Category Events
Wellbeing Walks – autumn season
The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on brisk walks around Bloomsbury to improve your circulation and increase your weekly step count.Walks are led by the expert Camden Guides* and include a brief stop at the halfway point to hear a few fascinating facts about the location before walking on.Free of charge. Please […]
The stories behind the trees
A FREE event, all welcome. 3.00 p.m. Sunday 10 September 2023 In what is now a regular annual event, Bob Gilbert will tellthe stories behind the trees in St. George’s Gardens, as well asthose of some of its ‘weeds’ and wild flowers. Exploring,among other things, their folklore, their historical associationsand their traditional uses, he will […]
Summer garden concert, Sunday 20 August
The Friends of St George’s Gardens invite you to a Songhaven concert in St George’s Gardens, from 3 pm.Entry via Handel Street WC1H 8HZSongs from stage & screen will be performed by Anna Goodhew (soprano), Patricia Hammond (mezzo-soprano) and Matt Redman (multi-instrumentalist).Come and enjoy this relaxed, family-friendly & dementia-friendly event.Bring your own drinks & picnic, […]
Picnic in the Park
Picnic in the Park is back for the second year running! Take a break from your desk and join us in Russell Square Gardens for live music, deck chairs and free picnic blankets! Across the three weeks, we’ll be joined by an array of musicians to keep you entertained, whilst you take a well-deserved break!
CHALLENGE THE CHESS MASTER
An afternoon of alfresco chess will take place in Russell Square on Saturday 10 June. There will be an opportunity to take on former British Champion, Grandmaster Stuart Conquest, or former British Junior Champion and International Master Malcolm Pein in a game of speed chess. Play on the Giant Chess set or enjoy friendly games […]
St George’s Gardens summer party, 3 June
The Friends of St George’s Gardens’ summer party is on Saturday 3 June, 2 till 5 pm – the first party since 2019 and less than two weeks away. Come for a relaxing afternoon of music and fun. “For music we have the Marama Café Band – our regulars – but supplemented by the full […]
‘Alternative King’s Cross’ guided walk
Friends of St George’s Gardens invite you on the Alternative King’s Cross guided walk with Camden Guide Chris Foster on Saturday 1 April . Meet in St George’s Gardens at 11.00 am near the chapel of rest. Chris used to be ‘the Bobby on the beat’ in this neighbourhood and he has many stories to […]
Coram charities feature at Friends of St George’s Gardens AGM 23 March
The Friends write: Our AGM will be on Thursday 23 March at 7pm at the KCBNA Community Centre in Marchmont Street. Anyone is welcome to join us. We will have a business meeting first – report on the year, accounts and elections – followed by refreshments and then a guest speaker. When thinking who we […]
The House of Pankhurst, Russell Square
The home of Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was on the site where the Kimpton Fitzroy Hotel now stands on the east side of Russell Square. There’s a commemorative plaque on the side of the building in Bernard St. Old black and white footage shows a huge procession of white-clad women passing through Russell Square for Suffragette […]
Women’s History Month in Bloomsbury
What better way to start Women’s History Month 2023 than by celebrating a bunch of determined women who, overcoming huge hurdles, excelled in the male-dominated world of medicine, smashing multiple glass ceilings along the way. A walking tour with Camden Guides will take you in and out of the squares. Booking essential, see links below. On 2 […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 