Please note
You must reserve your place online for this walk. Select your date and time on the table below.
Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway)
Guided by Andy R. or Brian or Jan or Tom
Please note
You must reserve your place online for this walk. Select your date and time on the table below.
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Weekly | 2 pm | 4 pm | Winter Summer | Reserve Online |
Bloomsbury & the Museum Quarter What larks! What plunges!
Unexpected, Uncommon, Unforgettable
Hidden in plain sight off the beaten track awaits Bloomsbury. Meander through tree lined squares and streets built after The Great Fire of London and expect the unexpected at every turn. Cromwell’s ‘ghost’, Nelson’s funeral Director, Longitude, King George III and Peter Pan. Water conduits that once ran with wine, centuries old canopied houses, the birthplace of the Arts & Crafts movement and the most famous children’s hospital in the world. And writers. Here was aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, here were Dickens’ child chimney sweeps, here was where poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath married and George Orwell introduced us to Big Brother. And this was Virginia Woolf’s neighborhood too, close to The British Museum, founded with Chelsea resident Hans Sloane’s collection. It’s said that, ‘London specialises in hiding the best of itself’ and on this walk that applies in spades. Perhaps combine the walk with the British Museum or have a drink at a traditional old pub, many with outside seating.
Guided by Brian, Tom, Jan and Andy
Bohemian Bloomsbury takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm.
The meeting point is just outside the main exit of Holborn Tube.
If you can’t make one of the regularly scheduled, just-turn-up, public Mountain Building & Meteorites in the City of London walks it can always be booked as a private tour. If you go private you can have the Bohemian Bloomsbury walk – or any other London Walk – on a day and at a time that suits your convenience. We’ll tailor it to your requirements. Ring Fiona or Noel or Mary on 020 7624 3978 or email us at privatewalks@walks.com and we’ll set it up and make it happen for you. A private London Walk – they’re good value for an individual or couple and sensational value for a group – makes an ideal group or educational or birthday party or office (team-building) or club outing.
A private London Walk makes a fab gift – be it a birthday or anniversary or Christmas present or whatever. Merchandise schmerchandise (gift wrapped or not) – but giving someone an experience, now that’s special. Memories make us rich.