KING'S CROSS

KING'S CROSS

I used to come to King's Cross Station to take the Eurostar train to Preston.

It is always a 'brief' visit to either purchase advance train tickets or depart for Preston, here.

Normally, if I have time I will walk around the city centre – source for souvenir in King's Cross.

KING'S CROSS CITY CENTRE

King Cross is a district in Central London, England – north west of Charing Cross. It is served by London King's cross Railway Station, the terminius of one of the major rail routes between London and the North.

The area has been regenerated since the mid-1990s with the terminus of the Eurostar rail service at St Pancras International opening in 2007 and the rebuilding of King's Cross station.

HISTORY

The area was a previously a village known as Battle Bridge which was an ancient crossing of the River Fleet. The corruption of the Battle Bridge led to tradition that was the site of a major battle in 60 or 61 AD between the Romans and the Iceni tribe led by Boudica. There is still a small area named Battle Bridge Place between King's Cross and St Pancras stations. The current name has its origin in a monument to King George IV which stood from 1830 – 1845 at the “king's crossroads” where Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Pentoville Road met.

Today, King's Cross station now stands by the junction where the monument stood and took its name. The station, designed by architect Lewis Cubitt, is opened in 1852, succeeded a temporary earlier station, erected north of the canal in time for the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Nearby attractions include – British Library, London Canal Museum, Camden Town Hall, King's Place, St Pancras Old Church, Guildhall Art Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, Royal Mail Mount Pleasure Sorting Office and Coal Drops Yard Shopping Complex.