Camden Road is a main road in London running from the junction of

Camden High Street The A400 road is an A road in London that runs from Charing Cross (near Trafalgar Square, in London's West End) to Archway in North London. It passes some of London's most famous landmarks. The Northern line ( Charing Cross and High Barne ...

and Camden Town Underground station up to

Holloway Road Holloway Road is a road in London, in length. It is one of the main shopping streets in North London, and carries the A1 road as it passes through Holloway, in the London Borough of Islington. The road starts in Archway, near Archway Under ...

. It is part of the A503 which continues east as Tollington Road.

History

The route was created and developed in the 1820s. At the time, it ran through predominantly rural countryside, which remained the case until the mid-19th century.

Holloway Prison HM Prison Holloway was a closed category prison for adult women and young offenders in Holloway, London, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. It was the largest women's prison in western Europe, until its closure in 2016. Hist ...

opened on a former field adjacent to Camden Road.

Properties

The Athenaeum, Camden Road was located at the road's junction with Parkhurst Road following demands for an appropriate local literary and scientific institution. It was constructed in 1871 by F. R. Meeson and included various meeting halls, libraries and a 600-capacity theatre. It was subsequently taken over by the caterers Beale's and renamed the Athenaeum Hall. It was demolished in 1955 and replaced with a petrol station. The Charity Organisation Society operated an Islington branch at No. 365 Camden Road. It was renamed as the Family Welfare Organisation in 1946 and subsequently became the local Citizen's Advice Bureau.

Gallery

Bambi Graffiti - Amy Winehouse, Camden Road London.jpg, Tribute to

Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. A membe ...

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. ...

Camden Road railway station MMB 01.jpg,

Camden Road railway station Camden Road railway station in the London Borough of Camden, north London, is operated by London Overground. It is on the North London line and in Travelcard Zone 2. The first Camden Road station was opened by the North London Railway in 185 ...

Fountain Camden Road.jpg,

Drinking fountain A drinking fountain, also called a water fountain or water bubbler, is a fountain designed to provide drinking water. It consists of a basin with either continuously running water or a tap. The drinker bends down to the stream of water and s ...

Disused railway bridge over Camden Road - geograph.org.uk - 1022135.jpg, Disused

Ferodo Ferodo is a British brake company based in Chapel-en-le-Frith in High Peak, Derbyshire. History It was founded in 1897 by Herbert Frood (1864-1931), with manufacturing starting in Gorton in 1901 and moving to Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1902. Fero ...

bridge Bridge over Regent's Canal, Camden Road, NW1 - geograph.org.uk - 1450794.jpg, Bridge over

Regent's Canal Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in eas ...

A503 Camden Road in the snow, Camden, London, 5 December 2011.jpg, Snow The World's End, Camden High Street - Camden Road, NW1 - geograph.org.uk - 1404352.jpg, The World's End

References

Streets in the London Borough of Camden {{London-road-stub