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 previous area of the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras, which had formed 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 places in great detail from 1829 to 1848. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.
Neighbouring areas are the City of Westminster and the City of London towards the south, Brent towards the west, Barnet and Haringey towards the north and Islington to the east. Based on population estimates in the middle of 2014, Camden includes a permanent population of around 234846 inhabitants. There are 162 English Heritage blue plaques inside the borough of Camden representing the lots of diverse personalities that have lived there. The borough is also home to a wide number of attractions, which include the Bloomsbury Theatre, Camden Market, the Foundling Museum and Kenwood House.
All bus services are run by Transport for London, and buses serve every single suburb in the borough. Three of the fourteen central London's railway terminals are located inside the borough, which are Euston, St. Pancras International and King's Cross.