Camden Inspire 2025
Camden Inspire, a community festival is being held at Camden Collective on Saturday 20 September.
Presentations and activities will take place, to help people take action to reduce waste and live more sustainably.
Things will include:
And it’s free!
See Camden Inspire for more information.
Total Page Visits: 50 - Today Page Visits: 49UnBroken – Camden Inspire 2025
Image from UnBrokenUnBroken is an exhibition of artworks created from discarded and slavaged objects.
The exhbit can be found at Camden Collective, 5-7 Buck Street from 15 September until 20 September, open from 11:00 – 16:00.
It is part of the London Design Festival 2025.
The items will be auctioned off on Saturday night.
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This weekend, starting Saturday 13 September, and going through to Sunday 14 September, is the Camden Music Festival.
Musical acts will be playing on Inverness Street.
Entrance is free.
Note that the organisers have been forced to scale down the festival on short notice.
Total Page Visits: 47 - Today Page Visits: 47Solar Panels at the British Library
Image courtesy of the British LibraryThe British Library has installed solar panels on its roof, which went live last year.
The panels are a mixture of solar hot water, and some solar electricity. The installation was especially tricky because the Library building is Grade 1 listed (the highest level), and the new solar panels weren’t allowed to be seen from the street.
In the past 12 months, they have generated 186 MWh of heat, and 14.8 MWh of electrical energy.
The British Library needs a lot of heat to generate steam which allows them to closely control the humidity levels inside, which is required to help preserve the historical documents that they store.
The British Library is aiming to be Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Agar Grove Estate wins another award
The redevelopment of the Agar Grove Estate has won another award.
Phase 1B of the project, which was completed in 2021, has won a prestigious engineering award. It recently won 2025 CIBSE Building Performance Awards — Project of the Year (Residential). The delay between completion and the award is because the project team had to demonstrate that the building actually performed as well as it was designed to.
This follows on from the similar award won by Phase 1A in 2023. Phase 1A won a UK PassivHaus award in 2021, and the latest stage received PassivHaus certification in 2024.
[PassivHaus is a very energy-efficient design standard, that aims to minimise winter heating, avoid summer overheating, and give good indoor air quality all year round.]
The prize-winning architects, Max Fordham, are based in Camden, with their head office in the Rotunda Building on Gloucester Crescent.
Total Page Visits: 159 - Today Page Visits: 159August Bank Holiday Weekend 2025
It is the August Bank Holiday Weekend again!
With summer drawing to a close, it is one of the last chances to enjoy the warm weather over a long weekend.
There will be lots of events over the weekend.
The biggest is the Notting Hill Carnival. With events on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it is always a mad blend of cultures, people, music and colour.
The Camden Fringe festival is on at various venues – you don’t have to go to Edinburgh!!
It is one of the biggest weekends in the music festival season, with festivals going on across the country. All Points East festival is in Victoria Park. And the Proms are still going at Royal Albert Hall.
The weather is supposed to be good, so why not make the most of Camden’s parks. Regent’s Park, Primrose Hill, Hampstead Heath and Waterlow Park are especially popular. Have a picnic in the park!
All the usual places, such as Camden Market, Covent Garden, and Granary Square & Coal Drops Yard at Kings Cross, will have their usual mix of shops, stalls, performers, and other entertainment.
Of course, don’t forget to enjoy your local markets and high streets.
Enjoy yourself this weekend, and be safe.
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Camden at 60: Summer Sounds
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the London Borough of Camden, and also promote the traffic-free trial on Camden High Street, there is a free music event on Saturday 12 July.
It starts at 12 noon on Camden High Street, between Buck Street and Jamestown Road.
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Join us for a free summer concert honouring the rich musical heritage of our borough, from punk to reggae, indie, garage & beyond! Part of Camden High Street Live, the cultural programme for the trial pedestrianisation of Camden High Street. | Sat 12 July 2025, 12pm-6pm
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Flavio Matani
Mural Hunters - Łowcy Murali
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