Start your day over croissants and coffee with a refreshing breakfast at the German Gymnasium, learn more about the plans for King's Cross and pick up information provided by sponsors Argent.

FREE

Conisbee invite you to join them in building an origami city at St Pancras Lock with origami expert Mark Bolitho.

FREE

Talks by Malcolm Tucker, expert on London’s industrial architecture, on the Ice trade and Ice wells. At the Canal Museum.

FREE ENTRY to the Canal Museum today!

London Sinfonietta will have musicians performing 4 pieces in various locations, by British composers Philip Cashian, Tansy Davies, Philip Venables and the world premiere performance of a new piece by John Woolrich, with up to 5 instrumentalists including clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and percussion.

FREE

Talks by Malcolm Tucker, expert on London’s industrial architecture, on the Ice trade and Ice wells. At the Canal Museum.

FREE ENTRY to the Canal Museum today!

Discover the canal's history and view work by local teenagers reflecting their take on the canal.

FREE ENTRY to the Canal Museum today!

Thornhill Bridge Community Gardeners will organise a drawing activity looking at features of the Regents Canal such as historical architecture and biodiversity.

There will also be a display of the work of Thornhill Bridge Community Gardeners and forthcoming local community events. Islington Greenspace, Islington Ecology Centre and TBCG will be working in tandem to provide information and publicise future environmental activities.

FREE Activities for children

Canal-side exhibition of local secondary school work, following workshops organised with Argent.

FREE

Two Wildlife boat trips will run on the day, lead by Islington Nature Conservation and Greenspace Rangers. These return trips will depart from the mooring outside the LondonCanalMuseum and head towards City Road Lock.

Booking on the day (first-come, first-boarded).

Meet ‘Carlo Gatti’ the entrepreneurial 19th century Swiss ice merchant and come on board ‘Jena’ to learn about the waterways.

British Waterways’ boat ‘Jena’ will be moored along the canal throughout the day to act as a central information point about activities and display information about the waterways network.

FREE

Canal 125 Bar and Restaurant will have an organic Fresh! BBQ menu including fresh home-made steakburgers from English cattle and line-caught tuna steak.

Camley Street Natural Park, an innovative and internationally acclaimed reserve, made of two unique acres of wild green space on the banks of the Regents canal, will have an exhibit on green roofs, pond-dipping activity and a display on sustainable development.

FREE Activities for children

In 15 minutes create a unique artwork which makes a distinctive present or keepsake. Thames 21 who restores canals and rivers across London, working with volunteers to remove rubbish, plant wildflowers and install art, will run a tent inviting visitors to create their own mini-sculpture, inspired by the architecture and environment of the Regent’s Canal, with professional artist Kevin Herlilhy.

The Water Tower by St Pancras Lock will be exceptionally accessible and hold an art exhibition of local artist Marianne Fox Ockinga chronicling the St Pancras and Kings Cross development.

FREE at St Pancras Cruising Club.

Maiden Lane Bridge to Pancras Lock

Find out about Argent’s plans for development of the King’s Cross area, with an exhibition of images suggesting the future view from the towpath.

FREE

Creatmosphere, sponsored by Argent, will install a number of large balloons above the King’s Cross Central site reflecting the scale and excitement of change in the area. 

Start at the German Gymnasium on St Pancras Road to pick up information and be directed to the interpretation points.

FREE

Maiden Lane Bridge

zwei design studio, based in King’s Cross, will create a contextual installation drawing inspiration from local history and the contradiction between recreation and the canal’s working past.

FREE

Visit a 16-foot floating sculpture by artist Nick Hornby, inspired by Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle
and the regeneration of the King’s Cross area.

FREE

A Water taxi will be circulating throughout the day between the LondonCanalMuseum and Camley Street Nature Reserve.

First-come, first-boarded.

The Musical Flying Squad performs ‘Canal,’ a community musical that tells the story of the Regent’s Canal construction. This adventurous tale follows architect John Nash, James Morgan the persevering engineer, Thomas Homer who proposed the canal and absconded with the funds, William Agar who bought land on the canal route and sued for compensation, the navvies who built the canal in dangerous conditions, and the bargemen and their families who worked and lived afloat.

The cast will be from schools, choirs and community groups, led by Musical Flying Squad who produced ‘Hub Song – the World Around King’s Cross’ for the Architectural Biennale in 2006, with script, songs and direction by Rob Inglis, and musical arrangement and direction by Bob Stuckey.

At the Canal Museum. Duration approx. 1hr 20

FREE but donations gratefully accepted.
Capacity of 100 people. To reserve a place contact artsXchange@btinternet.com or call 020 7387 4942