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Jan 17, 2025 · N early one hundred and twety-five years ago, the local authority – then St Pancras – poured money into a state-of-the-art public facility for the residents of Kentish Town. Comprising of a wash house, public hall and baths, the deep red brick and terracotta edifice was a sight to behold, but one that withered in its visual and social impact as the decades rolled by.

Welcome to Kentishtowner (yup, all one word), north London’s award-winning and longest-running cultural guide . It’s one of four London titles published by London Belongs To Me.. E stablished in 2010 by broadsheet writer Stephen Emms, we are a good news title (not the “local paper”) and leave the hard stuff to other titles.. Instead, we cover food & drink, lifestyle, the arts, travel ...

Jan 2, 2025 · The Vine: Kentish Town Panorama. The longest roll shows the east side from Swain’s Lane following Highgate Road through Kentish Town Road to St Pancras Way (and St Pancras Old Church); the second depicts the west side from what is now Camden Town tube and back up to Swains Lane.

Jan 21, 2025 · A s you’ll know if you live in the area, Highgate Road is the ancient pub-lined thoroughfare that – in 2025 at least – is where the urban buzz of Kentish Town starts to give way to the leafy streets of Dartmouth Park and, beyond, the steep inclines of Highgate Village.. It’s here that you’ll find a new development, The Tipton, …

Nov 22, 2024 · F or years, we’ve stared at the plaque at the top of this landmark Kentish Town Road building and wondered why no-one considered using its original Victorian moniker during its many recent incarnations.. And now, having undergone six month’s refurb, this has finally happened. The Old Farmhouse is the latest project from the First Restaurant Group, who run Hampstead’s Oak & Poppy (as well ...

Nov 13, 2020 · And yet I was easily distracted. Deciding one evening to pen a brief, rather underwhelming review of Kentish Canteen, newly open on the site where Neighbour now stands, I hit upon a name I immediately quite liked: Kentishtowner. It had a nice ring to it. And yes, the domain name was available.

Jul 25, 2024 · Originally known as the Star & Garter, in 1885 the pub was rebuilt into its present form with striking Victorian red brick exterior. Rechristened The Old Farm House, it enjoyed a reign of a century or so before being renamed O’Reilly’s at the turn of the millennium (with a short stint in the 1990s as Dolly Fossetts).

Jul 21, 2022 · Such rod wielders came to dip their lines and hooks in a freshwater fish-rich tributary of the River Fleet that flowed from its source in what was once the boggy, malarial marshlands of Hampstead down through what remained a largely pastoral Kentish Town and on into Camden Town and King’s Cross, before passing by …

Aug 23, 2024 · R ewind to early Jan 2020 and the charming Kentish Town Stores instantly became arguably the best place for coffee when it opened on the cusp of Covid.. Combining artisan products with high quality food and drink, along with evening wine nights and supperclubs – not to mention daytime co-working upstairs – was an impressive balancing act.