Lock Tavern, Camden

pub details:

print this

tell your friends:

location:

Camden

address:

35 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AJ

phone:

0871 258 9651*
* calls cost 10p/minute, click here for more about 0871 numbers.

nearest stations:

Chalk Farm London Underground station
(450m) - zone 2

Kentish Town West London Overground station
(460m)

Camden Town London Underground station
(530m) - zone 2

Camden Road London Overground station
(550m)

Kentish Town London Underground station
(1Km) - zone 2

bus routes:

24, 31

how to find it:

From Chalk Farm: Turn left out of the station and cross Chalk Farm Road at the lights. The pub is about five minutes walk down the road on the left. From Camden Town: Take the Camden High Street exit and turn right. Head up the street past Camden Lock and under the rail bridge and proceed up Chalk Farm Road. The pub is a couple minutes walk from the bridge on the right.

click for directions to Lock Tavern from wherever you are

click here for a larger map

nearby attraction(s):

Camden Markets (210m)

Camden Market (240m)

The Roundhouse (240m)

Street View - click to see the area around the Lock Tavern

Once an old spit and sawdust affair, it's now owned by DJ Jon Carter and chums and is more in keeping with the trend-setters of Camden. With its designer black interior, ever changing DJ sets and a mix and match menu the place could easy have ended up its own back garden. It hasn't though. The bar staff know what they're doing and even if there's an air of studied cool about some of the punters, they're not the sort of crowd who'll stare at you if you're not sporting an old skool Adidas top. Plenty of room inside and outside (including a garden and roof terrace) but come early, as it gets filled to capacity on the weekend. All in all, a fine advert for the rejuvenation of old pubs. If only they kept hold of that MP3 jukebox... Oh, and the beer's good too.

reviewed:
29/10/2008