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Coal Drops Yard under development. The new Coal Drops Yard retail development at Kings Cross, still under construction in February 2018.
Chris Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shops in the old coal drops. The only shopping on a King's Cross day — not also Regent Street. Next is Granary Square — do not also stack Regent Street the same day.
Analysis
One shopping strip: Coal Drops Yard. Shops about 10:00–20:00. Food hall or the main floor, then leave. Do not add another shopping pole. Leave via King's Cross St Pancras.
Best time
Afternoon
How to go
North from King's Cross
Transit
Do not take large bags into a deep-stair station for Coal Drops Yard. If King's Cross St Pancras has no lift, use a step-free neighbour and walk.
Season window
Sunday opening is late at Coal Drops Yard, and some arcades rest on Monday. Christmas hours run long. Summer weekends are the busiest.
Tips
- · Tickets: Browsing free. Plan about 30 minutes.
- · The kissing roof between the sheds is the photo
- · Tax-free and delivery at Coal Drops Yard follow that shop's rules that day. Do not return to another street for souvenirs.
Next stop
Where this line goes next
Walk or one Tube ride to the next stop. Do not rebound.
Granary Square
Walk · 6min
Walk
Next is Granary Square — do not also stack the Palace, the Tower or a museum the same day.
Sir John Soane's Museum
London Tube · 11min
Tube King's Cross St Pancras
Next is Sir John Soane's Museum — do not also stack the Palace, the Tower or a museum the same day.
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