Camden Town & Mornington Crescent

Camden Town centers on the meeting of Camden High Street and Regent’s Canal. The canal runs through the area, with the narrow bridge and lock at Camden Lock forming a working junction between towpath and market. Stables Market sits beside the water and occupies converted 19th‑century horse stables that once housed horses and equipment for canal trade; many of the original ironwork arches and cobbled passages remain. The street pattern around Inverness Street and Parkway still shows traces of the old market layout, now filled with independent stalls, record shops and food kiosks.

Mornington Crescent sits a short walk from the market and is served by the Northern line; the station gives its name to a long‑running BBC Radio 4 panel game that listeners often associate with the neighbourhood. The area combines transport links with pedestrian routes along the canal, and late‑day activity around the bridges and yards. Small public squares and narrow alleys make the area easy to explore on foot, with a clear focus on the canal basin and the market buildings as local landmarks.