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Caledonian Road passes for about a mile and a half north–south through the London Borough of Islington. It connects North London, from Camden Road near its junction with Holloway Road, and central London's Pentonville Road in the south. It is known colloquially as the "Cally" and forms the entirety of the A5203. Character The road is mostly residential from Camden Road until it reaches Caledonian Road Underground station. Residential developments have been constructed around the station including student accommodation. South of the station near the bridge carrying the North London line is Pentonville Prison. South of the prison the road is lined with shops and cafes including several Ethiopian restaurants. The area is poor compared to the north end and the shops serve the council estates bordering the road and the more affluent Barnsbury area of mostly Georgian terraces to the east. The road crosses the Regents Canal at Thornhill Bridge and to the south are trendy shops and restaurants that have opened as a result of the King's Cross Central developments. The road ends at Pentonville Road near King's Cross railway station and the border with Camden. Housmans Bookshop, specialist radical book and magazine retailers established in 1945, is at No.5, as are the offices of Peace News and London Greenpeace, the people behind the McLibel Trial. In August 2013, the railway bridge over the road was repainted to remove the word "Ferodo" (one of many such bridges advertising the company name) and replaced it with the street's informal name, "The Cally". As of September 2016, Phil Coy's "your right to continued existence [cally colour chart]" was installed under "The Cally" bridge. The work illuminates the underside of the bridge with one colour at a time, with each colours name is simultaneously displayed on a dot matrix screen. The pallet of 191 colour names were developed in consultation with local community groups with reference to the Caledonian Roads history. The road was the subject of an hour-long episode in the 2012 BBC and Open University co-production, The Secret History of Our Streets, which chose the Caledonian Road as a typical London example. The road is mentioned in the song "Up The Bracket" by The Libertines. History The road was constructed in pursuance of an act of Parliament, 6 Geo. IV 156 (1825), obtained by the Battle Bridge and Holloway Road Company. The company built the Caledonian Road in 1826 as a toll road to link the New Road with Holloway Road (which is part of the Great North Road) and provide a new link to the West End from the north. Originally known as Chalk Road, its name was changed after the Royal Caledonian Asylum for the children of poor exiled Scots, was built in the area in 1828. The building has since been demolished and its site is occupied by local authority housing, the Caledonian Estate built 1900–7. The first residential buildings on the road were Thornhill Terrace (numbers 106–146), which were built in 1832, and other terraces, which were built in the 1840s. From around 1837 to 1849, cottages in gardens were built between Brewery Road and the site of the railway which were part of the failed Experimental Gardens or French Colony founded by a philanthropist, Peter Baume. Due to poor lighting and roads, the cottages declined into slums. Pentonville Prison was built in 1842 immediately to the south of the asylum. Cattle drovers passed along the road on their way to Smithfield until 1852 when the City of London Corporation transferred the Metropolitan Cattle Market to the Caledonian Market.In the mid 20th century, many communities were attracted to Caledonian Road by its relatively low property prices. An Irish community grew there; and in 1955, a cache of weapons belonging to the Irish Republican Army was discovered in the cellar of No. 257 Caledonian Road.In the 21st century much of the commercial and residential property on the road has come under the ownership of notorious rogue landlord Andrew Panayi, one of England's biggest private landlords, who owns at least 200 properties on Caledonian Road alone. Panayi, who featured on the documentary The Secret History of Our Streets in 2012, has boasted publicly of his exploitation of tenants in the area, claiming "if there's milk in the cow, milk it". Although he has been accused and convicted on a number of occasions for a litany of offenses – including illegally leasing substandard properties, revenge evictions and building residential properties without council permission – Panayi still operates on the Caledonian Road. Buildings The road has a number of architecturally important or interesting buildings. Its listed buildings include an Italianate Methodist Chapel built in 1870; the Caledonian Estate, an early Edwardian flatted estate; Pentonville Prison; and the Flying Scotsman, a 1901 public house and offices. Caledonian Road Underground station is also Grade II listed. University College London's controversial New Hall building attracted negative responses from some architectural critics on its completion for its purported failure to accommodate its Victorian facade with the building behind. It was awarded the 2013 Carbuncle Cup for the ugliest building in the United Kingdom. A Chapter Students accommodation located immeditaely south of New Hall has not attracted anywhere near as much controversy. The road passes near to Islington Council social housing estates such as Bemerton, Barnsbury and Boston Estates and Tiber Gardens. Safety On 29 January 2019, a 17-year-old, named Nedim Bilgin, was stabbed to death in a street attack. On 4 July 2020, a 22-year-old, Imani Allaway-Muirnamed, was gunned down on Roman Way, parallel to Caledonian Road, in broad daylight, next to a children's play park and Pentonville Prison. Transport Train Caledonian Road Underground station Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station The area is well-served with quick access to Kentish Town station, which is a 10-minute walk awayBuses 17: Archway – London Bridge 91: Crouch End – Trafalgar Square 153: Finsbury Park – Liverpool Street 259: Edmonton Green – King's Cross 274: Islington Angel – Lancaster Gate 390: Archway – Victoria 393: Clapton - Chalk Farm 476: King's Cross – Northumberland ParkReferences Sources Baggs, A P; Bolton, Diane K; Croot, Patricia E C (1985). "Islington: Growth, Holloway and Tollington". In Baker, T F T; Elrington, C R (eds.). A History of the County of Middlesex. Vol. 8, Islington and Stoke Newington Parishes. London. pp. 29–37. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via British History Online.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)External links Media related to Caledonian Road at Wikimedia Commons . Discover the Cally Finsbury popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Cally Finsbury books.

