Somers Town (other)
Somers Town or Somerstown may refer to: *Somers Town, London, a district of London, England * Somerstown, Portsmouth, a district of Portsmouth, England * ''Somers Town'' (film), a film directed by Shane Meadows See also * Summerstown (other) Summerstown may refer to: * Summerstown, Buckinghamshire, England * Summerstown, London, England * Summerstown, Ontario, Canada See also * Somerstown, Hampshire, England * Somers Town (other) *Summertown (other) Summertown may ...

Somers Town, London
Somers Town is an inner-city district in North West London. It has been strongly influenced by the three mainline north London railway termini: Euston (1838), St Pancras (1868) and King's Cross (1852), together with the Midland Railway Somers Town Goods Depot (1887) next to St Pancras, where the British Library now stands. Historically, the name "Somers Town" was used for the larger triangular area between the Pancras, Hampstead, and Euston Roads, but it is now taken to mean the rough rectangle centred on Chalton Street and bounded by Pancras Road, Euston Road, Eversholt Street, Crowndale Road, and the railway approaches to St Pancras station. Somers Town was originally within the medieval Parish of St Pancras, Middlesex, which in 1900 became the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras. In 1965 the Borough of St Pancras was abolished and its area became part of the London Borough of Camden. History St Pancras Old Church is believed by many to be one of the oldest Christi ...
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Somerstown, Portsmouth
Somerstown or Somers Town is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. The area was one of the most deprived wards in the city, but since 2012, it has been the subject of a major regeneration initiative. The area was developed during the 1820s, on land owned by Mr Somers, and was heavily bombed during the Second World War. After the war, the majority of what remained of the area was demolished to make way for social housing. It is a very run down area of the city, due for redevelopment. This inner city neighbourhood has relatively high levels of deprivation while much of its physical fabric is in need of renewal or refurbishment. It is one of the poorest areas in the South of England and has one of the highest rates of unemployment. The area is an integral part of the "Heart of Portsmouth" bid for SRB funding and a Joint Project Board has been established to oversee the preparation of a new physical regeneration plan through continued commun ...
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Somers Town (film)
''Somers Town'' is a 2008 British independent comedy-drama film directed by Shane Meadows, written by Paul Fraser and produced by Barnaby Spurrier. The film stars Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, and Elisa Lasowski. It was entirely funded by the train operating company Eurostar.Conor, Alan"A hidden message from our sponsors"''news.BBC.co.uk'', 13 August 2008 (Retrieved: 1 October 2009) The film is a study of social environment in the Somers Town area of London, photographed mostly in black and white, except one scene which is in colour. Plot ''Somers Town'' follows several days in the lives of two teenage boys, Tomo and Marek, who develop a mutual trust and form an unlikely friendship. Marek, a Polish immigrant, lives with his father, who drinks too much. The film begins with Tomo running away to London from a lonely, difficult life in Nottingham. When Tomo arrives at his destination, he attempts to enjoy cans of Carling that he asked a stranger to ...
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