From time to time the topic creeps up. The Islington half of Kings Cross is not identical with the ward of Kings Cross in Camden. The Kings Cross Station and Kings Cross developments happen both in Islington as well as in the ward of Sommers Town (Camden). That the real ward of Kings Cross does not house Kings Cross station is strangest of all facts. The confusion is great and especially erratic when it comes to the distribution of tasks like security. Only recently in a posting here by William (link) we read how Islington Police blamed Camden for the increase of drunkenness and begging near Tesco Caledonian Road (Islington), claiming that the Camden Police pushed them (who are housed in Kings Cross – Camden) into Islington, etc..
This blog is prove that people all around Kings Cross identify with it. In my humble opinion it may be time for a new ward of Kings Cross that includes the entire area. Or if the boroughs of Islington and Camden feel they can not agree, better cooperation would certainly be well put in place.
But as always the best way to know if people would like to merge and into which borough is best done trough a public consultation. How about then a new bigger ward of Kings Cross?
Kings Cross Environment 
The recent Islamic Melia was very heartening, informative and a welcome indication of the desire for full integration. What must be avoided at all costs is the development in our community of rigid social and cultural fragmentation – as has been the case in the unfortunate growth of a so-called Algerian Quarter in Blackstock Road.
I couldn’t agree more about the need to bring the whole King’s Cross community together. It’s so easy for developers and others to pick us off, sneaking plans in through one side of the community whilst trying to ignore another side of it. At King’s Cross Community Projects, a new local charitable trust, we are also trying to address this. We cover the area within a half mile of the perimeter of the station. We will continue to raise awareness that although we are physically split by the stations, railways lines, the canal and extremely busy roads, we remain a community with a shared history and many, many shared experiences as a result of living in King’s Cross. Our website is http://www.cookie.org.uk/kccp, and it includes a map showing the area we cover. We’d like to support Daniel’s call to find a better way of defining our community…
Sophie, Keep us posted about any meetings / consultations of KCCP