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  • Money Sense For Kids synopsis, comments

    Money Sense For Kids

    Cally Finsbury

    Money is part of life. To be financially literate is extremely vital. Kids learn about money in the story. One child explains how he spends, saves and distributes his money. You ca...

  • Germs synopsis, comments

    Germs

    Cally Finsbury

    A very simple and concise book. This simple book helps you to explain to your child how you can prevent germ infections. You can also use this book to explain how are germs spread ...

  • Bonds to Twenty Super Kids synopsis, comments

    Bonds to Twenty Super Kids

    Cally Finsbury

    This simple book is to help your child develop their awareness, confidence and understanding of bonds to ten. Number bonds are pairs of numbers that can be added together to make a...

  • We Have 5 Senses synopsis, comments

    We Have 5 Senses

    Cally Finsbury

    A very simple picture book. It is bright and colourful with a few keywords. It has a simple question about which sense each child using? It reinforces that there are five senses an...

  • Our Snowmen synopsis, comments

    Our Snowmen

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a very simple picture book for younger kids. It is about a child that decided to play in the snow and the children she meets.Will you be inspired to build a snowman? Have y...

  • My Cute Cat synopsis, comments

    My Cute Cat

    Cally Finsbury

    Did you ever have a pet? Did you have a cat? Do you have a dearly beloved cat? This is a picture book for older kids. The pictures show the journey of a pet owner and their cat. Sh...

  • Affirmations For Kids synopsis, comments

    Affirmations For Kids

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a unicorn themed affirmation book for kids. It can be used to introduce your child to the idea of affirmations. A simple book with affirmations for kids. Do you know about ...

  • My Dad Tries synopsis, comments

    My Dad Tries

    Cally Finsbury

    This book explores a boy's feelings towards his dad, who while not perfect, he does what he can with the time he has.What if your dad is not perfect?What if your dad is not always ...

  • Subtraction Arithmetic Puzzles for Kids Fill in the Blanks synopsis, comments

    Subtraction Arithmetic Puzzles for Kids Fill in the Blanks

    Cally Finsbury

    Improve your child's arithmetic skills with this fun and simple book. Designed for KS1 students, this book covers the four basic operations of arithmetic: addition, subtraction, mu...

  • The Boy Who Liked to Make Sandwiches synopsis, comments

    The Boy Who Liked to Make Sandwiches

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple book about a boy. The boy likes to make sandwiches. He wants to be able to write instructions for making a sandwich but he keeps getting distracted. The boy has a ...

  • Thank You, Father Christmas synopsis, comments

    Thank You, Father Christmas

    Cally Finsbury

    Meet Annie. She loves the winter season. Anne loves to explore the snow and create wonderful snowmen. She dreams and thinks about what Father Christmas is up to. This is a very sim...

