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| official_name = KingsKing's Cross

| static_image_caption = Repurposed gas holders and canal locks at KingsKing's Cross, with the buildings of St Pancras Square behind

| constituency_westminster = [[Holborn and St. Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)|Holborn and St. Pancras]] <br>[[Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington South and Finsbury]]

| postcode_district = N1C, WC1, N1, NW1N1C

'''KingsKing's Cross''' is a district in the London Boroughs of [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]] and [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]], it’s on either side of [[Euston Road]], in the outskirts of [[north London]] and [[central London]], England, {{Convert | 1.5 | mi}} north of [[Charing Cross]]. It is bordered by [[Barnsbury]] to the north, [[Clerkenwell]] andto the southeast, [[Angel, Islington|Angel]] to the east, [[Holborn]] and [[Bloomsbury]] to the south, and[[Euston Railway Station|Euston]] to the west and [[Camden Town]] to the northwest. It is served by two major rail termini, [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras]] and [[London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross]]. King's Cross station is the terminus of one of the major rail routes between London and the North.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45097 ''Highbury, Upper Holloway and King's Cross, Old and New London: Volume 2'' (1878)], pp. 273–279. Retrieved 15 May 2009.</ref>

The area, which was historically the south-eastern part of the parish and borough of [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], has experiencedundergone significant [[urban renewal |regeneration]] since the mid-1990s;. theThe introduction of the [[Eurostar]] rail service at [[St Pancras railway station|St Pancras International]] and the rebuilding of King's Cross station, helped stimulate the redevelopment of the long derelict railway lands to the north of the terminiitermini.

===BoudiccaBoudica Legend===

The [[Corruption (linguistics)|corruption]] "Battle Bridge" led to a tradition that this was the site of a major battle in AD 60 or 61 between the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and the [[Iceni]] tribe led by [[Boudica]] (also known as BoudiceaBoadicea).<ref name="thornbury">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45097 |title=Highbury, Upper Holloway and King's Cross |work=Old and New London: Volume 2 |author=Walter Thornbury |author-link=George Walter Thornbury |year=1878 |pages=273–279 |access-date=11 November 2010 |publisher=British History Online}}</ref> The tradition claims support from the writing of [[Tacitus|Publius Cornelius Tacitus]], an ancient Roman historian, who described the place of action between the Romans and BoadiceaBoudica (''Annals'' 14.31), but without specifying where it was; Thornbury addresses the pros and cons of the identification. [[Lewis Spence]]'s 1937 book ''Boadicea – warrior queen of the Britons'' includes a map showing the supposed positions of the opposing armies. The suggestion that Boudica is buried beneath platform 9 or 10 at King's Cross station seems to have arisen as [[urban folklore]] since the end of [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Museum of London - Learning on Line |url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Learning/Learningonline/features/roman/roman_london_7.htm |title=Boudica and King's Cross Station |date=1 March 2009 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301192533/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Learning/Learningonline/features/roman/roman_london_7.htm |archive-date= 1 March 2009 }}</ref> The area had been settled in Roman times, and a camp here known as The Brill was erroneously attributed to [[Julius Caesar]], who never visited Londinium.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/c/007000000000014u00048000.html Caesar's Camp at Pancras called the Brill (British Library)]. Bl.uk (30 November 2003). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.</ref> There is still a small area named "Battle Bridge Place" between King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and "Brill Place", a road leading towards Euston from St Pancras Stationstation. An art installation named the ''Identified Flying Object'' (IFO) stands in Battle Bridge Place,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingscross.co.uk/ifo |title=IFO (Identified Flying Object) by Jaques Rival at King's Cross |website=www.kingscross.co.uk|access-date= 1 September 2017}}</ref> part of the RELAY King's Cross Arts programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingscross.co.uk/art-programme |title=The art programme at King's Cross|website=www.kingscross.co.uk|access-date= 1 September 2017}}</ref>

===Development and the name '"King's Cross'"===

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[[File:King's Cross statue of George IV.jpg|thumb|upright|The 19th century monument to George IV, since demolished, that givesgave the area its name]]

