Visiting Camden Market for the first time is a rite of passage for teenagers, but Camden Town’s appeal transcends all age groups.
Locals can go for leisurely strolls along the canal, walk into the West End, drink pints in unpretentious pubs and embrace the club and music scene that attracts night owls from far and wide. It’s so central you can walk to the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International and arrive in Paris in just over a couple of hours, or jump on the Northern line or Overground for easy access to all corners of the capital.
The neighbourhood is renowned for its elegant Georgian and early Victorian townhouses and there are also architect-embellished mews, warehouse and purpose-built flats, and social housing estates, plus some major new schemes.
‘Camden Town is set to become one of London’s next significant areas of regeneration, with a pipeline of new developments in the area,’ says Richard Pine-Coffin, director within JLL’s residential development team.
‘It has become increasingly attractive to young professional owner-occupiers and the rental market and has huge growth potential.’
Flats start from about £400,000 and a small house will set you back at least £1million.
Everything potential buyers need to know about Camden
Average house price: £1,111,107
Average rent: £5,205pcm
Council tax (Band D): £1,791.93
Commuting time to Zone 1: Two minutes to Euston
Annual Travelcard (Zone 2): £1,536
Amenities: More than 1,000 shops, stalls, bars and eateries, an underground theme park, a Curzon cinema and a Peaky Blinders immersive show at Camden Market; more indie stores on Chalk Farm Road; live performances at the Roundhouse; live music and club nights at the Jazz Café; numerous pubs and clubs; street art; co-working spaces include Camden Gateway, LABS Hawley Wharf and Work.Life Camden
Open space: Primrose Hill; Regent’s Park; Regent’s Canal. Plans for Camden Highline, a park on a disused stretch of railway viaduct, have just been approved
Schools: Above average GCSE and A-Level results; all state schools judged as outstanding or good by Ofsted
Crime: Higher than average
Who lives there? Professionals and creatives; student renters
Famous faces: Former resident Amy Winehouse is immortalised in a statue in the Stables Market
Schools, crime and house price data supplied by Zoopla.co.uk
What’s new in the area?
Verdica, from £575,000
Verdica, which launched just before Christmas, consists of studio, one and two-bedroom apartments and is expected to complete early next year. The light-filled homes are set around a lush courtyard garden and each features a balcony, high-spec integrated appliances in the large open-plan kitchen/living area, underfloor heating and plenty of built-in storage. There’s a concierge, too.
Vabel Kentisston, from £870,000
Vabel Kentisston is a collection of design-led two-bed flats in and above the former North London Poly building on the Kentish Town borders. Natural light floods in through huge Crittall windows, and homes include bespoke bedroom wardrobes, large kitchen/living spaces, secure bike storage and smart parcel lockers.
Camden Goods Yard, launching 2024
St George is working closely with Morrisons and Camden Council to transform a former goods yard and depot site into a mixed-use scheme called Camden Goods Yard. Plans include 644 new homes – 200-plus of them affordable – a rooftop chilli farm providing a new farm-to-fork dining experience alongside an education programme with local schools, office space and a flagship Morrisons supermarket,
Agar Grove, launching soon
And later this year the Camden Collection will be unveiling its next phase of flats for sale in the regeneration of Agar Grove, part of the borough’s Community Investment Programme (CIP), set up to invest money in schools, homes, and community facilities through redevelopment.
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