Category Bloomsbury Square
Mayor of Camden helps at spring bulb planting in Bloomsbury Square
The Mayor of Camden helped out when a large number of volunteers planted spring bulbs recently in Bloomsbury Square. The Friends group, who garden regularly and generally try to keep the square looking good, was glad of all the extra hands that helped out on this occasion. Look out for the mass of flowers in […]
Summer community Event, Bloomsbury Square
On Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th July, we’re proposing to host a summer community event, from 11.30am – 3pm in Bloomsbury Square Gardens. This free event will create a fun, comfortable space for visitors and the local business & resident community to enjoy their lunchbreak – and a chance to celebrate summer in the […]
Free bike checks in Bloomsbury Square, 9 January
If your bike need a tune-up, come along for a free Dr Bike session in Bloomsbury Square on 9 January from 11am to 3pm, or on 5 March. It is a great opportunity to get your bike checked and security tagged. It takes about 10 minutes. The free bike MOTs are carried out by qualified […]
New bust of Humphry Repton
A new bust of Humphry Repton was unveiled in October – not in the famous London Square he created, Bloomsbury’s own Russell Square, but on the corner of Humphry Repton Lane and Elvin Gardens, just moments away from world-famous Olympic Way in Wembley. The bust was created by professional sculptor Hannah Northam. It was donated by […]
Chelsea Fringe: Sketching in the Bloomsbury Squares
The Chelsea Fringe festival is 11 years old, now worldwide, and will have events in Bloomsbury this year! Community gardeners, artists, activists and anyone with an interest in gardens, plants and outdoor space have a chance to get involved and do something fun and positive. Nick Andrew, an artist of the outdoors, will be sketching in […]
Repton’s Bloomsbury Squares
FRIENDS OF BRUNSWICK SQUARE are celebrating the bicentenary year of Humphry Repton, landscape gardener, during the Bloomsbury Festival by presenting an illustrated talk by Susan Jellis, author of ‘Repton’s London Squares’ in the new book Repton in London, published by the London Parks and Gardens Trust. Wednesday 17 October at 7.30 pm, UCL School of […]
Humphry Repton bicentenary year
The celebrated garden designer of Russell Square and Bloomsbury Square, Humphry Repton, died 200 years ago this year. He was in many ways the successor of Capability Brown and there special events celebrating his work across the country. Two are taking place on our doorstep in Bloomsbury: Repton in Context – a lecture series at […]
Green wall in Southampton Row
Have you noticed the new living wall above Pizza Express in Southampton Row just along from Russell Square or Bloomsbury Square ? What was a dull, even ugly, modern frontage has gained unusual interest (especially if you are on the other side of the road or upstairs on a bus). Maybe other sites in the area might […]
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 […]
Rethinking parks – ‘Bloomsbury Squared’
The London Borough of Camden is embarking on a one year programme to explore new ways of managing and operating nine of the Bloomsbury Squares. The Bloomsbury Squares play a fundamental role in defining the character and identity of this popular district of London. They are a valued and iconic collection of public spaces, and make […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 