The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms a part of Inner London. The southern reaches of Camden form a part of central London. The borough was established in 1965 from the former area of the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras, which had formed a part of the County of London. The borough was named after Camden Town, which had gained its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795. The transcribed diaries of William Copeland Astbury, just recently made accessible, describe Camden and the surrounding places in great detail from 1829 to 1848. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.
Neighbouring areas are the City of Westminster and also the City of London towards the south, Brent to the west, Barnet and Haringey towards the north and Islington to the east. According to population estimates from the middle of 2014, Camden includes a permanent population of about 234846 people. There are 162 English Heritage blue plaques inside the borough of Camden representing the a lot of diverse personalities that have lived there. The borough is also home to a wide selection of attractions, like the Bloomsbury Theatre, Camden Market, the Foundling Museum and Kenwood House.
All bus services are operated by Transport for London, and buses serve every suburb in the borough. 3 of the fourteen central London's railway terminals are situated inside the borough, which are Euston, St. Pancras International and King's Cross.