The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on healthy, brisk walks around Bloomsbury with the expert Camden Guides.* Just turn up on the day for a one hour circular walk.
Spaces limited – allocated on a first come, first served basis. Walks will go ahead in all weathers.
Free of charge.
Day | Date | Time | Start | Theme |
Tue | 15.03.22 | 12.00 | Brunswick Square | Walk in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell |
Wed | 23.03.22 | 12.00 | Red Lion Square | Find out origins of the World War 2, ‘Keep Calm and Carry on’ slogan |
Mon | 28.03.22 | 11.00 | Bedford Square | Find out how fish and chips inspired the first female cabinet minister |
Sat | 09.04.22 | 12.00 | St George’s Gardens | Visit 1970 London’s biggest tourist attraction |
Tue | 12.04.22 | 11.00 | Bloomsbury Square | Discover the History of UCL |
Wed | 20.04.22 | 12.30 | Gordon Square (café) | Discover Fitzrovia’s hidden gem |
Sat | 30.04.22 | 12.00 | Red Lion Square | Fanny & Stella – the young men who shocked Victorian England |
Wed | 04.05.22 | 12.00 | Marchmont Community Gardens | Girls finally start getting a proper education |
Mon | 09.05.22 | 11.00 | Bedford Square | Meet the red-stockinged poet of Edwardian life, loss and nature |
Thur | 19.05.22 | 11.00 | Red Lion Square | Visit an urban oasis with a gruesome past |
Tue | 24.05.22 | 11.00 | Gordon Square (café) | Discover some unique medical history |
Wed | 01.06.22 | 12.30 | Marchmont Community Gardens | A short walk to Cambridgeshire |
Thur | 09.06.22 | 11.00 | Russell Square (fountains) | Discover the Church at the heart of the Italian Quarter |
Sat | 18.06.22 | 12.00 | St George’s Gardens | How bomb damage has made a residential street more beautiful |
Mon | 20.06.22 | 11.00 | Russell Square (fountains) | Appreciate the work of Camden’s pioneering women of social housing |
Tue | 28.06.22 | 11.00 | Queen Square | A walk to meet reformers and social philanthropists |
Wed | 06.07.22 | 12.00 | Red Lion Square | Girls finally start getting a proper education |
Wed | 13.07.22 | 12.30 | Queen Square | Dickens, Donne and the Law (no dogs allowed today) |
*Sessions are run on a volunteer basis by qualified Camden Guides, https://camdenguides.com/*
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