  • Our Dinosaur Drawings synopsis, comments

    Our Dinosaur Drawings

    Cally Finsbury

    Welcome to class. What are the children up to today? They are learning how to draw dinosaurs. In this simple picture book, you will how a small group of children discover the joy o...

  • Help Us Make Healthy Food Choices synopsis, comments

    Help Us Make Healthy Food Choices

    Cally Finsbury

    A simple book to help children to understand there are different types of foods. To be healthy you need to eat a healthy and balanced diet. This simple book gives your child a choi...

  • Help Us to Do Arithmetic synopsis, comments

    Help Us to Do Arithmetic

    Cally Finsbury

    A very simple book to help your child to do arithmetic. The book reinforces how to use your knowledge of partitioning and inverse to work out the missing answer. Encourage your chi...

  • How to Do Word Problems in Math synopsis, comments

    How to Do Word Problems in Math

    Cally Finsbury

    How to do word problems in Math with examples is a simple challenge activity book that provides examples of a variety of word problems. It can be used to consolidate your knowledge...

  • We Love Shapes synopsis, comments

    We Love Shapes

    Cally Finsbury

    What are the children exploring today? Shapes are all around us. Can you spot a shape? Can you name the shapes that you see? What do you see? What do you notice? Have fun spotting ...

  • Acrostic Poem synopsis, comments

    Acrostic Poem

    Cally Finsbury

    Acrostic Poem book is a simple book to aid in the revision of the features of Acrostic Poems. This book is very simple and repeats the key features needed for an Acrostic Poem. Use...

  • We Love Our Pets synopsis, comments

    We Love Our Pets

    Cally Finsbury

    Do you love animals? Do you have a pet? I love my pets. This is a wordless picture book to prompt discussion and observational skills. Ask key questions. What can you see? What do ...

  • How to Do Word Problems in Math Long Division synopsis, comments

    How to Do Word Problems in Math Long Division

    Cally Finsbury

    Solving Word Problems in Math with examples is a simple challenge activity book that provides examples of a variety of word problems. It can be used to consolidate your knowledge a...

  • Phonics Reading Practice Words Oy synopsis, comments

    Phonics Reading Practice Words Oy

    Cally Finsbury

    You can help your child prepare for their Phonics Screening Check by reviewing the phonics they've learned in Reception and Year 1. This simple book has words for you and your chil...

  • Never Give Up High Frequency Words synopsis, comments

    Never Give Up High Frequency Words

    Cally Finsbury

    Children's story to help to demonstrate the importance of determination and grit.What can you do to help your children become more successful?Read with your child and provide examp...

  • I Love My Cute Pig synopsis, comments

    I Love My Cute Pig

    Cally Finsbury

    A simple and short picture book about the love of a cute pig. Simple short phrases about how you might love the different activities that your pig does. Do you like pigs? Do you th...

  • Hide and Seek Find Me If You Can Cakes synopsis, comments

    Hide and Seek Find Me If You Can Cakes

    Cally Finsbury

    A simple matching book for children. Did you know that there are many benefits to matching and memory games? My son and I love playing simple games. This book gives you the opportu...

  • Help Us Show Different Amounts of Money synopsis, comments

    Help Us Show Different Amounts of Money

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple book. Children need to understand there are coins. These coins can make different amounts of money. This book reminds children that they can make various amounts o...

  • Adjectives synopsis, comments

    Adjectives

    Cally Finsbury

    Adjectives book is a simple revision reminder for my son. He wanted to know what adjectives are and to test his knowledge and understanding. This very short simple picture book is ...

  • Meet My Potty synopsis, comments

    Meet My Potty

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a short silly story about a toddler who is ready for potty training. The child has lots of potties in different colours around his home. His parents have high hopes for him...

  • I Can See synopsis, comments

    I Can See

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple story. What can Amira see? This is to encourage children to read CVC words. Very easy to read and a very short read.Make it into a simple game. Just read it togeth...

  • I Have Goals synopsis, comments

    I Have Goals

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a very simple picture book. This simple book is about how a boy develops his ability to set goals in all areas of his life. The start was having a plan and making a list. H...

