
Camden is London’s pocket of rock ‘n’ roll and Kentish Town, half a mile to the north, is very much a satellite for all the action happening around the famous markets.
If sweaty, guitar-heavy live music’s your thing you’ll be in heaven in these parts - Kentish Town Forum (9-17 Highgate Road, 0844 847 2405, www.kentishtownforum.com) has all the big indie names, and the Bull & Gate (389 Kentish Town Road, 020 8826 5000, www.bullandgate.co.uk) is a punky little boozer famous for breaking new bands: Blur, The Pogues, Suede and Coldplay are amongst the multitude that have served their time here.
Heading into Camden proper, there’s The Barfly (49 Chalk Farm Road, 020 7490 0666, www.barflyclub.com), NME hack’s favourite the Dublin Castle (94 Parkway, 020 7485 1773), the glorious theatre-turned-late night indie club Koko (1a Camden High Street, 0870 432 5527, www.koko.uk.com) and the Jazz Café (5 Parkway, 0870 060 3777, www.jazzcafe.co.uk) – all some of north London’s most exciting music venues.
Camden’s other pulling point is the excitement and adventure of its markets: skip the tacky High Street and get lost in the Lock & Stables markets, alive with vintage fashions, food hawkers, record stalls with turntables to test your purchase, second-hand books, handmade exotic furniture and the overwhelming smell of incense – it’s one of the headiest experiences in London, open and thriving Thurs-Sun.
Round the day off with a beer and a glimpse at the slumming-it indie rock icons in the Hawley Arms (2 Castlehaven Road, 020 7428 5979, www.thehawleyarms.co.uk) or explore the northern end of Kentish Town – a very different experience indeed, winding towards Highgate and the rarefied delights of Hampstead Heath.
One of Britains most well known nudist public baths, Rio's, is in Kentish Town.
Kentish Town has a Northern Line Underground and overground rail station, ten minutes north of central London.
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| HOTEL / APARTMENT | POSTCODE | MILES | STAR | 23 Feb | 24 Feb | 25 Feb | 26 Feb | 27 Feb | 28 Feb | 29 Feb | 01 Mar |
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| Thistle Euston | NW1 2LP | 2.38 | 4 | £108.00 | £96.00 | Full | £138.00 | £96.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £120.00 |
| Hotel Megaro | WC1H 8AB | 2.60 | 4 | £120.00 | £230.00 | £150.00 | £79.00 | £105.00 | £120.00 | Full | £120.00 |
| Novotel London St Pancras | NW1 2AJ | 2.60 | 4 | £185.00 | £145.00 | £155.00 | £145.00 | £175.00 | £185.00 | £185.00 | £175.00 |
| MIC | NW1 2EZ | 2.65 | 4G | £109.00 | £99.00 | Full | £89.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £139.00 | £119.00 |
| Quality Hotel Hampstead | NW3 6AL | 2.68 | 3 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £80.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 | £85.00 |
| Macdonald Hotel | WC1H 8AL | 2.69 | 2G | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | £75.00 | £75.00 | Full |
| La Gaffe | NW3 6SS | 2.71 | 3G | £100.00 | Full | Full | Full | £100.00 | Full | £100.00 | £100.00 |
| Euston Square | NW1 2LU | 2.74 | 3G | £99.00 | £109.00 | £119.00 | £84.00 | £94.00 | £139.00 | £149.00 | £94.00 |
| Melia White House Hotel | NW1 3UP | 2.77 | 4 | £198.00 | £138.00 | Full | £150.00 | £186.00 | £210.00 | £180.00 | £168.00 |
| Avonmore Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 2.83 | 2G | £130.00 | £130.00 | Full | £85.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £75.00 |
| Euro Hotel | WC1H 9EL | 2.86 | 3G | £145.00 | Full | Full | £105.00 | £105.00 | £105.00 | Full | £150.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Grafton | W1T 5AY | 2.90 | 4 | £162.00 | £84.00 | £150.00 | £84.00 | £144.00 | Full | £178.80 | £150.00 |
| Generator London | WC1H 9SE | 2.98 | 3h | £22.50 | Full | Full | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| Grange Fitzrovia Hotel | W1W 5 N B | 3.08 | 4 | £90.00 | £90.00 | £126.00 | £114.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £143.00 |
| Hotel Cavendish | WC1E 6HJ | 3.11 | 4 | £95.00 | £85.00 | Full | £85.00 | £85.00 | £105.00 | £125.00 | £85.00 |
| 146 Suites | NW1 6DT | 3.20 | NC | £119.00 | £69.00 | £89.00 | £79.00 | £89.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| Regency House Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 3.20 | 2 | £120.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Garth Hotel | WC1E 6HJ | 3.22 | 2 | £75.00 | £89.00 | Full | £59.00 | £69.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £75.00 |
| Hotel Russell - London, Bloomsbury | WC1B 5BE | 3.30 | 4 | £154.80 | £118.80 | Full | £118.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £154.80 |
