Canterbury Works Headhouse
The Canterbury Works Headhouse is located in South Kilburn, behind Canterbury Road and Canterbury Terrace and next to the existing railway tracks.
The site sits within residential areas to the west and south. Locally listed Canterbury House is to the south and St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is to the east.
Headhouse construction
The Canterbury Works Headhouse is HS2’s first completely diesel-free site with a variety of diesel-free technologies and greener equipment having been introduced.
Innovations on this site include one of the UK’s first 160 tonne emissions-free fully electric crawler cranes; the use of biofuels (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil) to power plant and machinery on site; an electric compressor; and access to mains power on a 100% renewable energy tariff.
HS2’s Net Zero Carbon Plan sets out how HS2 will achieve new carbon reduction milestones, support the decarbonisation of the UK construction sector, and reduce the carbon footprint of the programme. Other sites are set to follow suit, with innovations including retrofit technologies, biofuels, hydrogen and solar power helping to cut carbon across the whole of the route.
Slide 1 of 3: Birds eye view of the Canterbury Works Ventilation Shaft.
Slide 2 of 3: Canterbury Works Ventilation Shaft in South Kilburn, London, showing the shaft and the new electric crawler crane.
Slide 3 of 3: Canterbury Works Ventilation Shaft in South Kilburn, London, showing the shaft and the new electric crawler crane.
Headhouse design
After consulting the local community on the designs of the future Canterbury Works Headhouse, we have now reduced the size of the vertical ventilation stacks to the minimum required dimensions and height. We’ve also reduced the size of the chimneys.
In addition, we reviewed our landscaping plans to maximise the height of the tree screening between the headhouse and residential buildings on Canterbury Terrace and Canterbury House. We will plant trees in a zig zag formation to provide greater coverage between the residential and headhouse buildings. The green roofs have been adapted to maximise the aesthetic visual impact for residents in Canterbury Terrace and Carlton House.
Canterbury Works Headhouse – online community update – February 2022
Slide 1 of 7: Artist's impression of a distant view of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 2 of 7: Artist's impression of a side view of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 3 of 7: Artist's impression of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 4 of 7: Artist's impression of a distant view of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 5 of 7: Artist's impression of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 6 of 7: Artist's impression of a distant view of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
Slide 7 of 7: Artist's impression of the Canterbury Works Headhouse.
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