Hornsey Gasworks: A Structure at Risk

Hornsey No 1 in 2007

Imagine it is 1929 and you are on a train steaming north out of Kings Cross. There is a man in his mid-30s sitting opposite you – he is Barnes Wallis, later to be knighted and famed for his bouncing bombs.

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Hornsey Gasworks: An Update

Hornsey No1 at dusk

Colin Marr wrote about a gas holder at the Hornsey Gasworks known as Hornsey No 1 in 2006 when it was under threat of demolition to make way for the Haringey Heartlands development. This was reposted as part of our Newsletter Archive series in 2020.

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The Haringey Heartlands Masterplan

Clarendon City Village Site

Planning permission is now being sought by the developers of an ambitious scheme, known as the Haringey Heartlands Masterplan, to regenerate and develop the area of Wood Green between Mayes Road and the Great Northern Eastern Railway (GNER).

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