The [[John Rocque's Map of London, 1746|Roque map of 1746]] shows the area as entirely undeveloped, however the opening of the new [[Euston Road]] (originally ''New Road'') in 1756, opened the area up for development. The current name has its origin in [[King's Cross (building)|a monument]] to [[George IV of the United Kingdom|King George IV]] which stood from 1830 to 1845 at "the king's crossroads" where New Road (later [[Euston Road]]), [[Gray's Inn Road]], and [[Pentonville Road]] met.<ref name="Mills">{{cite book | last = Mills | first = A. D. | title = A dictionary of London place names | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 2001 | isbn = 0192801066 }}</ref> The monument was {{Convert | 60 | ft | m |spell = in }} high and topped by an {{Convert | 11 | ft | m | spell = in | adj = mid |-high}} statue of the king; it was described by [[George Walter Thornbury|Walter Thornbury]] as "a ridiculous octagonal structure crowned by an absurd statue".<ref name="thornbury"/> The statue itself, which cost no more than £25, was constructed of bricks and mortar, and finished in a manner that gave it the appearance of stone "at least to the eyes of common spectators".<ref name=gmam>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Gentleman's Magazine|title=The Architectural Magazine, conducted by J.C. Loudon F.L.S. &c. Vol. III. Nos. XXIII. to XXX.|pages=627–8|year=1836|volume=6 (new series)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTVOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA628}} quoting ''The Architectural Magazine''</ref> The architect was [[Stephen Geary]],<ref name=survey>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=65569 |title=Euston Road |author=Walter H. Godfrey and W. McB. Marcham (editors) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1952 |work=Survey of London: volume 24: The parish of St Pancras part 4: King’s Cross Neighbourhood |access-date=24 May 2012 }}</ref> who exhibited a model of "the Kings Cross" at the Royal Academy in 1830.<ref>{{cite book |author=Algernon Graves |title=The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904 |volume=4|year= 1905 |publisher= Henry Graves|location=London |page=220}}</ref> The upper storey was used as a [[camera obscura]] while the base housed first a police station, and later a public house. The unpopular building was demolished in 1845, though the area kept the name of KingsKing's Cross.<ref name="thornbury"/> A structure in the form of a [[lighthouse]] was built on top of a building almost on the site about 30 years later. Known locally as the "Lighthouse Building", the structure was popularly thought to be an advertisement for Netten's Oyster Bar on the ground floor, but this seems not to be true.<ref>[http://www.glias.org.uk/news/186news.html#L Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society newsletter, February 2000]. Glias.org.uk (27 December 1999). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.</ref> It is a grade II listed building.<ref>[http://mycamden.camden.gov.uk/gdw/T/ListedBuildingDetail?LbNo=655&xsl=ListedBuildingDetail.xsl ''Listed building details'', Camden Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514111809/http://mycamden.camden.gov.uk/gdw/T/ListedBuildingDetail?LbNo=655&xsl=ListedBuildingDetail.xsl |date=14 May 2012 }}. Mycamden.camden.gov.uk. Retrieved on 30 July 2013.</ref>

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.<ref name="auto">{{cite webnews|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/regeneration-kings-cross-can-other-developers-repeat-trick|title=All hail the new King's Cross – but can other developers repeat the trick?|first=Rowan|last=Moore|newspaper=The Observer |date=12 October 2014|via=The Guardian}}</ref> This reputation impeded attempts to revive the area, utilising the large amount of land available following the decline of the railway goods 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 [[Antony Gormley]] and [[Thomas Heatherwick]] established studios in the area. In the late 1980s, a group of musicians, mechanics, and squatters from Hammersmith called [[Mutoid Waste Company]] moved into Battlebridge Road warehouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mutatebritain.com/history/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418093452/http://www.mutatebritain.com/history/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=18 April 2022 |title=History « Mutate Britain |website=Mutatebritain.com |date=4 August 2010 |access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> They built huge industrial sculptures out of scrap metal and held raves. In 1989 they were evicted by police.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mutoid Must Remain |url=http://meetingbenches.com/bench/2014/02/mutoid-must-remain/ |title=Mutoid Must Remain |publisher=Meeting Benches |date=21 February 2014 |access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1992, the Community Creation Trust took over the disused coach repair depot and built it into the largest Ecology Centre in Europe with ecohousing for homeless youngsters, The Last Platform Cafe, London Ecology Centre (after its demise in Covent Garden), offices and workshops, gardens and ponds. It was destroyed to make a car park for the Channel Tunnel Regeneration. Bagley's Warehouse was a nightclub venue in the 1990s warehouse rave scene on the site of Goods Yard behind King's Cross stations, now part of the redevelopment area known as the Coal Drops adjacent to Granary Square.

