Lloyd's No 1 (The Ice Wharf), Camden

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location:

Camden

address:

Unit 1&2 Suffolk Wharf, NW1 7BY

phone:

N/A

nearest stations:

Camden Town London Underground station
(270m) - zone 2

Camden Road London Overground station
(410m)

Chalk Farm London Underground station
(680m) - zone 2

Kentish Town West London Overground station
(690m)

Mornington Crescent London Underground station
(870m) - zone 2

how to find it:

From Chalk Farm, turn right and walk towards the market, its on the right, on the canal, next to the lock. Camden Town: Take the Camden High Street exit and turn right out of the tube. It's about 6-7 minutes walk off the High Street on the left.

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nearby attraction(s):

Camden Markets (60m)

Camden Market (60m)

The Roundhouse (460m)

Nothing illustrates the short-sightedness of town planners, the cynicism of large corporations, or the absolute disregard of local authorities than what is happening in Camden Market. This once slightly grubby but amazingly varied, vibrant and unique area of London brings tourists from all over the world. When they arrive nowadays however, they find its not exactly how it used to be, with multinational chains in the process of a hostile take-over. Suffolk Wharf exemplifies what they might find. For sitting next to a Starbucks on the side of the Regent's Canal, is the large, garish and ugly Lloyd's No1, housed in a building designed to maximise profit rather than be in keeping with the area. The potentially lethal combination of cheap booze, primary colours and terrible music means weekends are a magnet for every baseball cap wearing geeza who finds the other pubs in the area too 'posh'. If you come on a sunny weekday afternoon and sit outside, its pretty pleasant, but that doesn't make Ice Wharf itself any better; it had more integrity when it used to be a scrap yard.

reviewed:
15/03/2008