Rowley Way was named after Llewellyn Rowley, Camden’s Director of Housing.
Rowley Way runs off of Abbey Road, just to the south of the railway but has given an informal name to the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate.
The Alexandra Road estate is a housing estate designed by Neave Brown of Camden Council’s Architects Department. Construction work commenced in 1972 and was completed in 1978. It is constructed from site-cast, board-marked white, unpainted reinforced concrete. Along with 520 apartments, the site also includes a school, community centre, youth club, heating complex, and parkland.
The easternmost portion of Rowley Way crosses the underground route of the Westbourne river.