From Brick Lane to Brixton, London has no shortage of great street art. One of my favourite places to find it is Camden Town, just north of the city centre.
There are now a couple of paid, guided Camden street art tours if you’d rather have a guide talk you through it. This is the free version: a self-guided walk you can do at your own pace, whenever suits you.
I live in North London and know Camden’s street art scene well. This route covers the murals and graffiti worth seeking out, including several Amy Winehouse tributes, plus a map you can send straight to your phone.
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Camden Street Art Walking Tour
Camden Town Tube station also works as a starting point, and it’s a short walk from Chalk Farm Road.
My Camden street art self-guided walking tour takes you to Camden’s artistic hotspots, including a few pieces that have become permanent fixtures. The art changes often, so I can’t promise everything here will still be up when you visit. Half the fun is in the new finds.
For step-by-step directions and to send the map to your phone, click here or on the image itself. For help getting around London, head to the Transport for London website.
Where to Find Street Art in Camden Town, London
Camden’s street art scene goes back to the 1980s, when the punk and post-punk crowd around the market started using the walls as their own gallery. That turnover is still in the rhythm of the place today: new pieces arrive, old ones vanish, and any trail will be a snapshot rather than a fixed list.
Harmood Street
The first stop on my Camden Street art tour is the corner of Harmood Street with Chalk Farm Road, home to a few artworks by Irony. His style has a softness to it, closer to an oil painting than a typical spray-can piece.
This striking female has been in place since 2018, although the rose eye patch is a more recent addition.
One of Dotmaster’s Rude Kids was next to her when I last visited. He’s known for his cheeky, humour-filled portraits and helped found the NuArt Festival in Stavanger, Norway.
Berriblue is based in Porto and her work explores mental health, sexuality, mortality and cultural identity. You can see the Portuguese tile influence in this piece:
Hartland Road
Continue along Chalk Farm Road and turn left into Hartland Road. The building on the corner is usually covered in large murals.
Hawley Mews
Turn right into Hawley Mews. This small alley behind a row of houses is one of the best spots for street art in Camden.
The work changes often, but it’s consistently good, since this free wall is curated by The Real Art of Street Art. The organisation supports local artists and runs legal walls across Camden.
Hawley Street
Hawley Street is at the other end of Hawley Mews.
Keep an eye out for Amy Winehouse street art around here. She was a Camden local, and plenty of street artists have captured her likeness over the years
Otto Schade’s Amy Winehouse portrait is a long-standing fixture on this stretch, and one of my favourite pieces in the whole tour.
Castlehaven Community Centre
Continue on Hawley Street away from Chalk Farm Road, and you’ll reach Castlehaven Community Centre. I was treated to a mural by Carleen de Sozer, who specialises in Afrocentric paintings, often with golden tones.
Castlehaven Road
Double back along Castlehaven Road to the junction with the much-photographed Camden Lock Bridge. There are usually several paintings on the walls facing the railway line.
I liked the concrete wall sculpture by Ronzo best. This German artist is famous for his grotesque figures, based on a vision of a post-apocalyptic London. You can also see his works on the streets of Shoreditch.
Camden Lock Bridge
You’ve now reached the epicentre of one of London’s most popular tourist destinations, and the oldest piece of Camden street art still standing.
John Bulley painted the Camden Lock Railway Bridge in 1989. It’s his most famous work and a genuine London landmark.
Stucley Place
Continue along busy Camden High Street, cross the canal and turn left onto Hawley Crescent. Stucley Place is the first turning on the right.
There is a high turnover of work here, but you’ll usually find one or two gems.
Buck Street
At the end of Stucley Place, turn left onto Buck Street.
I loved the vibrant urban jungle by Aero. He began transferring his sketches onto paper in the 1990s and now runs community graffiti workshops for local teenagers.
Kentish Town Road
Some of the best Camden Street art is packed into a small stretch of this busy main road, at the end of Buck Street.
Head first to the back entrance of the Electric Theatre, next to the Trinity United Reformed Church. On my last visit, this wall had work from Stinkfish, DRT and Ant Carver. Sadly, the large Dan Kitchener mural had been largely painted over.
On the opposite side of Kentish Town Road, there is a badly damaged mural of two women by Curiouser and Damitta.
Greenland Place
Continue along this main road towards Camden Town tube station, turn left behind the World’s End pub and right into Greenland Place.
When I visited, the corner building was decorated with works from Decolife, a Brazilian abstract artist.
Greenland Street
Continue along Greenland Place until you hit Greenland Street, where you’ll find a mother and child mural by Ayo Blake.
Bayham Street
The next stop is Alexander the Great restaurant on Bayham Street, part of a small Greek enclave with good-value places to eat. I’ve had great nights at Daphne’s and Andy’s Taverna.
To get there, continue along Greenland Street, turn right onto Bayham Street and walk for about four minutes. On either side of the restaurant’s kitchen door is a 2012 piece by the Italian artist Alice Pasquini.
Miller Street
This is the last stop on the tour. Turn right onto Plender Street and cross Camden High Street to reach Miller Street.
On its corner with the main road is one of my favourite Camden murals: a hyperrealistic portrait of a chubby lad revealing a tattoo of the artist’s initials on his stomach.
There’s another Ronzo sculpture here too, this one wearing neon-pink glasses.
From here it’s a short walk to Mornington Crescent tube station.
Prefer a Guided Tour?
This walk works well on your own, but a couple of good guided options have popped up if you’d rather have someone talk you through it. Both tours have attracted solid reviews.
This 1.5-hour Camden & Kentish Town walking tour sticks closely to street art, including Kentish Town, which this walk doesn’t cover. The Camden walking tour is longer, at 2.5 hours, and folds street art into a broader look at Camden’s music history and market culture.
Final tips
Camden isn’t exactly one of London’s hidden gems. If you don’t relish crowded streets, do this street art tour during the week.
Located between Camden High Street and Chalk Farm Road, Camden Market draws visitors from near and far. This area is busy any time of the week, but come Friday, Saturday and Sunday, when the market is in full swing, it is tourist carnage.
These pieces are not the only art you’ll find in Camden, and there’s a good chance some will have moved on by the time you visit. Keep your eyes open. There’s always something new to spot.
Above all, have fun and share your discoveries in the comments below. And if you would like to explore other street art in London, visit Walthamstow or check out my Shoreditch and Brick Lane Street Art Guide.
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