The canal walk from Kings Cross to Regents Park is a great walk

Spontaneously took the Regent's Canal pathway at King's Cross in last June and ended up in Camden Market. Had a blast just exploring on my first day of vacation!

To all Tourists going to King's Cross - I thoroughly recommend running at full speed at the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. It is, after all, the ONLY true way of getting to Platform 9 and three-quarters!

Oh, I'm glad to hear it's an easy mistake. I once wrote a newsletter in which I intended to praise the work of an insufficiently credited fellow named Amal, but my spelling checker preferred to praise an insufficiently credited body part.

Lived in London 2000-2008 and loved walking the canal from Kings X to Regent's Park. Then it was still the scruffy backside of the town. Done the walk more recently when visited and it was different now!

As an Australian visitor, I was quite happy to walk in parks in January in London. The temperature made it very fresh, I got used to it and now crave it.

That joke about missing the C in canal made me laugh lol

On a side note I think the refurbishment of Kings Cross is a fantastic job, fair play to the architects, engineers, contractors and all involved - has to be my favourite London station (just pipping St Pancras)

fine bit of padding, there. more please! and I like the new 'closing credits' footage

Just as I was thinking 'this is now just padding'... the line "that's enough padding"... nice one 😆

Gotta love Jago's storytelling.

I always used to enjoy a free look at London Zoo from the Regent’s Canal when I was a poor student!

I've just thought of a good video subject, if you can find a suitable example: the Underground sign with the most corrections added ...

The pedant in me can't resist being annoyed by the missing apostrophe!!

Whato Jago, Another entertaining video. I use King's Cross St Pancras quite often but never noticed this. By the way, don't forget the Midland Main Line from St Pancras; I would hardly described trains to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield as commuter traffic.

This might have needed a bit of padding, but at least it needed less than one of the other main line termini. I hear one of them would require a ton.

While walking up the canal towards Camden (well, I was not walking up the canal, too damp, just beside it) I saw a wallaby on the Regent's Park side. I suppose it had done a runner. Or a bouncer.

The KCSP station area is one of my favourites. I loved the redo with all that open space to wander about. Was disappointed recently to see that most open spaces are now filled with booths selling gawd knows what - what a shame.

I have noticed that panel before but always thought someone had vandalised it to remove the "C". Never knew it said *that* underneath!!

1:41This year's leading contender so far for the Crazy Hair Awards

Another eclectic mix of interesting information if you happen to be a boring old git like ME who was never interested in who Spurs are playing or what horse to bet on at the 3.30 at Towcester Races You have shocked me in this New year Jagger's, there I was with 100% certainty that your video would end looking out the windows of an ECML train near Berwick when you show some lovely old pregrouping steam loco and carriages. I'm glad I'm not given over to the disgusting vice of betting on Towcester races or I would have done me dough on the certainty of an ECML train at the end of your video. Another great video, I think I now need to watch The Lady Killers and see Kingscross in all its wonderful steamy glory.

As for missing the c in canal, there are some folk up here in Manchester who sometimes like to hide the C on Canal Street, along with the S. It's in the Gay Village, so I'm sure you can see the hilarious outcome of said shenanigans!

New outro footage! Jago, you surprise us! And thank you for the garden path to Regent's Park. :)

So the "Park" bit of the sign for Regent's Park itself appears to be a sticker covering something else, could it be "Canal" ?

Even the Park of Regents Park looked like a replacement so I wonder what it was before Regents Park

I thought you were going to mention that there are two exits from the Victoria Line - quite drastically altering where you end up.

The next time I will be in London, I may do the walk from King's Cross to Regents Park. Sounds lovely to me.

I love these videos, reminds me of being a young man in London.

You know, it's funny this video exists because I was actually looking for info on former Chelsea player Eden Hazard when I found this channel instead. You can still see the sticker residue around the search algorithm to this day.

I always misplace the C in Canal. Also, new "Thanks for Watching" end clip, very nice and concise.

Jago Hazzard is the King to my KZfaq Court.......😊

Is it an urban myth that there once were a load of signs put up that said "St Pancreas"? Patron saint of organ transplants.😊

Prinny in his latter years required much padding just to get around. His sojourn to Edinburgh and his appearances were an engineering miracle in themselves.

