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Around About CULTURAL SCENE AN EXCEPTIONAL This is a time of considerable TRANSPORT HUB King’s Cross possesses an investment in King’s Cross. exceptional array of cultural King’s Cross St Pancras links amenities and other gems. These six London underground lines This investment will build on the include the Wellcome Collection, with two national mainline train a unique mix of galleries and stations. Add Euston mainline events focusing upon what it station – just 500 yards away – strengths of the area – adding to means to be human. While the and you have a point of unrivalled British Library holds fragile connectivity. King’s Cross St St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel © Bhandol/Alamy Brunswick Centre © Clive Sawyer renowned cultural institutions, treasures of extraordinary Pancras is also London’s only antiquity, beauty and of vital station with a direct line to a wide range of shops and historic importance. Europe. It is home to the hugely Contemporary art lovers can successful Eurostar, which will be EXPLORING THE restaurants, pockets of green head for the Gagosian Gallery and joined by the German ‘ICE’ high NEIGHBOURHOOD Sartorial Contemporary Art, while speed service from 2015. Two of Britain’s most space and a diverse and dynamic there are further galleries at Kings After a long journey, the wide celebrated Victorian structures Set in one of London’s most Place, including the Pangolin Art range of hotels in the area serve as are here: the St Pancras train shed historic and culturally exciting Gallery. excellent resting stops - including completed in 1868 and engineered villages, the Grade II listed The King’s Library. Usage rights courtesy of the British Library. community. It will bring new Kings Place also boasts two the delightfully original Rough Luxe, by William Barlow. At the time Brunswick Centre allows you to it was the largest single-span world-class orchestras, the London and the colourful Meagro Hotel. shop, eat and meet in the glorious Brunswick Centre © Alex Segre/Alamy services and amenities creating Sinfonietta and the Orchestra There’s also the sumptuous St structure ever built. And the surroundings of Bloomsbury. of the Age of Enlightenment, Pancras Renaissance Hotel, frontage of the station built in You can indulge in some more choice for those already showcasing the best in both truly a Gothic revival, and the 1877, formerly the Midland Grand serious retail therapy browsing the classical and contemporary music. splendid newly reopened Great Hotel, designed by Sir George eclectic offering of fashion and here but also attracting new Since opening to the Northern Hotel. Gilbert Scott and heralded at the home stores and later catch your public in September Kings Place also time as a ‘grand’ destination for favourite film at the famous Renoir 2008, a diverse the thrilling age of steam, and the art house cinema. visitors, residents and workers. and open-minded boasts two world-class striking termination of the The Brunswick Centre is programme has been orchestras, the London Two of Britain’s most Midland Railway’s new adjacent to Coram’s Fields, a established at Kings Sinfonietta and the celebrated Victorian route. seven-acre oasis of green, a Place. First and foremost, children’s playground There’s art house Orchestra of the structures are here. King’s Cross was Britain’s and park with its cinema at the Renoir, Age of Enlightenment. first intermodal transport very own city farm. The Grade II listed dance at The Place, hub, combining rail, road and St Pancras Station, Great Northern Hotel © John Sturrock No adult can enter Brunswick Centre while the legendary live music, canal, and today it remains without accompanying allows you to shop, club and arts venue The Scala an outstanding focal point for a child. Adjacent satisfies the alternative arts scene. transport. is The Foundling eat and meet in The newly opened Platform Museum, originally a glorious surroundings. Theatre in the Granary Building home for abandoned hosts innovative performances. It children established is part of the University of the Arts by 18th Century campaigning London. philanthropist, Captain Thomas And what’s more, due to King’s Coram. Cross’ central location, you are Further north into Bloomsbury only a short walk away from the is Woburn Walk, an attractive, Brunei Gallery and British Museum peaceful pedestrian street. Centre meet. to somewhere near Russell Square and the Petrie, stage are its beautifully preserved – Galleries and Museums eat. to somewhere – bars and Restaurants Kings Place © Sine Davidson Pollock Toy and Jewish Museums bow-fronted buildings designed by street. high the of bustle the market, the of buzz The of Camden. architect Thomas Cubitt in 1822. unique. and small – shops Speciality A plaque on one of the buildings about marks the house of W B Yeats, around who lived here between 