History

One KX is located in what was once the Tonbridge Club. Founded as the City Mission of the Tonbridge School in 1882, in a hut on Judd Street in the Holy Cross, St. Pancras. The Club moved to the building we see today in the 1930's and boasted a gymnasium, theatre, canteen and squash court. From its opening, until the late 1980's, the club was held in high regard by the local community and played a significant part in the lives of thousands of young people. An active and successful programme developed which even included boys’ ballet! In the 1990's the Club closed and in 2001 Central YMCA were approached by the voluntary management committee to take over this 10,000 sq ft, five-storey building. Following extensive local consultation, feasibility studies and a £1.7 million fundraising campaign, Central YMCA took over ownership, development and management of the site. In October 2005 the builders moved in and the first phase of restoration began. Now the building work is all but complete and programme development has begun under the following guiding core values:

Vision: to make King’s Cross a healthy and learning community