See also Kings Cross for disambiguation

Kings Cross is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Camden 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charing Cross. However, the neighbouring London Borough of Islington also has some claim on the name—Islington, south of Barnsbury and the Regent's Canal and west of Calshot Street is generally regarded as part of Kings Cross. The area has a reputation for being run-down; however, regeneration is going on under the auspices of King's Cross Central in time for the arrival of the Eurostar on 14th November 2007. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... 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History

The area was previously a village known as Battle Bridge, which referred to a bridge also known as Broad Ford Bridge, which was an ancient crossing of the River Fleet. Some say the bridge was the site of a major battle between the Romans and the Iceni tribe led by Boudica who is buried, legend has it, under platform 9 at King's Cross station. Others point out that the name Broad Bridge predates Battle Bridge and believe that the later is a corruption of the former. A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... For the span of recorded history starting roughly 5,000-5,500 years ago, see Ancient history. ... Entrance to the Fleet River, Samuel Scott, c. ... Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BCE and 1st century CE. The Iceni are mentioned in Tacituss Annals, which were written c. ... Statue of Boudica near Westminster Pier Boudica (also Boudicca, formerly better known as Boadicea) (d. ... This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ...

In 1835 a monument to King George IV was built at the junction of Gray's Inn Road, Pentonville Road, and New Road, which later became Euston Road. The monument was unpopular and was taken down 10 years later, though the area has kept the name of Kings Cross. King's Cross railway station now stands at the junction where the cross stood. The station, designed by architect Lewis Cubitt and opened in 1852, succeeded a short-lived earlier station, erected north of the canal in time for the Great Exhibition. | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ... Entrance to Grays Inn Grays Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... Pentonville Road is road in central London that runs west to east from Kings Cross to City Road. ... Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ... Lewis Cubitt was born on 29 September 1799 and died on 9 June 1883. ... The Great Exhibition: Paxtons Crystal Palace enclosed full-grown trees in Hyde Park. ...

St Pancras station, owned by the Midland Railway, lies immediately to the west. They both had extensive land (the railway lands) to house their associated facilities for handling general goods and specialist commodities such as fish, coal, potatoes and grain. The passenger stations on Euston Road far outweighed in public attention the economically more important goods traffics to the north. King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and indeed all London railway stations, made an important contribution to the capital's economy. St Pancras station is a railway station in north central London, England, between the new British Library building to its west and Kings Cross station to its east. ... The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922. ... Euston Road is an important thoroughfare in central London. ...

After World War II the area declined from being a poor but busy industrial and distribution services district to a partially abandoned post-industrial district. By the 1980s it was notorious for prostitution and drug abuse. This reputation impeded attempts to revive the area, utilising the large amount of land available following the decline of the railway good yard to the north of the station and the many other vacant premises in the area.

Relatively cheap rents and a central London location made the area attractive to artists and designers and both Anthony Gormley and Thomas Heatherwick established studios in the area. In the 1990s the government established the King's Cross Partnership [1] to fund regeneration projects, and the commencement of work on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2000 provided a major impetus for other projects. Within a few years much of the socially undesirable behaviour had been moved on, and new projects such as offices and hotels had begun to open. The area has also been for many years home to a number of trades union head offices (including the NUJ, UNISON and Natfhe). North of St Pancras Station is St Pancras Old Church. Angel of the North Antony Gormley (born 1950) is an English sculptor. ... The Rolling Bridge, London. ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the new extension to the barrel-vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ... St Pancras Old Church in 1815. ...

The area has increasingly become home to cultural establishments. The British Library moved next to St Pancras station, and was built in an architecturally sympathetic style. The London Canal Museum opened in 1992. There is a small theatre, the Courtyard. The Gagosian Gallery moved their main London premises to the area in 2004. There are plans for the London Sinfonietta orchestra to move into King's Place. A building is under construction next to the Regent's Canal to become the new home of The Guardian newspaper. British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ... London Canal Museum is situated in the Kings Cross area of London, England, beside Battlebridge Basin on the Regents Canal. ... The Gagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery, owned by Larry Gagosian, with branches in the United Kingdom and the US. There is an extensive list of exhibited artists, including Damien Hirst, Frank Stella, Rachel Whiteread, Jake and Dinos Chapman, John Currin, Jasper Johns, Gilbert and George and Nan Goldin. ... The London Sinfonietta is a British chamber orchestra based in London. ... The Regents Canal is a canal across an area just to the north of central London. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

