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Bloomsbury is more than just a London neighbourhood; it's a living testament to the bold visionaries who shaped its past. From the development of some of the city's first garden squares in the 17th century to the innovative minds of the Bloomsbury Set, this area has always been a hub of forward-thinking. Today, Bloomsbury remains a place where ideas flourish and imaginations run wild.
Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest museum in the United Kingdom, and several educational institutions, including University College London and a number of other colleges and institutes of the University of London as well as its central headquarters, the New College of the Humanities, the University of Law, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the British Medical Association ...
Neighborhood: Bloomsbury. Snuggly nestled within Central London is academic and leafy Bloomsbury, an area that boasts walking distance access to many of London's most popular attractions. It is also home to some of Britain's most celebrated museums, including the must-see British Museum. Despite an understandable popularity with students ...
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- Woburn Walk
- The Brunswick Centre
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
- British Museum
- Foundling Museum
- Grant Museum of Zoology
- Blue Plaque Hunting
- Japanese Roof Garden
- Bloomsbury Farmers Market
- Russell Square Gardens
Spend a morning wandering along Woburn Walk, a pretty Georgian shopping street designed by Thomas Cubitt in 1822. This was the first-ever pedestrian shopping street in the capital and luckily for us, many of the stucco-fronted buildings are Grade II listed, which means that the facades are preserved beautifully. The best part? Woburn Walk couldn’t ...
Just around the corner from Woburn Walk, you’ll find The Brunswick Centre. It’s no secret that I love Brutalist architecture, and this striking Bloomsbury building is no exception. Designed by Patrick Hodgkinson, The Brunswick Centre is part residential, part shopping centre, and it’s a great place to check out one of London’s most prominent Brutal...
As one of the quirkier things to do in Bloomsbury, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeologyis a hidden gem in the capital. Named after UCL’s first professor of Egyptology and top excavator, Flinders Petrie, this is a museum dedicated to Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology and a must-visit for anyone looking to learn more about this part of history. D...
No Bloomsbury area guide would be complete without mentioning The British Museum. Most of London’s museumsare actually free, but this is arguably one of the best in the capital. The museum houses a wide variety of objects that have been collected over the years, including part of the Rosetta Stone, ancient Chinese artefacts, and plenty of tales fro...
Another museum you have to visit while you’re in Bloomsbury is The Foundling Museum. Whilst it is slightly eerie, this museum tells the story of the Foundling hospital, originally a home for children who had been abandoned by their parents. There’s plenty to make your way through here, with exhibitions, contemporary art, collection displays and a v...
The last museum to make this guide is the Grant Museum of Zoology, established by Robert Edmond Grant in 1827 as a part of UCL. It first opened to the public in 1996, and boasts an impressive 68,000 specimens on display here, including the world’s rarest skeleton, the quagga, and dodo bones. Definitely worth checking out if you can stomach being in...
Okay, hear me out. Wandering around looking for blue plaques may not appeal to everyone, but it’s one of the really fun (and free!) things to do in Bloomsbury. Plenty of well-known names have been lucky enough to call Bloomsbury home over the last few hundred years, including Virginia Woolf and Charles Darwin. It’s really exciting to meander throug...
Want to see something really unusual? Head to the Japanese roof gardenon top of SOAS, University of London. The garden is dedicated to forgiveness, which I think you’ll agree is pretty cute, and it’s a great spot to sit, reflect, and take five away from the busy city.
In my opinion, taking a stroll through Bloomsbury Farmers Marketis one of the funnest things to do in Bloomsbury. You can usually find this little market open on Thursdays between 9am-2pm, with an abundance of fresh food on sale and picnic spots nearby – although it’s not always there, there’s a cracking Italian stall called Seriously Italian that’...
Whilst you’re not short for a choice of beautiful parks in London, Russell Square Gardens is my favourite green space in Bloomsbury. With an impressive central water feature and even a cafe in the garden, this is the perfect spot to relax with your friends if the weather picks up (but, let’s face it, it is London).
Sep 18, 2024 · 3. Spend some hours exploring the British Library. Photo: Sun_Shine via Shutterstock. Bloomsbury is home to the largest national library in the world. Home to over 170 million items, including the Magna Carta and original lyric scribblings from The Beatles, Bookworms will revel in the treasures of The British Library.
Sep 22, 2023 · 2. Charles Dickens Museum. 1,237. Speciality Museums. Bloomsbury. The Charles Dickens Museum in London holds the world's most important Dickens collection with over 100,000 items including manuscripts, rare editions, personal items, paintings and other visual sources…. See tours. 2024. 3.
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51.51897-0.12289 13 Bloomsbury Square, Bloomsbury Sq, WC1A 2LS (Holborn CENPIC / Russell Square PIC ), ☏ +44 20 7974-1693, fax: +44 20 7974-1543. Dusk-dawn. This garden square was established by Lord Southampton in 1665 and is the oldest square in London. It was opened to the public in the 1950s.
