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Kentish Town North
Camden, London
Kentish Town North sits on the rising ground between Camden and Highgate, a Victorian-built ward with a distinct music-venue footprint along Highgate Road and Kentish Town Road. The twenty-four listed buildings are headed by the Grade II Forum, a 1934 Italian Renaissance super-cinema by J. Stanley Beard and W. R. Bennett that has been a live-music venue since 1985, along with the Grade II Fitzroy Terrace. Transport is very good: Kentish Town on the Northern line and Thameslink, plus frequent buses, push most of the centre within fifteen minutes. Twenty-six Ofsted outstanding rated schools fall within reach, and the food and retail offer is dense — eighty-eight food venues and ninety-two non-food outlets — with a long daytime and nighttime rhythm. The honest downsides are crime and air quality. Crime sits below the London median, pulled down by nightlife-related theft on the main strip, and air quality is poor along the A400 spine. Green space is almost absent; residents cross to Hampstead Heath or Parliament Hill.
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The Forum on Highgate Road opened in 1934 as a 2,175-seat super-cinema designed by J. Stanley Beard and W. R. Bennett, became a live music venue in 1985, and was Grade II listed in 1990.
- Very good public-transport access
- 24 listed buildings
- 21% covered by a conservation area
- 7 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Montpelier Gardens (0.4 hectares)
- 178 open venues (86 food and drink, 92 other)
Kentish Town North score highlights
- Heritage Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage (score 73/100).
- Connectivity Excellent public-transport access (score 72/100).
- Area development Little recent major-development activity (score 2/100).
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Property prices & growth
43/ 100
- Purchase affordability5
- Rent affordability30
- Price momentum (5yr)57
- Activity (turnover)64
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Safety
40/ 100
- Personal safety48
- Property crime34
- Anti-social behaviour36
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Connectivity
72/ 100
Median public-transport access is excellent (TfL PTAL 6.0 of 8 across this ward).
Air & Quiet
21/ 100
- Air quality17
- Quietness28
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Cultural Signal
45/ 100
- Nightlife29
- Dining43
- Arts & culture21
- Retail & shops36
- Sports & recreation21
- Independent scene100
- Vitality (openings, diversity)63
178 open venues nearby — 86 food & drink, 92 other.
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Education
66/ 100
- Primary schools70
- Secondary schools62
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Heritage
73/ 100
24 listed buildings · 21% under a conservation area
- The ForumGrade II
- Fitzroy TerraceGrade II
- 37, Leighton RoadGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
46/ 100
- Green spaces57
- Waterways35
Largest green space: Montpelier Gardens (0 ha). ~1 ha of green space in total.
Area development
2/ 100
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