Where to buy in London: Caledonian Road is the hot tip for buyers looking for a home with good transport links near King's Cross

Minutes from the shiny new developments of King's Cross, Caledonian Road – the Cally to locals – offers homebuyers flats priced at around 20 per cent cheaper with good transport connections.
David Spittles12 November 2018

It was only a matter of time before the impressive transformation of King’s Cross spilled over to scruffy Caledonian Road, for decades the scrag end of fashionable Islington.

“The Cally”, as it’s affectionately known by locals, heads north from the railway station past two of Her Majesty’s less salubrious residences, Pentonville and Holloway prisons, the latter earmarked for redevelopment into luxury homes.

Sliced through by train tracks, this multi cultural area has location and connectivity in its favour with trains to almost everywhere.

But it is not all gritty urban. The Cally borders pretty Barnsbury village, an early 19th-century enclave of garden squares, cottages and pub

Ten-acre Caledonian Park with its listed clock tower is a green retreat, while Camley Street Natural Park is a two-acre green lung wedged between the railway and Regent’s Canal.

The Glasshouse, Caledonian Road

Cally homes are nearly 20 per cent cheaper than those at King’s Cross, according to research gleaned from Land Registry data.

London Square, a developer, has unveiled the last of five low-to-mid-rise apartment blocks bringing 150 homes to this patch.

Called The Glasshouse, it is a smart, white building with covered, dual-aspect balconies overlooking landscaped courtyards and play areas. Prices from £560,000.

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