neighbouring areas
Tree-lined avenues, cobbled lanes, bow-windowed boutiques and Georgian terraces guard the sedate grassy squares of Bloomsbury.
Living in Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is sandwiched between the financial district and the West End, making it one of London's most vibrant areas. The location is ideal for making the most of London's cosmopolitan flair, and is within walking distance of Covent Garden, Fitzrovia and Soho.
Many of the properties in this picturesque neighbourhood are situated around elegant Georgian squares, such as Bedford Square, Russell Square, Brunswick Square and Tavistock Square. Here you can find a range of apartments in elegant period conversions, traditional mansion blocks and modern blocks.
Whilst walking around Bloomsbury you will be struck by how quiet it is in comparison to other parts of London. This is because the area isn't traversed by any main thoroughfares, so the streets and squares remain relatively quiet. It's hard to believe the hustle and bustle of the West End is right on the doorstep.
Bloomsbury is the educational core of London, and is home to colleges, specialist hospitals, the British Museum and the British Library. Here you will discover a large student population in the local drinking holes, and a plethora of individual shops selling stamps, collectors' books and umbrellas.
Transport
The plethora of tube stations makes Bloomsbury easily accessible from all over London and wherever you may work.
Local tube stations include Russell Square (Piccadilly line), Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines), Tottenham Court Road (Central and Northern lines), Goodge Street (Northern line), Euston (Northern, Victoria and National Rail lines), Euston Square (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines) and Warren Street (Northern and Victoria lines).
King's Cross is the area's busiest mainline railway station.
Buses run frequently along Tottenham Court Road, Gower Street, Euston Road and New Oxford Street, including night buses. For a full list of bus routes visit www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/
History and culture
Bloomsbury was made popular by the Bloomsbury Group of writers and painters in the 1920s and 1930s. The most famous of these was Virginia Woolf, who in her earlier years lived in a Georgian Terrace where The School of Pharmacy now stands.
Historic blue plaques on houses and offices attest to the great and the good who made Bloomsbury their home. To name but a few, Bloomsbury has been the stomping ground of the novelist Charles Dickens, the poet WB Yeats, the artist Paul Nash and the playwright TS Eliot.
Today, many colleges of the University College London (UCL) are situated in this area, and Bloomsbury is overwhelmingly popular as a haunt for students, with its bookshops, cafés and bars.
For further information visit www.camden.gov.uk; www.ucl.ac.uk; www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
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