I think the secret at Kings Cross St Pancras tube station is not to follow the signs to avoid a lengthy walk to where you want to go but take the shortcuts instead😂

In 2019 we stayed across the street from Kings Cross and didn't care about the Harry Potter platform. It was convenient for all the Tube lines and then taking the train up to Newcastle as we moved on to other parts of the UK to visit.

On the subject of misprints, I have a photo taken some years ago at Moorgate of a Northern line full-size enamelled sign that showed Oval station described as 'For Lord's Cricket Ground'. That's an even longer walk than Regent's Park from King's Cross!

In the summer I like to walk the entire length of Regents canal, starting in angel and ending at the park. It's a nice ~2h walk

I was a King's Cross last week as I changed from the Northern line to the Victoria. A lot of beastly walking and then the stairs.

I love how Jago can make an interesting video out of a sticker. Also love the shots of FR20 at Didcot, one of the best preserved locos as she isn't ubiquitous and represents a huge chunk of the railway age nearly vanished from us.

Amazing how there's a constant queue for 9 3/4, I counted 40 in the queue yesterday at 8:30pm

Last year my friend and I did the walk from Kings Cross to Regents Park along the canal. Lovely walk, although a bit busy around Camden Lock!

Clicked off this video before the outro and came back to leave a like. That's how good this channel is. I suppose me leaving a comment describing how I left a video to come back and like it is even greater proof of that.

I loved King’s Cross Station. It’s a very beautiful building. I just wish I had more time to explore the premises.

When I was a kid in the sixties, it was cheap to get a motorised barge called the Zoo Water Bus, to London Zoo. If it still exists it's probably expensive, and anyway it never went to or from King's Cross. They must have altered the sign to stop tourists, who have English as a second language, being confused. I once walked past the Zoo once, and the wolves enclosure used to face the actual park. I was a daft teenager at the time, I howled at them, they answered, I freaked and ran off. 🐺😱😆

I still haven't worked out the best ways to go between the various lines at Kings Cross St Pancras, and usually end up using the famous corridor which isn't the quickest route to use. I know there are various clever ways of doing it that save time.

I walked via the canal tow path from Camden Town to Abbey Road Studios The part of the canal in Regent’s Park can be seen in the Apple TV series Slow Horses & movie The Gentlemen

Earlier this week I managed to find my way quickly and efficiently (less walking) both in an out of KGX/STP to/from the Victoria line… no thanks to TfL BTW.

"In at least one place the sticker has peeled off" Hope you managed to get all of it out from underneath your fingernails. 😉

A lovely little video built round a clever bit of spotting. I've done that walk a couple of times - all the way to Little Venice. It's a sloooow but pleasant way of changing from King's X/St P to Paddington or vice versa!

I like the new outro clip!

Go to the Euston Road exit unless you want a long walk.

As always, great video. Educational and entertaining. Happy New Year!

I thought it was going to be the bright pink Mclaren that's always parked in front of the hotel.

Having run from Kings Cross to Regent's Park on the Canal, as it is about 1.5 miles or so, I guess you *could* argue that it is a path to the Park - a long one, but one nonetheless.

Been there twice. And twice i had to really rely on the signs not to get lost in the maze of tunnels. More likely that 9¾, i was there on business 😂

I travel from Nottingham via St Pancras and Waterloo to Gillingham, Dorset three times a year. I used to get the underground to travel to Waterloo but have recently switched to overground on the Thameslink services which are so much easier and hassle free.

Get well soon Mr. Stuffy!

Thank you Jason, fascinating. I used to live in Swiss Cottage back in the 50s and we used to walk in Regents Park and that dreadful zoo there that I hated so much. I called it “animal prison”.

I just wish someone had told me growing up that Waterloo was not the international junction anymore. Idk why I didn’t get that memo.

In a former life I worked in London but now live Germany. Even if you made a video of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, I would watch and and be happy because everything you cover, you so so with understated passion. Another superb video, many thanks.

I commuted on the Victoria line for 8 months straight and never noticed/realised that. Cool!

Platform 9 and three quarters isn't the original King's Cross as shown in the movies. That's Euston Station of which J K Rolling thought of while writing HP. The HP movie used Platform 4 of KC for filming.

It's same with one subway station in Munich, currently called Münchner Freiheit. Prior to the renovation, it was called Münchener Freiheit (extra e). The people who were born and grew up in Munich didn't believe me that it was called "Münchener" until I showed them the photos of pre-renovation station.

