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Flying Scotsman, Kings Cross: 1901 2–4 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross. Now the Scottish Stores. The Hope: 19th century II 94 Cowcross Street, Smithfield The Hope and Anchor, Islington: Greene King: 1880 II 207, Upper St The Island Queen: 1851 II 87 Noel Road: The Old Queens Head: The Columbo Group II Essex Rd The Old Red Lion, Islington: II The ...
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.It is in the London station group, one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom and the southern terminus of the East Coast Main Line to Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England and Scotland.
King's Cross is a district in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, on either side of Euston Road in north London, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charing Cross, bordered by Barnsbury to the north, Clerkenwell to the southeast, Angel to the east, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the south, Euston to the west and Camden Town to the northwest.
The road ends at Pentonville Road near King's Cross railway station and the border with Camden. Housmans Bookshop , specialist radical book and magazine retailers established in 1945, is at No.5, as are the offices of Peace News and London Greenpeace , the people behind the McLibel Trial .
The Cross Keys is a public house at 1 Lawrence Street, Chelsea, London SW3 5NB. Built in 1708, it is the oldest pub in Chelsea. Regular visitors have included the artists Turner, Whistler and Sargent, writers Agatha Christie and Dylan Thomas , and musicians Bob Marley and the Rolling Stones .
The existing ticket hall in front of King's Cross station was rebuilt and expanded. New passageways and escalators were provided to increase capacity, and ten new lifts were installed to make the station step-free. [32] [33] King's Cross Thameslink station closed on 9 December 2007 after the service moved to St Pancras. [19]
Pentonville Road is a road in Central London that runs west to east from Kings Cross to City Road at The Angel, Islington. The road is part of the London Inner Ring Road and part of the boundary of the London congestion charge zone. The road was originally built in the mid-18th century as part of the New Road, a
The Anchor is a pub in the London Borough of Southwark. It is in the Bankside locality on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station. A tavern establishment (under various names) has been at the pub's location for over 800 years. [1] Behind the pub are buildings that were operated by the Anchor ...