1895 and 1919. The small street is home to restaurants, bookshops, and galleries, and offers a pleasant retreat from the noise and traffic Granary Square © John Sturrock of nearby Euston Road. Battlebridge Basin © John Sturrock Scala © C. Tallbot St Pancras International © John Sturrock A RICH PAST augmented by those at Regent For further information: Quarter, as well as an exciting King’s Cross has a fascinating range of restaurants, cafés and history - from warrior Queen bars to tickle anyone’s taste King’s Cross Visitor Centre Boudicca’s final battle with the buds. New this year was the Cally Roman legions to the marshalling Market - a Saturday street market The Granary Building yards of the industrial revolution. featuring wonderful variety of 1 Granary Square If you want to delve into the fresh produce, arts and crafts. history of King’s Cross, visit the For sustenance, try the boutique London churchyard of the largely Victorian gastropub The Driver, and Canal N1C 4AA St Pancras Old Church, built upon 125, where you can chill out on what is thought to be the terrace overlooking the canal, +44 (0)20 3479 1795 one of the oldest sites enjoying live music and DJs. The restful churchyard of Christian worship features architect in Northern Europe. St Pancras International and www.kingscross.co.uk The restful churchyard King’s Cross Stations Sir John Soane’s features architect The sleek new home of Eurostar twitter.com/kingscrossN1C Mausoleum, inspiration Sir John Soane’s isn’t just for travellers. As well blog.kingscross.co.uk Mausoleum, inspiration as a range of retailers offering for the iconic red The Rotunda, Kings Place © Clive Sawyer Regent Quarter © John Sturrock Reeds in Camley Street Natural Park. By Angela Inglis, courtesy of Troubador Publishing Ltd © Sine Davidson for the iconic red fashion, beauty, stationary, books telephone box. telephone box. and gifts, there is a The other side of EATING, DRINKING, SHOPPING superb selection of the nearby railway tracks reveals the best of popular The sleek new home of another instant antidote to the King’s Cross is fast establishing food chains like Eurostar isn’t just for hustle and bustle of the metropolis itself as a food destination. There Carluccio’s, Starbucks which also gives a nod to the past: are plenty of eateries to suit the and YO! Sushi. You travellers... St Pancras the London Wildlife Trust’s Camley pocket and the palette – from can also drop in on boasts the longest Street Natural Park, a delightful street food to elegant fine dining less familiar outlets, champagne bar in Europe. oasis for birds, butterflies, and everything in between. Last like Le Pain Quotidien, amphibians and plant life, created year saw the opening Peyton and Byrne and of Shrimpy’s at the from an old coal yard in 1984. An eclectic mix of Sourced Market. St Pancras also Ambling along the towpath King’s Cross Filling boasts the longest champagne If exploration is restaurants, cafés and Station and Caravan at bar in Europe, and the glamorous what you crave, the Granary Square. The bars are emerging at Searcys at St Pancras Grand. The Regent’s Canal Regent’s Canal flows latest additions are King’s Cross. And if that wasn’t enough, one of past Camley Street Grain Store, the new flows past Camley Street Britain’s most celebrated chefs, Natural Park. For bistro from Bruno Loubet, also on Natural Park. For more Marcus Wareing, runs the new more than 100 years, Granary Square and Plum + Spilt Gilbert Scott Restaurant at the St Leon and Pret a Manger as well than 100 years, it has cut through the Milk in the newly reopened Great Pancras Renaissance Hotel. as The Parcel Yard Bar and the northern section of the Northern Hotel. KERB continues it has cut through the new bar and restaurant at the King’s Cross estate, to serve up London’s best The refurbished King’s Cross northern section of the Great Northern Hotel. While shirt its colourful narrow street food on King’s Boulevard Station hosts numerous delights makers TM Lewin, trendy American King’s Cross estate. boats set against the while the local area offers up including favourites such as Giraffe, Apparel, Oliver Bonas and the fine flowing waters. everything from Valencian paella cosmetics at Kiehl’s will keep you The fantastic central location St Pancras Old Church at Camino to canalside dining at © Sine Davidson looking (and smelling) your best. of King’s Cross means that Rotunda in King’s Place. There is plenty of scope to trawl you are never far from other the street markets, such as Chalton enticing London locations. For Caledonian Road and Street and its array of stalls with example, walk west a mile along the Regent Quarter cut-price fashion and other goods the towpath and you reach ever Caledonian Road - affectionately or popular Camden Market – just a popular Camden Lock; while a mile known as the Cally Road - which mile away.
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