Category: Acton Street, London
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We got 20!
All roads of Kings Cross are now restricted to 20 Miles. This is a major win for the community after decades of campaigning. For once we just like to say thank you!
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Those rubbish signs are good!
Camden Council appears to have put up signs around Acton and Swinton Street in Kings Cross (tell us if you spot them elsewhere too) that inform residents when rubbish is being collected. Signs emerged today on a number of street poles. The signs were a suggestion by the community during a meeting with representatives from…
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Food Chain. Your local, not-for-profit coffee boost! Corner of Acton St./ Gray’s Inn Rd.
Quiet time to sit over a coffee or tea from morning to afternoon? Having a meeting with someone? Want to support a local Kings Cross-based charity for your coffee rather than a global chain? Need to grab a coffee? Business lunch? Need a wheelchair-accessible break? Need to have breakfast or small lunch? Need a good…
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You choose: Less travel & waiting time or more modern & safer buses & bus stops?
In recent days survey cards (small cards with blue writing and the Transport for London Sign on it) have arrived in the letterboxes of the area around WC1X, commissioned by Transport for London (TFL) which carry responsibility for the bus network. The survey asks you to state your preferences on what looks like a possible…
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WC1X-South East of Kings Cross Wish List
Wish List for WC1X: Let’s not keep people, political representatives, TFL and others guessing what would really make a difference in WC1X! Is there something you always wanted? Use comments to add to the list. Here are some ideas collected over the years Traffic: Services Shops/Business Infrastructure /Streetscape Other Your ideas and wishes (please use…
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Less Speed, More Parties, Merger with Hampstead & more Falafel!
Latest News 1.) SPEEDING AT GYRATORY: The councillor for Transport Strategy in Camden told me that the promised 20-mile speed reduction that was meant to be delivered by TFL and ready this October (2022) will still come but with delay. The new target date is said to be February 2023. 2. VENUE FOR PARTIES: There…
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Kings Cross let down by TFL and Sadiq Khan yet again
Against the backdrop of promises made in 2020 to then GLA Member Andrew Dismore and reaffirmed to Anne Clarke, as “20 Miles on roads of Kings Cross by October 2022,” Sadiq Khan and TFL have not done anything yet again. Daniel Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski has now written to GLA Member Anne Clarke to confront Sadiq and TFL…
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Wheelie Bins delivered! Hopes for some improvement on waste at Kings Cross.
Addresses in Swinton Street, Acton Street and Swinton Place at Kings Cross WC1X have finally received wheelie bins from Camden council. This looks like a small ordinary and thing to most areas, but at King’s Cross is in fact a major development that took the best of some five years or more in the making.…
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Management of Building Consultation on big developments Acorn House and Belgrove House
MSD, a huge international pharmaceutical company has received planning permission by Camden to set up a UK-Headquarter where McDonald’s and the Access Storage centre are located presently opposite Kings Cross Station (Access Storage, part of the Precis Capital Group are the owners of the land). In addition an eight-storey building is to be erected at…
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Waste Solutions to be trialed on Acton Street, Swinton Street & Swinton Place
New Trial: Wednesday and Saturday collections retried and bins rolled out.
WC1X - South East of Kings Cross 