Right on your doorstep
Entertainment & Nightlife
Kentish town has plenty of lively pubs, live music venues and other entertainment to keep you entertained.
Schools & Education
There are also several good schools in the area. The Eleanor Palmer Junior School is a local state primary school rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. Other primary schools include Kentish Town primary and Torriano Junior school.
Secondary schools include the Camden School for Girls, William Ellis and Acland Burghley. There is also the French private school, the Collège Français Bilingue de Londres.
Transport
Kentish Town is well served by both London Overground services and underground services
Kentish Town – Northern line and mainline services
Camden Road – London Overground services
Gospel Oak - London Overground services
Tufnell Park – Northern line
Chalk Farm – Northern line
Kentish Town West – London Overground services
Kentish Town mainline station has services running north via St Albans and south towards the south coast, as well as services to Luton and Gatwick airports.
Parks & Recreation
There are a few smaller parks dotted around Kentish Town; including the ‘hidden garden’ that is Montpelier Gardens. Once a private garden for a large townhouse, it now contains a small children’s play area and retains some original features such as small stone walls and shrubbery. For larger green space, Hampstead Heath is easily accessible.
Restaurants & Shopping
As the area ‘comes up’ so does the number of quality restaurants and cafés. There is the newly opened French Restaurant, ‘Patron’, Wahaca and the newly refurbished iconic ‘Bull and Gate’, plus Pizza East, Dirty Burger and the Chicken Shop which are part of the Soho House Group. Kentish Town already has a burgeoning selection of independent cafés and trendy gastro pubs.
With regards to shopping, there’s a good selection of independent shops such as fishmongers, a Mediterranean supermarket, florists and an independent bookshop, all located on Kentish Town Road.
