Bohemian Bloomsbury

Holborn underground station, London (main exit, debouches onto Kingsway)

Guided by Andy R. or Brian or Jan or Tom

Walk Times

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 – THE PRACTICALS

 Bohemian Bloomsbury takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 2 pm.

The meeting point is just outside the main exit of Holborn Tube.