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Bloomsbury bedhoppers – BBC’s Life in Squares
‘Lived in Squares, painted in circles, loved in triangles’ as someone once said, talking of the Bloomsbury Group, arguably the Bloomsbury squares most famous residents. Now the BBC has picked up their story in a three-part mini-series. The story beings at the start of the 20th century, as the Victorian era ends and an unexpected period […]
New smartphone app for walks in the Bloomsbury Squares
The Bloomsbury squares and gardens are nearly all close to each other and a pleasant self-guided walk connects them and other places and items of interest. Once you are in the area, you can follow trails around the squares using your smartphone. Download the TiCL app onto your smartphone by clicking this link and look for the following trails: A […]
London – world’s first National Park City
Joining the UK’s 15 national parks soon – London is set to become the world’s first National Park City say campaigners. It’s already thought to be Europe’s greenest capital city, with 47 % of its area made up of parks, nature reserves and gardens. Nine out of ten Londoners are said to support the idea. […]
Bloomsbury Square’s new Cycle Vault
Have you heard about the new secure cycle storage facility just opened in Bloomsbury Square? Midtown’s Cycle Vault in the carpark has lockers, showers and 100 cycle racks. You can cycle to work, shower and change and leave your stuff safely. You can even hire a towel so you don’t have to leave it damp […]
Great gardening by Green Gym volunteers
TCV Green Gym gardening volunteers worked in Brunswick Square last week – doing themselves and the gardens a lot of good. They are doing a monthly session over the summer. Next one in Brunswick Square is 28 July, 10.45 to 2 pm, with a break. Meet outside the Foundling Museum gate -all tools, gloves etc provided. […]
Dying to Dig?
Even if you’re not dying to dig, you might like to spend a couple of hours getting closer to nature and doing lighter work in a square that needs your help to keep looking its best. Austerity has meant less council maintenance for garden squares – but growing things (especially grass and weeds) don’t wait […]
Jane Austen’s Emma and Brunswick Square
The Emma 200 Festival celebrates the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Emma in 1815 – the novel which praises Brunswick Square: Our part of London is so very superior to most others! The neighbourhood of Brunswick Square is so very different from almost all the rest. (Emma, Chapter 12). The Friends of Brunswick Square invite you to […]
Open Garden Squares Weekend in the Bloomsbury Squares 13 and 14 June 2015
Over 200 gardens to explore in this magical two-day event including many in Bloomsbury which are not usually open to the public: e.g. Mecklenburgh Sq, Bedford Sq, Collingham Gardens, Lutheran Centre, British Medical Association, October Gallery and White Hall hotel. Check the website for open days and times, and how to buy tickets http://www.opensquares.org/
London Tree Week in the Bloomsbury Squares 23-31 May
A tree walk around the garden squares and Brunswick Square’s great plane are the main features of London Tree Week in the Bloomsbury Squares. The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens, in association with Val Martin Memorial walks, are offering a walk around the squares to look at some of the splendid and unusual […]
Spring and summer walks round Bloomsbury
Goodenough College has devised free local walks around the Bloomsbury Squares which are delivered by College members every Saturday at 11:00am. Walks for May to July are: 02 May 2015: Garden Squares of Bloomsbury 09 May 2015: Bloomsbury in Fiction 16 May 2015: Art and Society in Bloomsbury 23 May 2015: Dickens, […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 