Chalk Farm

For other uses, see Chalk Farm (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 51°32′38″N 0°09′06″W / 51.5438°N 0.1517°W / 51.5438; -0.1517

Chalk Farm
Adelaide Road outside Chalk Farm tube station.
Chalk Farm  Chalk Farm shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ281844
London borough	Camden
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW3, NW5
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Holborn and St Pancras
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
List of places: UK • England • London

Chalk Farm is an area of north London, England. It lies directly to the north of Camden Town and its underground station is the closest tube station to the nearby, upmarket neighbourhood of Primrose Hill.

Its name, deceptively rural, derives from the name of the village on its site, Chalcot^[1]. These days it absorbs the spread from Camden Town and has many lively pubs, live music venues, and restaurants. Within London it is best known as the site of The Roundhouse, a former circular railway engine shed which was subsequently converted for arts and performance use.

Chalk Farm contains Haverstock School Business & Enterprise College (formerly Haverstock Comprehensive School).

It also used to be the site of the Camden College of English.

For over 70 years some of Central London's busiest bus routes were operated from Chalk Farm Bus garage, which was located in Harmood Street.

Transport

Nearest places

• Primrose Hill
• Camden Town
• Gospel Oak
• Kentish Town
• Marylebone
• Hampstead
• Tufnell Park
• St John's Wood
• Belsize Park
• Regent's Park
• Swiss Cottage
• King's Cross
• Somers Town

Nearest tube stations

The nearest London Underground station is Chalk Farm on the Northern Line.

The nearest London Overground stations are Camden Road and Kentish Town West

Nearest railway stations

• Euston railway station
• Primrose Hill railway station (closed 1992)

References

1. ^ Edward Walford (1878). Old and New London: Volume 5. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45237. Retrieved 9 August 2011.