Category Archives: Local issues

Typical daily detritus, Rufford Street

this pic shows noicely the sort of problems that still persist on Rufford Street, even though the result is cleared up much more quickly now For the uninitiated (you may need to enlarge the picture by clicking on it) – … Continue reading

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CEMEX Concrete plant – a noisy and anti-social neighbour on Rufford Street

Rufford Street is unusual for a densely populated residential area in that it has its own ReadyMix Concrete plant at No 1 Rufford Street (see satellite photo – when you click to get rid of the speech bubble, the concrete … Continue reading

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Treaty Street tipping around electricity sub station

There is a long running problem with tipping of waste including abandoned cars and broken glass around the electricity substation building on Treaty Street.  the site is right by the entrance to a primary school – the kids have to … Continue reading

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Fencing – Carnoustie Drive and Pembroke Street

Wooden fencing seperates the above roads from the Channel Tunnel Rail Link works area.  Behind the fencing is about an acre of unobserved scrub land with about 20yo trees.  The fencing is rotting and needs replacing.  there are two large … Continue reading

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Tilloch Street access control

Tilloch Street is a remnant of the old street layout before the slum clearances of the 1970s that resulted in the Bemerton Estate.  It is a small stub street between the Caledonian Road and Carnoustie Drive next to the Co-Op … Continue reading

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Outram Place sex worker and drugs issues

Residents and police have had a long running campaign to clean up the parking bays underneath 29-35 Outram Place rough map this section of Outram Place is so obscure it is not even on the map.  it is the blank … Continue reading

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North Kings Cross Environmental Task Group (NKXETG)

The council has set up a multi-agency group to tackle the more intractable environmental problems in North Kings Cross.  The group has as members: staff from the north kings cross project, the police, the council, ICSL the cleansing services people, … Continue reading

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keeping north kings cross clean and live-able

i have set up this blog to keep a public record of actions on the local street environment in my neighbourhood of North Kings Cross in London. by local street environment i mean everything that goes on on the streets … Continue reading

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