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The gardens in March 2008

Euston Square Gardens is a public garden on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.

The gardens are the northern gardens of the former residential Euston Square, the southern gardens were renamed Endsleigh Gardens.[1]

The gardens are enclosed by railings and covered with grass and London plane trees.[1] The two lodges at the gardens date from 1870 and were once the entrance to Euston station. They are inscribed with the names of the London and North Western Railway.[1]

A worksite for the future Euston St Pancras railway station will be situated at the gardens.[2] It was revealed in January 2021 that protestors had built a 100ft tunnel under the gardens as part of protests against the planned High Speed 2 railway.[3] Nine activists occupied the tunnels as part of the protest.[4]

HS2 protestors in September 2020
Euston Square Gardens sign in 2020

Historic maps

  • The East and West Euston Square Gardens at the centre of an 1874 Ordnance Survey map[5]
    The East and West Euston Square Gardens at the centre of an 1874 Ordnance Survey map[5]
  • The evolution of the gardens are visible on this 1895 Ordnance Survey map after renaming[6]
    The evolution of the gardens are visible on this 1895 Ordnance Survey map after renaming[6]
  • The encroaching boundaries of Euston railway station to the gardens are visible on this 1953 Ordnance Survey map[7]
    The encroaching boundaries of Euston railway station to the gardens are visible on this 1953 Ordnance Survey map[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Euston Square Gardens". London Gardens Online - Euston Square Gardens. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Crossrail 2 factsheet: Euston St Pancras station" (PDF). October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ Diane Taylor (27 January 2021). "On Swampy ground: a brief history of protest tunnelling in the UK". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ Taylor, Diane (1 February 2021). "'I couldn't be prouder': Swampy and 16-year-old son in HS2 tunnel protest". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. ^ 1874 Ordnance Survey map, Digimap. Retrieved 5 March 2018. (subscription required)
  6. ^ 1895 Ordnance Survey map, Digimap. Retrieved 5 March 2018. (subscription required)
  7. ^ 1953 Ordnance Survey map, Digimap. Retrieved 5 March 2018. (subscription required)
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