  • We Love to Draw Dinosaurs synopsis, comments

    We Love to Draw Dinosaurs

    Cally Finsbury

    Welcome to class. What are the children learning today? The children are learning about art. The children are learning about the different elements of art. What do you need to know...

  • Chinese New Year is Here synopsis, comments

    Chinese New Year is Here

    Cally Finsbury

    Chinese New year is a wonderful time of year, join in the celebrations and find out more about what it is and why it is important. Children love sharing stories and their experienc...

  • Hide and Seek Find Me If You Can Unicorns synopsis, comments

    Hide and Seek Find Me If You Can Unicorns

    Cally Finsbury

    A simple matching book for children. Did you know that there are many benefits to matching and memory games? My son and I love playing simple games. This book gives you the opportu...

  • Help Us Learn about Lent and How It Is Connected to Easter synopsis, comments

    Help Us Learn about Lent and How It Is Connected to Easter

    Cally Finsbury

    What is Easter? What is Lent? How are Lent and Easter connected? Who celebrates Easter? Why do Christians celebrate Easter? What do Christians do to prepare for Easter? What do Chr...

  • Affirmations For Your Daily Life synopsis, comments

    Affirmations For Your Daily Life

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple picture book with affirmations for kids.Do you know what affirmations are?Affirmations are positive statements that can help you to overcome selfsabotaging, negati...

  • Math Puzzles for Kids Place Value synopsis, comments

    Math Puzzles for Kids Place Value

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple book to reinforce your child's knowledge, awareness and understanding of place value. Place Value is significant because it provides the foundation for regrouping,...

  • How My Heart Feels synopsis, comments

    How My Heart Feels

    Cally Finsbury

    This is a simple picture book about emotions. How do you feel? Are you feeling happy? Are you feeling mad? How do you express how you are feeling? How do you discuss with your chil...

  • Phonics Reading Practice Words Air synopsis, comments

    Phonics Reading Practice Words Air

    Cally Finsbury

    You can help your child prepare for their Phonics Screening Check by reviewing the phonics they've learned in Reception and Year 1. This simple book has words for you and your chil...

  • Greater Than or Less Than For Super Kids synopsis, comments

    Greater Than or Less Than For Super Kids

    Cally Finsbury

    This simple book is to help your children to understand greater than. This book has a super kid theme. Greater than (>) and less than (

  • Phonics Reading Practice Words 1 synopsis, comments

    Phonics Reading Practice Words 1

    Cally Finsbury

    You can help your child prepare for their Phonics Screening Check by reviewing the phonics they've learned in Reception and Year 1. This simple book has words for you and your chil...

  • Reading Practice Cvc Words One synopsis, comments

    Reading Practice Cvc Words One

    Cally Finsbury

    This simple book has cvc words. CVC words are consonantvowelconsonant words. They are words like cat, zip, rug, and pen. The vowel sound is always short. These words can be read by...

  • I Am Proud Of My Dad synopsis, comments

    I Am Proud Of My Dad

    Cally Finsbury

    Do you love and care for someone important in your life? Do you have a hero or role model that you look up to or inspire to be like? This is a simple picture book with no words and...

  • I Love My Panda synopsis, comments

    I Love My Panda

    Cally Finsbury

    Do you love pandas? If you do you will understand why this child is fascinated with her panda and reads, explores and finds out more about why pandas are so great.It is an easy and...

  • Getting To Know You synopsis, comments

    Getting To Know You

    Cally Finsbury

    It is really easy to start a conversation if you are shown how and then knowhow. Making friends and getting to know other children can be simple if a child knows how. This simple s...

  • Laura Visits French Alphabet Animals synopsis, comments

    Laura Visits French Alphabet Animals

    Cally Finsbury

    This simple alphabet book has pictures of animals with their French name. It provides an opportunity to have simple fun with your child. There is a simple bee that explores alphabe...

  • Math Fun for Kids Arithmetic Addition synopsis, comments

    Math Fun for Kids Arithmetic Addition

    Cally Finsbury

    This simple book provides the opportunity for you and your child to have fun adding and developing your confidence and understanding of arithmetic. What is arithmetic KS1? Arithmet...