Chalk Farm

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Chalk Farm

Coordinates: 51.5438° N 0.1517° W
OS grid reference	TQ281844
London borough	Camden
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW1
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Holborn and St. Pancras
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Chalk Farm is an area of north London in the London Borough of Camden. It lies directly to the north of Camden Town and its underground station is the closest tube station to the nearby, upmarket neighbourhood of Primrose Hill.

Its name, deceptively rural, derives from the Anglo-Saxon for ‘cold cottages’. These days it absorbs the spread from Camden Town and has many lively pubs, live music venues, and restaurants.

Within London it is best known^{[citation needed]} as the site of The Roundhouse, a former circular railway engine shed which was subsequently converted for arts and performance use.

It is also the site of the Camden College of English.

Chalk Farm also contains Haverstock School Business & Enterprise College (formerly Haverstock Comprehensive School), a secondary school with a sixth form. Its 2004 Ofsted report described the school as "satisfactory" overall.

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