A network of stable blocks, horse tunnels, tack rooms, saddler’s workshops and a horse hospital were once on the site now known as Camden’s Stables Market.
The total stabling in Stables Yard in 1925 was for about 400 horses, and at its peak an estimated 700 to 800 horses worked at the Camden Goods Depot (built in 1939).
Why so many horses? Camden Goods Depot brought employment and industry to NW1 on an unprecedented scale and the operation of the railways required the use of horses for pulling trains, train parts and barges along the canal. The trusty steeds were also used for transporting goods and passenger luggage.


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