[[File:Kings Cross Post Office.jpg|thumb|left | KingsKing's Cross Post Office in KingsKing's Cross, London.]]The site is one of the largest construction projects in Greater London in the first quarter of the 21st century. All of the "socially undesirable" behaviour has moved on, and new projects such as offices and housing are over halfway completed.

The area has increasingly become home to cultural establishments. The [[London Canal Museum]] opened in 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/regents.htm|title=The Regents Canal History|website=Canalmuseum.org.uk|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> and in 1997 a new home for the [[British Library]] opened next to St Pancras Stationstation. There was a small theatre, the Courtyard, that closed in late 2006 as a result of the gentrification of the area caused by a number of regeneration projects there, in this case, Regent's Quarter, across the boundary in Islington. The [[Gagosian Gallery]] moved their main London premises to the area in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gagosian.com/about/about-larry-gagosian|title=About Larry Gagosian - Gagosian|website=Gagosian.com|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> The [[London Sinfonietta]] and the [[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment]] are based in [[King's Place]], on [[Battlebridge Basin]] next to the [[Regent's Canal]]. King's Place is also the home of ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Observer]]'' newspapers, and of the UK Drug Policy Commission.

In September 2011 the [[University of the Arts London]] moved to the Granary Complex. A whole series of new public squares and gardens have opened, among them Granary Square with its spectacular fountains, Lewis Cubitt Park and Square and the new Gasholder Park.

The station's redevelopment led to the demolition of several buildings, including the Gasworks.<ref>Built in the 1860s and rebuilt in the 1880s, the [[gasholders]] (of unique linked triplet design) were still in use until 1999. Several gasholders (the site was originally a [[gasworks]]) that had dominated the area behind station for over a century have beenwere taken down during the building works and placed in storage, and; three are now re-erected and converted to other use, partlyone a pocket park, partlyand others inventively converted to housing.</ref>

KingsKing's Cross forms the south-east part of the ancient parish and subsequent borough of [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], which is now the major part of the [[London Borough of Camden]]. The importance of KingsKing's Cross station means that use of the place name term spills over into neighbouring parts of the London Borough of Islington.

[[File:Camden UK ward map highlighting King's Cross.svg|thumb|The KingsKing's Cross ward covers part of southern KingsKing's Cross.]]

The London Borough of Camden has an [[KingsKing's Cross (ward)|electoral ward called KingsKing's Cross]], but this only includes a part of southern KingsKing's Cross; south of [[Euston Road]] and north of Guilford Street.<ref>Ward map of the London Borough of Camden https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Maps/Camden-Ward-Boundary/yqyi-6agf</ref> In 2021 it was proposed that this ward be extended north of Euston Road as far as the [[North London Lineline]], to take in the KingsKing's Cross and St Pancras Terminitermini as well as the large redeveloped area to the north of those stations.<ref>Proposed new ward map https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/0/Polling+District+Map+-+King%27s+Cross.pdf/3e3e5e4c-8aa1-b98b-5ef5-af55addb8131?t=1633338993306</ref>

In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, King's Cross station is where the protagonist boards the train for [[Hogwarts]]. However, author JK Rowling later admitted she had confused it with nearby [[Euston railway station|Euston station]].<ref>Mason, M. (2013). ''Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground''. London: Arrow Books. p.33 {{ISBN|978-0-099-55793-7}}</ref> The railway station has put up a sign for the fictional "[[Platform 9 3/4|Platform {{frac|9|3|4}}]]" described in the books, and embedded part of a luggage trolley halfway into the wall. Film adaptations have used platforms 4 and 5, forwith somethe scenesnearby St Pancras station and hotel acting as exteriors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Potter's London |url=http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/london-attraction/harry-potters-london |publisher=Visit London |access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

