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Walks in King's Cross.

One editor-picked walk through King's Cross, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

The most ambitious urban regeneration in London, with a working canal at its heart.

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Other walks close to King's Cross.

Sorted by distance from the start of king's cross: the canal basin and new quarter. Good for stitching together a longer day.

Five independent bookshops and the ghosts of the writers who browsed them.

Under the hill by tunnel, then above it through the gasworks and the green chain.

Coffee, jewellery, a thousand-year-old hospital, and a meat market at the end.

North London's best street market, a Huguenot square, and a park that earns its size.