To ask what it’s like to live in Camden Town?

You clearly don't live in London

I think the estates round Mornington Crescent look peaceful and clean. I often go past them on the bus.
@Whyherewego has described it how I see it 👏

Camden Town centre is horrible. I even hate the Lock and the market. Full of tourists and people who are dishonest. I used to work at the tube station and people were utter c__s.

But walking away towards Regents Park and Primrose Hill is much nicer.

How do “immigrants get social housing priorities”?

This is a very good description! Great post

Busy, most places within walking distance, good supermarkets, lovely places to go for long walks nearby.

Don't get much for your money in terms of rent or purchase.

As with almost everywhere in London it literally depends on exactly where you mean.in Camden.
There are really nice streets and there's really grim ones, and bits that are overcrowded and bits that are really not, about 2 mins walk from those that are.
Anyone telling you it'd a shithole and over crowded is thinking mostly likely about the main streets or Camden market. Most People do not really live right there.
If you're renting then go and wander around, check each street in a range of day/evening/weekend circumstances and see what you think.
I've had several friends live around there (I live islingon) and mostly they lived in great streets with close access to a good range of facilities and green space. I'd certainly consider living there myself

Neelyohara do you live in North London? The picture you paint of Holloway and Camden is not what I see day to day.

Op the trouble with mumsnet a lot of people give opinions on areas when they don't live there- IMO the general demographic of mumsnet is sheltered/ privileged/ visits london once a year.

Camden will make you feel young 😃

The 80’s were 40 years go? Things have changed a little since then.

Lots of gangs there good place to get mugged. Sorry. I also stayed there late 80s and it was fun.

No it’s not. And Holloway is an even bigger shithole than Camden.
Also, the reason Camden has become so bad is because they pushed all the homeless drug addicts and prostitution from Kings Cross down the road when they did the redevelopment. And they opened several halfway houses very centrally.

Stayed in an Airbnb there for a weekend visit to London on our annual country bumpkin trip. It's pretty grim, if well connected. Cannot imagine living there. Although Primrose Hill was nice,

It’s changed a bit and is now a mass tourism destination

Kindly meant but OP’s attachment to Camden dates back from 1985

Whats your lifestyle like? Some of the places posters have suggested eg hampstead/ Highbury/ Tufnel park are great if you want suburbs.
If you want pubs, bars, 24/7 camden will be perfect

There are addicts/ teenagers/ homelessness all over london. It is not a situational problem

Unless you live on the high Road Camden is nice. Lots of places in easy walking distance. Multicultural. And actually again outside of the high street fairly clean.

music venues, theatres easy tube access, nice parks, triyoga etc etc

@Moonshine5 Primrose Hill might as well be on another planet to Camden Town. Not the same place at all.

I live in a London borough that has its fair share of problems (Hackney) - you couldn't pay me to live in Camden Town, or Tufnell Park. Last time I was there I saw a grown woman walking down the street in a nappy so full of shit she had to keep hoicking it up. Grim and sad.

There’s a world of difference between the inhabitants (nepo kids) who live in Primrose Hill, and the people housed in the horrible estates by Mornington Crescent.

You want to go to Camden to feel young??
Trust me when 3 teenagers casually ask to borrow your phone in broad daylight and gently surround you on all sides and one flashes a knife handle, you’ll feel pretty old and powerless pretty quickly and in that 10 second encounter wish you’d bought a cottage in the Cotswolds instead.

Yes they do
Oasis singers kids etc Google it. Or take a walk around Primrose Hill in real life.
Ps. Immigrants 😂great attempt at argument

The schools are shit too if you are thinking of having a family. Apart from Camden school for girls, which has a very small catchment area.

Lived near Camden Square for a decade when I was a bit younger, loved it, it's a different vibe during the week, and locals don't tend to go into Camden Town much but rather the surrounding areas, Kentish town, tufnell park, chalk farm, Camden road etc in Camden's favour it has really good transport links and a big supermarket

In the direct vicinity of Camden Town tube station would be a no from me - I worked there 2019-2023 and frankly the tourism/tourists made normal life unbearable.

10-15 minutes walk either towards Kentish Town or Primrose Hill and things are much better. I lived in Tufnell Park until 2024. As everywhere in London a mix it nice and not so nice streets - but more normal feeling, community exists etc and still east access to all the good stuff.

So to summarise: it’s a shithole?