I thought you were gonna talk about the infuriating difference between following one way out sign over another where one will take 2 mins to get out the station and the other will take about 6…

Next time you're at Morden, take a look at the sign at the top of the stairs to platforms 4 and 5. The platform numbers are on stickers and in the right lighting you can see that they were originally the other way around. I don't know that the platforms have ever been renumbered here.

Great content as always chap. Only point I would make is the bizarre death of the definitive article, when I grew up in Islington in the 70s and later it was The Regents Canal and for that matter The Angel, Angel being as it still is a tube station. Not meant to be pompous just jars.

I used to work alongside the Regents Canal, albeit much further west in Wedlake Street by the Half Penny Steps. I suspect with the recent redevelopment it's a lot nicer than it used to be in the 90's. I always enjoyed the green space of Meanwhile Gardens on the way to work, even if it is under the watchful gaze of the sentinel that is Trellick Tower.

That sticker will now be replaced very sharpish as many TfL staff must watch your channel.

A little known fact, but in his later years Prinny was better known for his writings on the natural sciences, "Historica Naturalis", and time travel!! 😊

♫ "King's Cross'll make you (jump, jump)..."

I just went here yesterday!

Is Nash related to the laureate Nash (Swedish Central Bank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel), the subject of the film _A Beautiful, Mind_ ?

Canal is also the word you shout when you pick up something that's too hot.

Great video Jago

Possibly a mistake is "Barons court" with a lower-case C on one of the signs at Heathrow T5.

how you doing jago, your videos are always interesting for me :D

I’ve been to Kings Cross and St. Pancras International stations and both stations are right next door to each other and the underground station that is below the 2 stations does get very busy a lot. Including at rush hour.

good vid!

Over the past few months I've used the Victoria line platforms at Kings Cross several times, I've never noticed this, but I know where I am going and don't need these signs to aid my journey. Next visit will be early February, you can be sure I'll be looking!!

Entertaining AND amusing. Subbed.

That corrigendum suggests there had been an early use of AI in producing the signage. BTW, that picture of the Prince Regent must have been made in his youth, or by a sycophantic painter: later he was once called "Your fat friend." Great closing shot for the New Year--quite a surprise as I was expecting gently rolling landscape (or, perhaps, landskip if you worked for Prinny).

Maybe we need more playful signage. Kings Cross could have a Houses Of Parliament this way, pointing anywhere on the front of the station. It wouldn't be entirely incorrect.

Blow-Up Bridge featuring at 1:36

The war fire singer considerable time a sign at Farringdon showing a black Northern Line as an interchange with the Circle Live at Victoria.

Good News a new video

"Did they omit the 'c' perhaps?!" Only if they were behind with the development, I would suggest. These things happen. :-D

Just going to add that St. Pancras also is the terminus for the east midlands mainline routes to Leicester Nottingham and Derby.

I don't do walks - I prefer to go by my Mountain Bike - I would go alone the Canel path on my bike - that would be a good ride!!! 🙂🚲🚂🚂🚂

That is an embarrassing mistake! And hey, we have a new closing shot!

If you are going for a walk through Regent's Park, don't forget to feed the squirrels.

Oddly enough, speaking of Platform 9 3/4s. I was at King's Cross just after christmas, and a very nice family from up north (further north than Stoke on Trent born me) asked if they could have their photo taken with me. I was dressed as I am in my profile picture here. I was bemused but, agreed. As they left, the mother of the group said something about me being an employee of Platform 9 3/4s. I am not and have never been, but, I do wonder what they thought I was dressed as from the "Potterverse" :D

Do like the steamy outro, Jago

St Pancras is also a handy portal to Valhalla - but watch out for TV executives!

Conversely if you want to go to London Zoo in Regent's Park, Regent's Park Station is the last place you want to go to! Nearest tube is Camden Town.

Try walking in the park here in Montreal in January, yours looks warm in comparison...

There is something below/under (oh further down the panel) Regent's Park wording that has been fully covered up. What has been closed or moved ( I think it might be the old subway to KX Thameslink/Pentonville Road exit.

#JagoHazzard, excellent video as always. What is the steam railway in the credit scene at the end. It reminds me of the Isle of Wight?

My assumption would be that the sign was intended for Regent’s Park station (or indeed Great Portland Street etc) but was not needed and so was recycled there.

Video about Prince Regent Lane in East London or PRL as its affectionately known!!!

I suppose at least Regent’s Park is something to do with the tube!