Camden
Historic, artistic, diverse – and best known for its market – the inner London borough of Camden stretches from busy Seven Dials in Covent Garden, up to beautiful Hampstead Heath.
South of the heath are the leafy suburbs of Belsize Park and Primrose Hill, which give way to the livelier vibe of Camden Town. This area is dominated by Camden Market, popular with young locals and tourists for over 50 years. Camden also has a long association with music, particularly rock and punk, and is home to venues like the Roundhouse and Electric Ballroom.
Further south, across Euston Road, is Bloomsbury, home of the British Museum and University of London, and where author Virginia Woolf co-formed the influential Bloomsbury Group.
The area is also where the world-famous Great Ormond Street Hospital was founded in 1851 – England’s first hospital solely for children.
The market at Camden Lock originally opened in 1974
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A girl sits for a street photographer at the Hampstead Heath fair (negative)
Grant, Henry
1950-1959
A keepers sits on the back of an elephant in London Zoo, Regent's Park (negative)
Grant, Henry
1950-1959
A magic shop at 51 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (silver gelatin print)
Barkshire, Paul
1980-09-03
A man stands with a loaded lorry besides a partially demolished building in Kilburn (negative)
Grant, Henry
1972-11
A one-man band performs to the crowds outside Woolworth's, Camden (cellulose acetate negative)
Grant, Henry
1952
A physical education lesson at the FDR School for Handicapped Children (negative)
Grant, Henry
1957-09-24
A sidecar and horse-drawn cart pass gasworks near King's Cross (photograph)
Monck, Margaret, Monck, Margaret
1931-1940
