Kings Cross is perhaps best known for the Kings Cross and St Pancras train stations. St Pancras is an international departure point for travelers catching trains for the European continent.
The London Canal Museum on New Wharf Road tells the story of London's canals, which used to be the avenues of commerce in the city. Horses pulled boats along the canals to transport goods. There's a canal boat inside the museum for you to explore.
Regents Canal runs just north of Kings Cross. To access the canal and see boats in use, take Pancras Road north of the stations to Camley Street. Head north to Camley Street Natural Park. Some people live aboard the boats and use them to travel around England. You'll also encounter ducks and geese, and if the weather is right, people out for a stroll or a bike ride.
The canals are regulated by a series of locks. Long canal boats and houseboats line up at the St Pancras lock near Camley Street Natural Park while waiting to pass through the locks.
St Pancras Old Church, not to be confused with St Pancras Parish Church, is one of the oldest churches in Britain and sits behind the train stations.
You can poke about the church and its gardens while examining different types of materials used in constructing and rebuilding the church over its history. Some examples of Roman architecture still exist at the small church, which is dwarfed by the massive train stations nearby.
The British Library, one of the world's largest libraries, is on Euston Road, just west of St Pancras station. At the library, you'll find audio and video collections and a vast reading collection, covering every topic you can imagine. The library often holds exhibitions. If you're going to Kings Cross, you shouldn't miss this important repository of human knowledge.
