King's Cross Railway Lands Group (KXRLG): links

Local Government

Camden Council: www.camden.gov.uk
and Camden's King's Cross pages (new location 2005) http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/planning-and-built-environment/major-developments/king-s-cross/

Islington Council: www.islington.gov.uk
and Islington's King's Cross pages [ not functioning at 1 October 2005. Try and find via home page above. ]

The Greater London Authority (Mayor's Office): www.london.gov.uk

Transport for London: http://www.transportforlondon.gov.uk/tfl/

London Civic Forum: http://www.londoncivicforum.org.uk

Other groups & organisations, local and wider

Please send in links to your group.

An organisation linking and supporting cultural industry enterprises in the locality is Create King's Cross www.createkx.org.uk

Blog by Will Perrin on the Islington side of King's Cross. http://northkingscross.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/  

King's Cross Business Forum http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/business/business-forums-and-networking/king-s-cross-business-forum/

The Calthorpe Project: http://www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/projects/calthorpe.html

Coram's Fields: http://www.opensquares.org/pages/square/23.html [ no longer working 2008 ]

The Islington Society: http://www.libraries.islington.gov.uk/inform/published/1618/1709.html [ no longer working 2008 ]

The Amwell Society: http://www.amwellsociety.co.uk/

Camley Street Natural Park http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserve.php?reserve_id=70

St Pancras Cruising Club: http://members.aol.com/MALBABS/index.htm

Camden Cycling Campaign: http://www.camdencyclists.org.uk

Regents Canal Network: http://www.camden-canals.demon.co.uk

London Canal Museum: http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/

Voluntary Action Camden: http://www.vac.org.uk/

Islington Voluntary Action Council: http://www.ivac.org.uk/

Camden network of networks: http://www.camdennetworkofnetworks.org.uk/

Sinclair Road Residents' Association (Hammersmith and Fulham) [who have recently had a victory over St George, Argent's partner]: http://www.srra.com/

Cally Traders: http://www.xpdesign.net/cally/

Kings Cross Community Development Trust: http://www.kings-cross.org.uk/

Capital Transport Campaign: http://www.libraries.islington.gov.uk/inform/published/3489/3934.html

London Local Agenda 21: http://p15149738.pureserver.info/

London Social Forum www.londonsocialforum.org [currently off-line]

International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA) www.inura.org

A curious listing, including us, at OyMap.net - a world directory

Businesses, professional offices, etc

The developers for the Railway Lands ("King's Cross Central"): www.argentkingscross.com (previously known as Argent St George, but St George have now withdrawn).

Consultants who carried out Youth Consultation and designed the youth website
KXC21.co.uk (for Argent Saint George):
www.f-l-u-i-d.co.uk

London & Continental Railways: http://www.lcrhq.co.uk

Resources, research, national bodies

Planning Policy Guidance Notes: http://www.construction-index.com/archinduk/dtplanpolgui.html
or from ODPM http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=2263&l=2

Planning Aid For London: http://www.pafl.org.uk

Royal Town Planning Institute: http://www.rtpi.org.uk/

Royal Institute of British Architects: http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Home.html

English Partnerships: http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerID=169345dwprEOVViTRLd8xXbHBDHGbzge

Research and other resources about King's Cross at University College London's Bartlett School of Planning
www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/research/planning/kx

Wonderful photos of Saint Pancras - the Midland Grand Hotel - hosted at Urban75 http://www.urban75.org/london/st_pancras.html

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment: www.cabe.org.uk

King's Cross Partnership: (closed down in 2003 but the web site somehow lived on with "this week's events" frozen at march 2003) No longer wirking 2008. www.kingscrosslondon.com

Environment Agency: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

English Nature: http://www.english-nature.org.uk/

Sustainable Biodiversity: http://www.biodiv.org/links/default.aspx?thm=sus

Groundwork Camden-Islington: http://www.groundwork.org.uk/camden-islington/

BREEAM: (low energy building evaluation) http://products.bre.co.uk/breeam/

English Heritage: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp

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