Camden Town's unique mix of street art and 3D shop signs makes it an ideal destination for daily exercise for those living near enough. It'll never be this quiet again.
%image(15165554, type="article-full", alt="Camden High Street shops closed during lockdown in early 2021")
%image(15165560, type="article-full", alt="The older, weather-eroded paintings and signs add texture and give a sense of Camden Town’s longstanding association with youth culture")
%image(15165562, type="article-full", alt="A faded "Fame Girls"")
%image(15165573, type="article-full", alt="A giant Converse trainer above Quarter Shoes in the High Street")
%image(15165578, type="article-full", alt="At street level, the buildings along Hawley mews are completely covered in street art")
%image(15165586, type="article-full", alt="Ray-Ban and Size? in Camden High Street")
%image(15165593, type="article-full", alt="The chef above Pizza Warehouse on the corner of Camden High Street and Hawley Crescent")
%image(15165603, type="article-full", alt="The design above Evil From The Needle tattoo parlour in Camden High Street")
%image(15165608, type="article-full", alt="A handmade sign in Stucley Place")
%image(15165614, type="article-full", alt="The design above Namaste in Camden High Street")
%image(15165619, type="article-full", alt="Street art to the rear of the former Camden Market off Kentish Town Road")
%image(15165622, type="article-full", alt="Smoking lips above Blue Skin")
%image(15165628, type="article-full", alt="Under the railway bridge in Castlehaven Road")
%image(15165641, type="article-full", alt="A giant boot above New Rock")
%image(15165645, type="article-full", alt=""Urgh Street Art", featuring Brian Griffin, in Castlehaven Road")
%image(15165650, type="article-full", alt="Street art in Buck Street")
%image(15165659, type="article-full", alt="Giant shoes hang above 4 Feet")
%image(15165664, type="article-full", alt="ELE2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes in Stucley Place")
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