Primrose Hill (district)

Primrose Hill is a district in the London Borough of Camden, England.

The area east of the park was developed and became known as Primrose Hill. Primrose Hill is surrounded by St John's Wood to the west, Swiss Cottage to the northwest, Belsize Park to the north, Chalk Farm to the northeast, Camden Town to the east and Regent's Park to the south. The nearest Tube stations are Chalk Farm to the northeast and Swiss Cottage to the northwest. The defunct Primrose Hill railway station, now housing a business, sits on the railway lines that separate Primrose Hill from Camden Town. Primrose Hill Tunnel, the first railway tunnel in London, has had its eastern portals Grade II*- and its western portals Grade II* listed since 1974.^[1][2]

Primrose Hill is an archetypal example of a successful London urban village, due to the location and the quality of its socio-historical development,^[3] and is home to many prominent residents. Beginning in the late 1960s several of the roads were closed to motor traffic in response to an unacceptable level of collisions and consequent loss of life. The changes were carefully designed to render the area largely free of through motor traffic.^[4]