| Blandford Hotel | W1U 5AF | 3.35 | 4G | £139.00 | £129.00 | £129.00 | £95.00 | £149.00 | Full | £95.00 | £105.00 |
| The Academy, The Bloomsbury Town House | WC1E 6HG | 3.37 | 4 | £126.00 | £126.00 | £150.00 | £90.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £138.00 |
| Astor Court Hotel | W1W 6JQ | 3.39 | 3 | £115.00 | £105.00 | £115.00 | £79.00 | £99.00 | Full | £99.00 | £99.00 |
| The Hallam | W1W 6JF | 3.42 | 3G | £60.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes London | W1U 6LJ | 3.42 | 4 | £202.80 | £166.80 | £208.80 | £162.00 | £202.80 | £202.80 | £226.80 | £202.80 |
| Staunton Hotel | WC1E 6HE | 3.44 | 4G | Full | £169.00 | Full | £159.00 | £159.00 | Full | £179.00 | £179.00 |
| SACO London - Holborn | WC1N 3LT | 3.47 | 4A | £199.00 | Full | Full | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £168.00 |
| Grange Langham Court Hotel | W1W 6BU | 3.47 | 4 | £114.00 | £90.00 | £126.00 | £78.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £167.00 |
| Mercure London Bloomsbury | WC1B 5AF | 3.49 | 4 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £139.00 | £99.00 | £129.00 | £159.00 | £169.00 | £139.00 |
| The Landmark London Hotel | NW1 6JQ | 3.49 | 5 | £312.00 | £276.00 | £276.00 | £276.00 | £360.00 | £456.00 | £312.00 | £312.00 |
| Beauchamp Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.51 | 4 | £126.00 | £119.00 | Full | £90.00 | £150.00 | £186.00 | Full | £179.00 |
| Montague on the Gardens - A Red Carnation Hotel | WC1B 5BJ | 3.52 | 4 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £168.00 | £174.00 |
| Chandos House | W1G 9LQ | 3.53 | 4 | £99.00 | Full | Full | £220.00 | £115.50 | £153.00 | £132.00 | Full |
| The Rathbone Hotel | W1T 1LB | 3.54 | 4 | £204.00 | £126.00 | £126.00 | £90.00 | £102.00 | £156.00 | £186.00 | £156.00 |
| Grange Blooms Town House Hotel | WC1B 5BP | 3.56 | 3 | £114.00 | Full | Full | £90.00 | £191.00 | Full | £251.00 | £239.00 |
| The Portland Hotel | WC1B 5JH | 3.56 | 4 | Full | Full | Full | £96.00 | £150.00 | Full | £227.00 | £191.00 |
| myhotel Bloomsbury | WC1B3HD | 3.57 | 4 | £154.80 | £106.80 | £118.80 | £106.80 | £166.80 | £178.80 | £178.80 | £118.80 |
| The Lancaster Hotel | WC1B 5JD | 3.59 | 3 | £72.00 | £84.00 | Full | £60.00 | £90.00 | Full | £90.00 | £72.00 |
| Hotel82London | W1U 6HN | 3.59 | 3 | £119.00 | £69.00 | Full | £59.00 | £129.00 | Full | £89.00 | £109.00 |
| The Georgian Hotel | W1U 6JF | 3.61 | 3G | £400.00 | £109.00 | £400.00 | £99.00 | £105.00 | £79.00 | £79.00 | £105.00 |
| Saint Georges Hotel | W1B 2QS | 3.63 | 4 | £117.00 | £117.00 | £117.00 | £97.00 | £117.00 | £177.00 | £177.00 | £117.00 |
| The Marylebone Hotel - A member of the Doyle Collection | W1G 8DN | 3.64 | 4 | £210.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £186.00 | £210.00 | £234.00 | £234.00 | £222.00 |
| Grange Holborn | WC1B 4AR | 3.65 | 5 | £191.00 | £119.00 | Full | £131.00 | £191.00 | Full | Full | £191.00 |
| Sanderson - A Morgans Hotel | W1T 3NG | 3.65 | NC | Full | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | £310.80 | Full | Full | Full |
| Durrants Hotel | W1H 5BJ | 3.67 | 4 | £205.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £205.00 |
| Montagu Place Hotel | W1H 2ER | 3.67 | 4 | £120.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| St George Hotel | W1U 8JE | 3.74 | 4G | £115.00 | £115.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £75.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 |
| Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | WC1B 3LB | 3.74 | 4 | £132.00 | £84.00 | £238.80 | £102.00 | £162.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | £166.80 |
| Comfort Inn Edgware Road | W2 1EG | 3.75 | 3 | £70.00 | £129.00 | £99.00 | £44.00 | £64.00 | £64.00 | £64.00 | £64.00 |
| Tommy Miahs' Raj Hotel | N1 3PD | 3.75 | 3 | £70.00 | £70.00 | £90.00 | £39.90 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Gloucester Place Hotel | W1U 8JQ | 3.75 | 3 | £99.00 | £89.00 | £119.00 | £59.00 | £79.00 | £59.00 | £59.00 | £89.00 |
| Station | Zone | Line(s) | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentish Town Station | 2 | Northern | 0.11 miles |
| Tufnell Park Station | 2 | Northern | 0.80 miles |
| Chalk Farm Station | 2 | Northern | 1.04 miles |
| Camden Town Station | 2 | Northern | 1.21 miles |
| Belsize Park Station | 2 | Northern | 1.54 miles |
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| Kentish Town Station | 0.19 miles |
| Kentish Town West Station | 0.48 miles |
| Gospel Oak Station | 0.86 miles |
| Camden Road Station | 0.95 miles |
| Hampstead Heath Station | 1.70 miles |
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