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Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

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Pen Pusher
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Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Pen Pusher » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:23 pm

I usually wait until British Summer Time ends before wandering around London on a night shoot but as I was in King’s Cross Station with a bit of time to spare before my train home, I went for a Bimble around Coal Drops Yard, which is about a three minute walk from the station, to get in a bit of Low Light Photography practice.

Coal Drops Yard was originally built in 1850 to receive coal trains from South Yorkshire where the coal was then loaded onto narrowboats on the Regents Canal and into horse-drawn carts for distribution around London. Today it is a privately owned public space and is a dining and shopping complex.

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End wall to East Coal Drops building with lower entrance to the Coal Yard on the left and Lower Stable Street on the right.

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Upper entrance pedestrian walkway to Coal Drops Yard.

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Looking north over the Central Yard, with the Kissing Roofs above.

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Samsung store, above the Central Yard, in the Kissing Roofs extension.

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‘The Illuminated Garden Featuring Super Nature TV’ by Studio Mieker Meijer.

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Western Coal Drops, looking west, with the Wharf Road viaducts on the left.

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Wharf Road arches looking towards Regents Canal.

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Wharf Road arches looking towards the East Coal Drops building.

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Looking south along Lower Stable Street.

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Coal Offices above the Wharf Road Viaduct

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Nighthawke » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:31 pm

Great captures Brian - looking forward to more of your excellent images.

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by hedgerowops » Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:58 pm

Excellent as always just shows what can be done with these places with a bit of foresight

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by awacsfan » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:20 pm

Wow, I am really impressed... Absolutely great photography and stunning pictures.
Thank you very much for showing these fine pictures!

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by ridgmeister » Sun Oct 17, 2021 4:33 pm

Wow, I didn't know about this area and certainly very nicely shot! Thanks for sharing!
Paul

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Punkrunner62 » Sun Oct 17, 2021 5:00 pm

A very fine set of images indeed, you certainly capture your subject very well.
Cheers.

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Tooks » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:07 am

Excellent shots of a great bit of London!

I had a wander around there in late summer 2019, it’s really impressive what they’ve done, I particularly liked the gas storage facilities they’ve turned into apartments.

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Seahawk 11 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:30 pm

Wow just fantastic, thanks for sharing them,

Rob

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Re: Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.

Post by Pune » Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:17 pm

WOW, superb images..thanks for sharing.. :Wow:
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!

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