KingsKing's Cross and its surrounding streets were also the setting for the 1955 [[Ealing comedy]], ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Shoard |first=Catherine |date=7 December 2011 |title=My Favourite Film: The Ladykillers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/dec/07/my-favourite-film-the-ladykillers |department=My Favourite Film (story series) |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref> two British drama films starring [[Max Bygraves]]—''[[A Cry from the Streets]]'' (1958) and ''[[Spare the Rod (1961 film)|Spare the Rod]]'' (1961)—as well as [[Mike Leigh]]'s ''[[High Hopes (1988 film)|High Hopes]]'' (1988).<ref name="auto"/> [[Anthony Minghella]]'s 2006 film ''[[Breaking and Entering (film)|Breaking and Entering]]'' is also set in KingsKing's Cross.<ref>{{cite web |title=King's Cross Stars in Minghella's Homage to London |url=http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2006/november/kings_cross_stars_in_minghellas_homage_to_london |publisher=Film London |date=28 November 2006 |access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

The [[Irish rock]] group [[Thethe Pogues]] was founded in KingsKing's Cross.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jelbert |first=Steve |date=28 April 2012 |title=Here Comes Everybody: The Story of The Pogues, By James Fearnley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/here-comes-everybody-the-story-of-the-pogues-by-james-fearnley-7687289.html |location=London |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

The British [[Popular music|pop music]] duo [[Pet Shop Boys]] recorded a song featured on their 1987 album ''[[Actually (album)|Actually]]'' named "[[King's Cross (song)|KingsKing's Cross]]": the melancholy track discusses the hopelessness of the AIDS epidemic during that time and uses the KingsKing's Cross area as the "backdrop" of the story, trading on the area's associations with drug use and prostitution.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Jude |title=Pet Shop Boys – 10 of the best |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/mar/29/pet-shop-boys-10-of-the-best-neil-tennant-chris-lowe-pop |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 February 2020 |date=29 March 2017}}</ref> [[Tracey Thorn]] [[cover version|covered]] the song in 2007. Songwriter [[David Gedge]] also wrote a song called "KingsKing's Cross" while recording under the name [[Cinerama (band)|Cinerama]].<ref>{{cite web |title=King's Cross |url=https://gedgesongs.wordpress.com/2015/11/25/kings-cross/ |website=Songography for The Wedding Present and Cinerama |access-date=1 February 2020 |language=en |date=25 November 2015}}</ref>

Commuter services from King's Cross are operated by [[Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise|Thameslink]] and [[Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchiseroute|Great Northern]], serving destinations in north London, such as [[Finsbury Park (area)|Finsbury Park]], [[Harringay]], and [[Enfield Town|Enfield]]. Destinations further afield include [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Stevenage]], [[Peterborough]], [[Cambridge]], and [[King's Lynn]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-shared-pdfs-and-documents/gtr-all-brands-route-map.pdf?la=en|title=Route Map|website=GTR|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224043942/https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-shared-pdfs-and-documents/gtr-all-brands-route-map.pdf?la=en|archive-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref> Long-distance departures from King's Cross are operated by [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]], [[Lumo (train operating company)|Lumo]], [[Hull Trains]], and [[London North Eastern Railway|LNER]]. Trains serve destinations in [[Yorkshire]], [[North East England]] and [[Scotland]], including [[Leeds]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], and [[Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/|title=Popular Routes|website=Grand Central|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010130015/https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes|archive-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/~/media/HullTrainImages/InteractiveMap/RouteMap.ashx|title=Route Map|website=[[Hull Trains]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224044200/https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/~/media/HullTrainImages/InteractiveMap/RouteMap.ashx|archive-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lner.co.uk/globalassets/lner-rebrand/pdfs/lner7-route-map-v5.pdf|title=LNER Route Map|website=[[London North Eastern Railway]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224043807/https://www.lner.co.uk/globalassets/lner-rebrand/pdfs/lner7-route-map-v5.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

The Goods Yard complex, part of the [[King's Cross Central]] development, was a rail freight terminal. The Yard was designed by [[Lewis Cubitt]] in 1852. The nearby [[Granary Square]] is named after the [[Central Saint Martins|Granary building.]]. Trains carried [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire wheat]] to King's Cross, where the wheat would then be stored in the Granary building to be used by London's bakers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingscross.co.uk/granary|title=The History of the Granary Building, King's Cross|website=King's Cross|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529041819/https://www.kingscross.co.uk/granary|archive-date=May 29, 2019|access-date=2020-02-24}}</ref>

