Sometimes you come across an alley that looks interesting, but is probably new, but turns out to be ancient.

Dec
23
2019
Trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street
Trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street

Trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street

Over the next couple of years, Camden High Street could be blocked to road traffic on a trial basis.

Jun
24
2019

A Vagina Museum is coming to London

If they can raise enough money, then Camden could be boasting a new museum later this year -- devoted to female anatomy.

Mar
28
2019
London’s Pocket Parks: St Andrew’s Gardens, WC1
London’s Pocket Parks: St Andrew’s Gardens, WC1

London’s Pocket Parks: St Andrew’s Gardens, WC1

A ramshackle old park that looks in need of some T&C with grave stones haphazardly sinking into the ground, this is St Andrew's Garden in Camden.

Oct
24
2018
More details released about Camden tube station’s upgrade
More details released about Camden tube station’s upgrade

More details released about Camden tube station’s upgrade

Long running plans to upgrade Camden tube station have made a step closer to realisation with another consultation for the public to comment on.

Jun
25
2017
Camden tube station upgrade moves forward
Camden tube station upgrade moves forward

Camden tube station upgrade moves forward

A public consultation is opening to show off plans for a major upgrade of Camden tube station.

Jan
13
2017