Visit King's Cross

Seen at King's Cross this evening

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Tickets Alert: See the Christmas lights by canal boat London's main streets are famous for that annual festival of lights that are the Christmas decorations, but the rest of London gets a decent look in as well, so how about seeing them by boat?

Luminate Festival | Kings Place First set up by Kings Place as a new concert platform for adventurous artists and audiences in 2018, Luminate has quickly garnered a reputation for boundary-breaking, visceral performances with the likes of Arooj Aftab, L’Rain, Beatrice Dillon, Bendik Giske, Eartheater and Space Afrika. This year....

Visitors to King's Cross are often walking through history.....

Visiting the Team GB King's Cross Fanzone for the Olympics? Why not impress your friends with a bit of local history!

The Granary building, now home to UAL: University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins, used to have an important history as a road, rail and canal interchange.

Trains would arrive from the north loaded with goods like Lincolnshire wheat for London’s bakers, get unloaded, and transferred to road or canal boat. Lewis Cubitt designed the building with four boat docks which connected to a basin off the Regent’s Canal.

Check out this archive print from 1853. If visiting today, the basin has been filled in and topped with playful water fountains.

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The Hidden History Of King's Cross: A Walk - Living London History King’s Cross is a fascinating area, packed with history and industrial heritage. It was once at the heart of industrial, Victorian London

The Crafts Council Gallery on Pentonville Road offers changing exhibitions such as this.

Tomorrow, Saturday, there is a chance to visit the water tower at St Pancras, next to the canal and adjacent to station. It is a free visit to this former railway water tower designed by the office of Gilbert-Scott, who designed the famous station. Worth a visit

St Pancras Waterpoint | St Pancras Cruising Club NEXT OPEN DAY: Saturday 23rd April 2022 from 10am to 4pm. Free entry and regular guided tours. No booking required. Entrance from Regent's Canal towpath adjacent to Gasholders London. what3words orange.milk.lines

Rather idiosyncratic video about London Canal Museum and also featuring the pub Central Station, worth a look......

Angel ¦ (9/11) ¦ Love Your London ¦ Chapel Market ¦ London Canal Museum ¦ Roasting Coffee In their 9th instalment of their journey around Angel Islington (and the surrounding area), Tristán White and Sharon Crawford visit Chapel Market, on the hun...

The Regent's Canal runs through the heart of King's Cross. The London Canal Museum is launching a photograph competition today, on its 200th anniversary. Details are at http://www.lcm.me.uk/ph