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A lesser known tourists’ site in London if compared to those big names such as Big Ben or Tower Bridge, Camden Markets is still worth to be included in your London travel itinerary. Especially for those shopaholic, Camden Markets is the best place to shop for alternative fashion and accessories, clothing, antiques, souvenirs and food. Originally a weekend market, Camden Markets is now open 7 days a week which draws over 100,000 people in each week.
Camden Markets are a number of adjoining markets located in Camden Town, a city in North West of London and 2.5km away from London city centre. Take the London Underground via Northern Line from Charing Cross to Camden Town station and you will be greeted by the colourful shops and crowded streets once you step out of the station.
Travel Tips: The exit way of Camden Town Underground station is closed from 1300-1730 on Saturday and Sunday to prevent overcrowded at the station. Get there either before or after the afternoon if you are visitors taking underground.
The first open market of the series you will see after a short walk from Camden Town station is Buck Street Market. Don’t confused by its giant banner that reads as “The Camden Market“. It’s not the only market in Camden Town. It’s only one of the market selling mainly clothing. Quite disappointing if you are looking for trendy fashion.
Walking along Camden High Street will lead you to all the famous markets in Camden Town. There is another smaller Inverness Street Market selling foods opposite of the Buck Street Market.
Other than markets operated by stalls, there are also many shops along the Camden high Street selling cloths, fast food, crafts and so on.
Strolling further down the road is the original Camden Market (Camden Lock Market) located just beside the Regent Canal. It’s the visitors main draw during the weekend. There are also open cafe and restaurant at the dock. Unfortunately, I was there on Monday and there are only a hand full of stalls open.
Camden Lock Market is at the end of Camden High Street before the Chalk Farm Road. When you come to Chalk Farm Road, you are about to enter the largest market in Camden Markets, called the Stables Market.
Many food stalls are operating along the entrance of Stable Market, from Asian, Indian to Western fast foods.
Stable Market is built on the former Midland Railway stables and horse hospital with one section of the market sits right underneath the railway. You can see many shops are built within the railway viaducts.
We were crossing to the other side of the railway through the Horse Tunnel Market.
Jewelry stalls along the tunnel.
The other side of the tunnel is an open market. There is a giant horse head at the exit / entrance of the tunnel.
Skylights are put up for a covered pedestrian shopping street along and railway viaducts which was converted into shops.
Fancy anything selling here? Do you want to buy something home?
Thanks, but no thanks. I would rather sit here to relax and people watching…
… or dine in one of these cozy restaurants with outdoor settee for a Hooka (smoking water pipes) session.
The outdoor relaxation courtyard with benches within the Stable Market.
The flagship store of Cyberdog is located in Stable Market, Camden. It is specialised in bright fluorescent dance clothing, often featuring electronic components such as flashing lights inside and other accessories.
A really pleasant environment to wander around and spend your holidays, Stable Market has plenty to offer for anyone.
Another exit / entrance at the other side of Chalk Farm Road. “NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK”
We left Camden Markets at 5PM. The easiest way to take us back to London city is by the London Red Bus.
Along the way to the nearest bus stop, the evening sunshine just made the shops so attractive and unstoppable for me to press down my Nikon D60 shutter!
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Make it one of your itinerary in London travel. Camden Markets is a fun place to visit and experience the local hipsters shopping culture. Click here to read all other travel attractions in London.
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What’s my verdict?
- Attractiveness: Good √ √ √ √
- Features to explore: Excellent √ √ √ √ √
- Photo Opportunity: Good √ √ √ √
- Accessability: Good √ √ √ √
- Affordability: Good √ √ √ √
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Overall Travel Score : 84%
- Verdict: There are so many shops and eateries in a number of markets that spread along the high Street and Chalk Walk Road. Huge crowds are drawn into the markets every day especially weekend for foods and clothing. However, don’t expect Harrods kind of crowds and you should look elsewhere for International branded designer fashion or luxury goods. – Travel Feeder
It has been a while since I last wrote for any Top 5 posts except “Top 5 travel attractions” on destination which are actually guest post by some experienced travel blogger around the world. When I was flipping through my photos taken in Europe last night, I could feel my excitement of visiting Europe still remained strong inside my mind. That was why I’ve booked another flight to Eastern Europe next year!
But why is it so? Isn’t visiting Europe an expensive travel and always remained a dream to be realised by many avid travelers around the globe? Why I’m so eager to fly to Europe again next year?
These are 5 reasons why I should and all avid travelers should visit Europe now, I mean NOW!
- Euro currency had reached its new low level! Value of Euro has depreciated over 20% since January early this year, and it’s still dropping. What used to be expensive in Europe has now become reasonable! The cost of traveling to and visiting Europe is now 20% cheaper! Let’s do some calculation: If I were to visit Europe last Summer, my total traveling cost for 15 days was RM10,000.00 (USD3,200). If I’m traveling to Europe now for the same period, it would be RM8,000.00 (USD2,500) only!!
- Heritage sites in Europe are in danger of extinction! Major attractions in Europe are mostly inscribed as UNESCO Heritage sites. Over time, many of them are really run-down! European countries are spending huge amount of money restoring and maintaining those sites. You could see many of the restoration works being carried out everywhere in Europe heritage sites. What would happen to them in next few years?
- Global warming is causing more natural disasters! Pollutions caused by human are creating worse global warming and green house effect to our earth than ever before. This are causing more and more natural disasters happening each year. Global weather has also become unpredictable sometimes, it can snow in Spring or hit record high temperature in Summer. When I traveled to Europe last May, ash cloud was covering most parts of Western Europe. We had to play by ear when planning our itinerary. What would happen in future?
- Competitions among budget airlines has reached its new high! Budget airlines are ruling the air space nowadays where everyone is opting for cheap flight whenever they are flying. This uptrend has stimulated the booming of this sector of the aviation industry. Stiff competition among budget airlines helped in bringing the air fares down to even zero cost!
- Digital photography has reached its maturity! After 10 tens of its introduction to consumers level, digital cameras have now the ability of taking great photos that are comparable to films. Its advantage over the film is Digital cameras can take as many photos as you like, with just the matter of how many Gb of SDHC or Compact flash cards you are bringing along your travel. In my case, I brought 4 memory cards along my Europe travel and had taken over 4000 photos! In this matured market, we can now buy a DSLR system for as low as USD600 and still able to take awesome travel photos!
With the combination of above 5 top reasons, do you still sit back to think twice, or get up now and book your air ticket NOW? Read my recent Europe travel experience for more motivation! Or receive more of my upcoming Europe stories by subscribing my RSS feed or via email.
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