Car wash in NW1: Camden Town to Regent's Park, at the kerb

A postcode of extremes

NW1 runs from the crowds and lock-ins of Camden Market to some of the most serene addresses in London around Regent's Park, and both ends have the same practical problem: nowhere sensible to wash a car. The market end is gridlock and cameras; the park end is mews and residents' bays where a wash van would block the street. A bike that carries the whole wash slips into both worlds, which is how 66 NW1 jobs have gone.

Mews cars and market grime

The park-side work is close-quarters: mews cottages where the car sits inches from the front door and the wash has to be tidy, contained and quiet. The Camden Town side is about grime throughput, streets that coat a car in city film faster than almost anywhere. The Essential wash on a regular cycle is the NW1 answer to the second problem; for the first, careful is simply how we work, with runoff managed and nothing left behind on the cobbles.

Neighbours and next steps

Local pages: Camden Town, Primrose Hill over the bridge, and the borough view on Camden. NW1's premium cars are also steady customers of ceramic coating, which suits paint that lives outdoors in central London.