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Bloomsbury is an intellectual and literary hub for London, as home of world-known Bloomsbury Publishing, publishers of the Harry Potter series, and namesake of the Bloomsbury Group, a group of British intellectuals which included author Virginia Woolf, biographer Lytton Strachey, and economist John Maynard Keynes.
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house established in 1986. It has companies in London, New York, Sydney and Delhi.
Today, Bloomsbury remains a place where ideas flourish and imaginations run wild. Discover a treasure trove of artefacts in Bloomsbury's museums and galleries, from the world-renowned British Museum to the quirky collections at the Museum of Comedy.
- 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).
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.
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Bloomsbury, residential and academic area in the borough of Camden, London. Bloomsbury is the site of the main administrative buildings of the University of London (notably the imposing Senate House), as well as the British Museum and the British Medical Association.
Bloomsbury is a vibrant historic district made most famous by a group of turn-of-the-century writers that included Virginia Woolf and EM Forster (the "Bloomsbury Set"), economist John Maynard Keynes and the artist Roger Fry.
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