The area is expected to remain a major focus of redevelopment through the first two decades of the 21st century. Eurostar trains are due to enter neighbouring St Pancras station in 2007 and the construction project has led to the demolishing of several buildings, including the Gasworks. (Built in the 1860s and rebuilt in the 1880s was still in use until 1999). Several gasholders that had dominated the area behind station for over a century have been taken down during the building works and placed in storage. Once the new line is up and running a development project on the land between the two major stations and the old Kings Cross goods yard is expected to commmence. This will be called King's Cross Central, and is planned as one of the largest construction projects in Greater London in the first quarter of the 21st century. The area's developers, conscious of the connotations of the name 'King's Cross' are attempting to rebrand the area 'Regent's Quarter.' Eurostar is a train service that connects London (Waterloo station) with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Gare du Midi). ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Kings Cross Central (KXC) extends to approximately 25 Hectares. ...

Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal behind the barrel vaulted St Pancras station on the left.

Download high resolution version (1024x768, 215 KB)Model showing the redevelopment of the Kings Cross area of London and the new terminal for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 215 KB)Model showing the redevelopment of the Kings Cross area of London and the new terminal for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. ... A Eurostar train on the CTRL, near Ashford Model showing the current redevelopment of the Kings Cross area with the new extension to the barrel-vaulted St Pancras Station on the left. ...

In Popular Culture

For readers of Harry Potter, platform 9 3/4 is where the schoolboy hero boards the train for Hogwarts. The railway station has capitalised on tourist interest by putting up a sign for this platform, and burying a luggage trolley half into the wall. Cover of the first book in JK Rowlings series: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (British/Canadian/Australian version) The Harry Potter books are an extremely popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. ...

King's Cross and its surrounding streets was also the setting for the 1955 Ealing comedy, The Ladykillers. The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. ...

The British pop music duo The Pet Shop Boys have a song featured on their 1987 album Actually named King's Cross: the melancholy track discusses the hopelessness of the AIDS epidemic during that time and uses the King's Cross area as the "backdrop" of the story, trading on the area's associations with drug use and prostitution. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... The capitalization of song titles in this article may be disputed. ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is expected, based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a...

Jude Law's 2006 film Breaking And Entering is set in King's Cross. David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an Academy Award nominated English actor, who is known as Jude Law. ...

Nearby railway stations:

• King's Cross station
• King's Cross Thameslink station (a separate station located some 200m away)
• Euston station
• St Pancras station

Nearby underground stations: This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ... Kings Cross Thameslink station is a railway station in central London, which serves the Thameslink route, currently operated by First Capital Connect. ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London and in the London Borough of Camden. ... The Gothic Revival facade and clock tower of the disused Midland Hotel are the most visible part of St Pancras station. ...

• King's Cross St. Pancras tube station
• Mornington Crescent tube station
• Angel tube station
• Euston station
• Euston Square tube station
• Farringdon station
• Caledonian Road tube station
• Russell Square tube station

Nearby attractions: Kings Cross St Pancras tube station is the London Underground station serving both Kings Cross and St Pancras main line stations in the London Borough of Camden. ... Mornington Crescent is a station in Camden Town in north London, named after the road it is on. ... Angel tube station Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London and in the London Borough of Camden. ... Categories: Circle Line stations | Hammersmith & City Line stations | Metropolitan Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Farringdon station platforms Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Farringdon, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. ... Caledonian Road tube station. ... Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, not far from the British Museum and Russell Square Gardens. ...

• Camden Town hall
• The British Library
• Camley Street Natural Park
• Old St Pancras Parish Church

British Library Ossulston St entrance, with distinctive red logo. ... Camley Street Natural Park is an urban nature reserve near Kings Cross in central London. ...

External links

• The original King's Cross monument (Victorian London)
• Camden Council: recent developments
• Kings Cross Online
• Kings Cross Development Brief
• Argent (Kings Cross) Ltd. Developers for Kings Cross Central