Somers Town Festival turns 21!
The Somers Town festival takes place on Saturday 08 July from 12 noon.
There will be music and food stalls along Chalton Street between Euston Road and the Cock Tavern and some funfair rides on Phoenix Road. There will also be events in the piazza of the British Library.
Redevelopment happening at St Pancras Hospital
A new eye care centre is being built in the grounds of the St Pancras Hospital, a partnership between Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and the Moorfields Eye Charity.
For more details, see the website below:
Shooting on Phoenix Road
A message from the Council regarding this awful event:
Dear Camden Community and Business Partners,
We are shocked and saddened about the shooting incident that took place on Saturday, 14th January, in Phoenix Road, NW1, in the vicinity of St Aloysius Church. Our thoughts are with the victims and others who have been affected by it.
Please see below for details of a public community engagement event the police will hold tomorrow, Thursday 19th January:
Superintendent Jack Rowlands is hosting a Virtual Meeting regarding Saturday’s incident on Phoenix Road to listen to your concerns.
This will take place between 3-4pm on Thursday, 19 January 2023.
If you would like to join then please email CNMailbox-.Community@met.police.uk
Camden Council will also host community events next week, and we will share details of these once available.
Should you have any information that you would like to share regarding this incident please report this through one of the following:
- Call 999 to report a crime that is taking place or about to take place
- The police number for non-emergencies is 101 (24 hours) or www.met.police.uk/report
- Crime Stoppers – anonymous crime reporting – 0800 555111
Kind regards,
Patrick Coulson
Community Safety Manager
Communities
Supporting Communities
London Borough of Camden
Farewell to St Pancras’ Hardy Tree
Sometime on the night of 26 December 2022, the Hardy Tree in the grounds of St Pancras Old Church finally died.
Somers Town Festival is on TODAY!
The Somers Town Festival is on today, so get yourself down to Chalton Street and enjoy the hot weather.
There are:
- Live bands playing
- Food stalls to cater for all tastes
- Rides and activities for the children
- Community stalls, including COVID vaccinations
Design Competition for Phoenix Road in Somers Town
The London Festival of Architecture has launched a design competition for an installation to be installed on Phoenix Road in Somers Town for July 2022.
Phoenix Road runs through the middle of Somers Town, linking Euston Station and St Pancras Station. It is the focus of an HS2-funded project called Greening Phoenix Road which aims to make it a more attractive link.
Phoenix Road Play Day – 05 August
Magna Carta Day – 15 June
Magna Carta was signed on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede near Windsor by King John and his Barons.
It promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. This council would later develop into Parliament.
The British Library has two original copies that are now more than 800 years old.
Play in the Park 2021
Regents Park is hosting free children’s play sessions this summer, at Gloucester Gate in Regents Park, and in Somers Town (location to be confirmed).
See the leaflet below for more information.