[[London Buses]] [[London Buses route 17|17]], [[London Buses route 30|30]], [[London Buses route 46|46]], [[London Buses route 63|63]], [[London Buses route 73|73]], [[London Buses route 91|91]], [[London Buses route 205|205]], [[London Buses route 214|214]], [[London Buses route 259|259]], [[London Buses route 390|390]], and [[London Buses route 476|476]] serve the district during the daytime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/kings-cross-a4-150619.pdf|title=Buses from King's Cross|website=[[Transport for London]] (TfL)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224043044/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/kings-cross-a4-150619.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

[[National Express Coaches|National Express]] coach A8 connects the district to [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]] {{Rint|air}}, whilst [[Green Line Coaches|Green Line]] coach 748 links the area to [[Hemel Hempstead]] in [[Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timetables.nationalexpress.com/routes/NX/A8/London_King%27s_Cross-Stansted_Airport/I|title=National Express Route A8|website=[[National Express Coaches|National Express]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407204751/https://timetables.nationalexpress.com/routes/NX/A8/London_King's_Cross-Stansted_Airport/I|archive-date=April 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/758---hemel-hempstead-to-london/?direction=inbound|title=Hemel Hempstead to London|website=GreenLine Coaches|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224050532/https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/758---hemel-hempstead-to-london/?direction=inbound|archive-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Regent's Canal, Camden Town - geograph.org.uk - 864035.jpg|left|thumb|265x265px|The [[Regent's Canal]] between King's Cross and [[Camden Town]].]]

'''[[List of cycle routes in London|Cycleway]] 6''' runs north–south along Midland Road (between St Pancras station and the British Library) and Judd Street. Northbound, Cycleway 6 passes east of Camden Town ''en route'' to Kentish Town. Southbound, the route links King's Cross to Farringdon, the City, and Elephant & Castle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/maps/cycle|title=Cycle - Transport for London|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

The '''[[Regent's Canal]] [[Towpath]]''' runs westbound from King's Cross to [[Camden Lock|Camden Town]], [[Regent's Park]], and [[Maida Vale]]. The [[Islington Tunnel]] means that eastbound cyclists must bypass the canal through [[Angel, London|Angel]], but the path continues to the west of Angel towards [[Hoxton]], [[Victoria Park, London|Victoria Park]], [[Mile End]], and [[Limehouse]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/cycling|title=Cycling|website=[[Canal and River Trust]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526132616/https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/cycling|archive-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref>

Cycling infrastructure is also provided along '''Mabledon Place''' (towards [[Bloomsbury]]), '''York Way''' (towards [[Barnsbury]] and [[Kentish Town]]), '''Pentonville Road''' (towards [[Farringdon, London|Farringdon]]), '''Goods Way''' (between St Pancras International and York Way), and '''Argyle Street''' (between Gray's Inn Road and Euston Road).

* {{UK road|A201}} '''[[King's Cross Road]]''' | Southbound: [[Farringdon, London|Farringdon]], [[City of London|the City]], [[Elephant and Castle|Elephant & Castle]]

* {{UK road|A501}} '''[[Euston Road]]/[[Pentonville Road]]''' | Westbound: '''[[London Inner Ring Road|Ring Road]]''' (W), [[Euston Road|Euston]], [[Marylebone]] | Eastbound: '''Ring Road''' (E), [[Angel, London|Angel]], [[A1 road (Great Britain)|the A1]]

* {{UK road|A5200}} '''[[York Way]]/[[Gray's Inn Road]]''' | Northbound: [[Barnsbury]], [[Archway, London|Archway]] | Southbound: [[Bloomsbury]], [[Holborn]]

* {{UK road|A5202}} '''Pancras Road''' | Northbound: [[Camden Town]], [[Kentish Town]]

* {{UK road|A5203}} '''[[Caledonian Road, London|Caledonian Road]]''' | Northbound: [[Islington]], [[Holloway, London|Holloway]]

* {{UK road|B512}} '''Crowndale Road''' | Westbound: Camden Town

* [http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/research/planning/kx/draft_planning_brief.pdf King's Cross Development Brief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050522190712/http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/research/planning/kx/draft_planning_brief.pdf |date=22 May 2005 }}