Wander through the Bloomsbury area of London, made famous by Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens, and see tourist attractions such as the British Museum, the Lamb pub, Great Ormond Street Hospital and other places associated with famous British writers.

Information about this walk

Overview

This walk takes you around some of the famous literary areas of London such as Bloomsbury and Russell Square, passing attractions such as Senate House at the University of London.

Though many of the actual residences no longer exist, you will also see where people such as Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf once lived and mixed in literary circles.



General Route

( more detailed directions are included in walk details )

Start at Tottenham Court Road station - Bedford Square - Senate House - Gordon Square - Tavistock Square - Russell Square - Brunswick Square - Great Ormond Street Hospital - Corams Fields - Lamb's Conduit Street - Theobalds Road - Bloomsbury Square - Museum Street - British Museum - end at Tottenham Court Road station



Time Required

Allow 2 hours



Best time to do it

Any time during daylight hours, preferably in dry weather as there isn't a lot of shelter on this walk



Last Updated

This walk was first published in July, 2003