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and centred on a Corinthian portico with a pediment of sculptures set against a vivid
sky-blue background. In 1936 an angry crowd threw bricks through the windows of
no. 16, which belonged to American divorcée Mrs Wallis Simpson, whose relationship
with Edward VIII was seen as a national calamity, and eventually led to his abdication.
Fifty-two more statues depicting British worthies were planned for the even longer
facade of
Chester Terrace
, to the south, but Nash decided the ridicule they provoked
was “painful to the ears of a professional man” and ditched them. Nevertheless, Chester
Terrace is worth walking down if only to take in the splendid triumphal arches at each
end, which announce the name of the terrace in bold lettering; the northern one
features a bust of Nash.
To the north of Cumberland Terrace, the neo-Gothic
St Katharine's Precinct
provides
a respite from the Grecian surroundings, though not one Nash was at all happy with.
The central church serves the Danish community, who have erected a copy of the
imposing tenth-century
Jelling Stone
in an alcove to the right.
The Inner Circle
Of the numerous villas planned for the park itself in Nash's master plan, only eight
were actually built, and of those just two originals have survived around the
Inner
SHOPS
Annie's Vintage
Costume & Textiles
Camden Market
Rokit
Sounds that Swing
CAFÉS
RESTAURANTS
PUBS & BARS
Afghan Kitchen
Issy's Milky Way
M. Manze/Seagrass
My Village
8
10
9
2
Gem
Manna
Namaaste Kitchen
Ottolenghi
El Parador
Trullo
69 Colebrooke Row
The Albert
Brewdog
Bridge House
The Charles Lamb
The Crown
29
11
17
25
36
27
Duke of Cambridge
Edinboro Castle
The Enterprise
The Hops & Glory
Island Queen
King's Head
6
1
3
7
5
4
34
19
4
26
35
28
4
1
2
3
R
Kilburn
Park
Chalk
Farm
Roundhouse
Primrose Hill
Camden
Market
MAIDA VALE
St John's Wood
ST JOHN'S WOOD
Abbey Road
zebra crossing
Camden
Lock
I N C E A L B E R
Maida Vale
London
Zoo
Lord's
Cricket
Ground
Jewish Museum
MCC
Museum
The Hub
Winfield
House
FORMOSA ST
ST KATHARINE'S
PRECINCT
Regent's Park
London
Central Mosque
Warwick Avenue
Boathouse
Puppet
Theatre Barge
N
Open-Air Theatre
LITTLE
VENICE
WESTBOURNE
TERRACE RD
The
Holme
Queen Mary's
Gardens
Marylebone
Station
R
Edgware
Road
Marylebone
Baker Street
Paddington
Station
Regent's
Park
Great
Portland
Street
Euston
Square
REGENT'S CANAL: LITTLE
VENICE TO ISLINGTON
O A D
0
400
Warren
Street
yards
