Kiwi Roaming

Many years ago when I lived in London the area around Kings Cross St Pancras was quite rundown, seedy and dodgy to be frank. Today it’s a beautifully redeveloped precinct which evolves and changes every time we come to visit.

#11 Kings Cross St Pancras

First up there are the two stations themselves. Kings Cross has “Platform 9 3/4” and other Harry Potter attractions, St Pancras has it’s beautiful roof above the international trains, and many interesting installations – this time a giant beehive from Fortnum and Masons which was Winnie the Pooh themed.

The great free experience stuff is wandering the whole precinct, framed with new apartment buildings they have restored the canal, buildings and old coal stores, created new plazas and planted shade area for dining under.

There is a park on one side Camley Street Natural Park, and across the railway lines St Pancras Gardens. There is a family friendly cafe at the north end of Camley Street park which we tried on a busy Saturday afternoon and found it chocker but good to note.

Wander through the Coal Drop Yards, Granary Square, then check out the canal boat area where you’ll find an outdoor movie theatre (which is free to watch) and canal boats repurposed into a book shop, cafe and other stores. Under the Coal arches are now upmarket designer stores which are great to nosey in and all around are food places – both cheap and expensive.

We got meal deals from Waitrose and sat in the shaded tree area watching the children running around the fountain park enjoying the water spirting up and cooling them down. Next to the Waitrose there is a market which looked great but was just a tad crowded this busy Saturday.

From here you can walk to Euston Station which is less than 10 minutes away, there used to be a lovely community allotment which has been replaced by an enormous building. From Euston Station you can walk through Regents Place and Triton Square to Regents Park and make a lovely day out. More on Regents Park in another blog.