The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms 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 obtainable, describe Camden and the surrounding areas in significant detail from 1829 to 1848. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.
Neighbouring locations are the City of Westminster and also the City of London to the south, Brent towards the west, Barnet and Haringey to the north and Islington to the east. As outlined by population estimates in the middle of 2014, Camden features a permanent population of about 234846 inhabitants. You will discover 162 English Heritage blue plaques within the borough of Camden representing the numerous diverse personalities that have lived there. The borough is also home to a wide variety of attractions, for example the Bloomsbury Theatre, Camden Market, the Foundling Museum and Kenwood House.
All bus services are run by Transport for London, and buses serve just about every suburb within the borough. 3 of the fourteen central London's railway terminals are positioned within the borough, which are Euston, St. Pancras International and King's Cross.