Pentonville Road the road in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly after the arrival of London railways in the 1840s. As industrial manufacturing fell out of favour in London in the late 20th century, many properties are now residential or student accommodation. Current premises include the Crafts Council Gallery on the site of a former chapel, the Scala nightclub in a former cinema, and The Castle, a public house. The road is long and runs east from King's Cross station as a continuation of Euston Road. It ends at the Angel, Islington, at a junction with Islington High Street and Goswell Road;
HM Prison Pentonville the prison held 1,215 men. Pentonville is a local prison, holding Category B/C adult males remanded by local magistrates' and crown court, and those serving short sentences or beginning longer sentences. The prison is divided into these main wings: There are problems with drugs and weapons being thrown into the prison. Following the 2016 prison escape Camilla Poulton of Pentonville Prison Independent Monitoring Board, said: Michael Gove, former justice secretary described Pentonville as “the most dramatic example of failure” within the prisons estate. Mike Rolfe, chair of the Prison Officers Association said: The Independent Monitoring Board described Pentonville as squalid