London Location
Central School of Speech & Drama is based on one campus, close to the centre of London. Located in Swiss Cottage, a leafy part of north London within the borough of Camden, it is at the hub of a vibrant local community of arts organisations that includes Hampstead Theatre and the Roundhouse.
Camden incorporates a number of neighbourhoods including Holborn, Bloomsbury, Hampstead, Highgate, part of Regent’s Park, Russell Square, Kilburn, Kentish Town, as well as areas of Covent Garden.
As a student at Central you will have plenty of opportunities to immerse yourself in art, theatre, sport and cultural activities, and take advantage of the nightlife in the surrounding areas. With quick and easy transport links across London, Central is conveniently located within reach of many of the capital’s main attractions.
Some examples of things to do and see in Camden or nearby include:
Theatres and performing arts venues
- Arcola Theatre
- Barbican
- Camden Arts Centre
- Camden People’s Theatre
- Donmar
- Etcetera Theatre
- Hampstead Theatre
- New Diorama Theatre
- New End Theatre
- Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
- Roundhouse
- The Place
- Tricycle Theatre.
and many West End theatres.
Other places of interest
- Camden Lock
- Camden Market
- Highgate Cemetery
- Regent’s Park Canal
- Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre.
Open spaces
- Hampstead Heath
- Kenwood
- Primrose Hill
- Regent’s Park
- Swiss Cottage Open Space
- Waterlow Park.
Galleries and museums
- British Museum
- Courtauld and Embankment Galleries
- Fashion and Textile Museum
- Hayward Gallery
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Saatchi Gallery
- Serpentine Gallery
- Tate Britain
- Tate Modern
- Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
- Whitechapel Gallery
- White Cube
- William Morris Gallery.
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