page_title: Kings Cross, London
section_title: Education, culture and heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Kings Cross, London / History / Education, culture and heritage
caption_attribution_description: English: Battlebridge Basin. Battlebridge because Boudica gave the Romans a spanking here in 61AD. papermaking, bottling, marmalade and jam making have been more recent activities in this area.
context_page_description: Kings Cross is a district in Central London, England, 2.5 miles north west of Charing Cross. It is served by London King's Cross railway station, the terminus 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, a major redevelopment in the north of the area.
context_section_description: The area has increasingly become home to cultural establishments. The London Canal Museum opened in 1992, and in 1997 a new home for the British Library opened next to St Pancras Station. 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. 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.
caption: Battlebridge Basin
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