High Streets

Do you want to know more about what your local area has to offer? As part of our Love Your Camden Highstreet campaign we’ve interviewed businesses across the borough to share their stories. From bakeries to museums and community projects, there is something for everybody!

Roller Skates hanging from wall

Double Threat Skates: Arch artisans

Double Threat Skates: Arch artisans 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Few high streets can claim to have the grandeur and contrast of Midland road, flanking St Pancras Station. The centuries-old…

People eating roti and curry

Roti King

Roti King 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Tucked down a small stairwell on a quiet street alongside Euston Station, commuters, university students and locals patiently queue for…

Someone filling up a container from a dry food dispenser

Fair-Well

Fair-Well 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Between the quiet back doubles of NW5 you may have caught sight of what looks to be an antiquated scene,…

Man standing with barbeque

Vibe’n’Go

Vibe’n’Go 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

An integral part of any healthy community are those “third places”, not the workplace or the home, but somewhere public,…

Different skin colour fabric dolls sitting in a row

Thimble & Doll: Different Strokes

Thimble & Doll: Different Strokes 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Camden is one of the most diverse places in Britain, indeed, one of the most diverse places in the world.…

The inside of a magic shop

International Magic: “A wonderful, wonderful life”

International Magic: “A wonderful, wonderful life” 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

The International Magic Shop, on Clerkenwell road, south Camden, is pulled straight out of a fantasy novel. The shop’s mysterious…

Artwork on a wall in a restaurant

Roger’s Kitchen: Eclectic Caribbean Cooking

Roger’s Kitchen: Eclectic Caribbean Cooking 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Camden’s high streets draw on culinary traditions from every corner of the globe, almost every high street will have a…

People’s Museum Somers Town

People’s Museum Somers Town 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

A space for us: Reformers Radicals and Un-common people  For the hundreds of thousands of commuters, students, and tourists that…

shop window showing clothes and artwork

Camden Open Air Gallery: Art For Community Sake

Camden Open Air Gallery: Art For Community Sake 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

During the 2020 lockdown, Camden Town Highstreet was a ghost town. The usual throng of tourists had vanished and for…

man opening cupboard in library

Kentish Town Library

Kentish Town Library 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

The availability of public spaces in London is increasingly dwindling. While on the high street various businesses have stepped in…

denim jacket with Camden painted on it

Reworked Camden: Upcycling the Highstreet

Reworked Camden: Upcycling the Highstreet 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Each weekend over 100,000 people visit Camden Market, making it the fourth most popular tourist attraction in the capital, while…

bike garage

Your bike project

Your bike project 2560 1707 Karishma Puri

Back in 2009, when Raqhib Islam was just 14 years old, fixing bikes with a local youth worker around the…

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