Mornington Crescent is a street in Camden, London, England.

It was built in the 1820s, on a greenfield site just to the north of central London. It comprised 36 spacious houses suitable for professional people, surrounded by green fields yet conveniently close to town.

However, the building of the railway line into the Euston Square terminus, and encroachment from the nearby working class districts of Kings Cross and Camden Town led to a change in the pattern of residents throughout the Victorian era. More and more, the houses were subdivided into flats for artists and artisans.

An art deco tobacco factory known as the Carreras Building was built on the crescent's communcal garden in the early 20th century. In the late 20th century, the building was restored and converted into an office building and renamed Greater London House. It houses the headquarters of Thomson Holidays .

The crescent has a number of literary and artistic associations. Charles Dickens lived there, as did the painter Walter Sickert (who some believe to have been Jack the Ripper). The artist Eric Auerbach also had a studio in the crescent and often painted the tobacco factory and the surrounding area.

See also

• Mornington Crescent (game) - the game
• Mornington Crescent tube station