Bloomsbury Map & Visitor Briefing
Public Transport, Shops, Restaurants, Visitor Facilities
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Bloomsbury is a very central district of London within easy walking distance of Covent Garden, Piccadilly and Oxford Street amongst others. Bloomsbury
is a very short walk from many of London's West End Theatres, Covent
Garden and Leicester Square only a 15 minute walk tops.
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The area is dominated by 3 big institutions, the British Museum, Great Ormonds Street Children's Hospital and the University of London.
But it is for Bloomsburys central location and proximity to the West End Theatres and nightlife that most visitors come.
The north of the district around Tavistock Square and the Holiday Inn is village like with small community shops, launderettes etc. Tavistock Square is just one of many small parks in the area, all attractively set out with plenty of seats, tame squirrels and birds, even a cafe at Russell Square.
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If you have kids Coram's Fields is the largest with some facilities to amuse children.
Around Russell Square and Holborn there is a lot of large hotels and more commercial activity. There are several small Tesco and Sainsburys mini-supermarkets spread throughout the southern part of Bloomsbury.
In the UK shops are open 7 days a week, until late in this area - with a slow start on Sunday.
Bloomsbury is famous for its literary past and there are lots of small book and collectors shops all around. Some are there for the University of London just north of the British Museum. Most of the bookshops are around an area stretching from around the British Museum and Holborn to Leicester Square.
Bloomsbury is not a major transport hub itself. The Underground or taxi is probably going to be the way you arrive at your hotel. Russell Square, Holborn and Tottenham Court Road are the major tube stations in the vicinity.
Charing Cross Road is the hub of the bookshops immortalised by the play and film 84 Charing Cross Road. Foyles is a famous large bookshop by Tottenham Court Road, one of the largest with 5 floors and often visiting authors.
Shops and Restaurants In Bloomsbury
The area of Bloomsbury from the British Museum south has a maze of narrow streets containing lots of interesting specialist shops, pubs and services. As you walk south you come into the West End with many theatres.
Here there is every kind of restaurant for every budget. To the west of the district is the Tottenham Court Road, the focus for electrical goods - every other shop selling electrical gadgets of one kind or another.
Self Guided Shopping Walk Starting From Bloomsbury
The main general shopping area is to the west of Bloomsbury, but there are some interesting specialist shopping districts in the immediate area of Bloomsury. Bloomsbury is crammed full of book and antique shops.
We have a self guided walk that starts at Tottenham Court Road, the western border of Bloomsbury. This is the main consumer electronics district. The walk goes on through the book and music districts before going through Chinatown and eventually to the main shopping areas you have heard off.
Self Guided Shopping Walk - More Details
Public Transport Around Bloomsbury
The Bloomsbury is area is serviced by three underground stations, Tottenham Court Road, Holborn and Russell Square through which the Central, Piccadilly and Northern lines run. One of these will take you most places you will want to go very quickly from about 05:00 to about midnight.
We have full details about using the London Underground on a detailed page. Do remember stations are quite close together, for Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Oxford Street its normally nicer to walk.
London Buses are an attractive means of transport for visitors, especially perched up on the top deck of a bus. If your accommodation is in Bloomsbury, you're very central and buses are a very good alternative for the short journeys you will be making to the crowded Underground.
Bloomsbury Hotel & Underground Station Map
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| Hotel accommodation (blue circles) | ||
| 1- Welcome Inn | 16- Renaissance Chancery Crt | 26- Hazlitts |
| 2- The Generator Hostel | 17- Citadines Holborn | 27- St Giles Hotel |
| 3- Holiday Inn Bloomsbury | 18- The Kingsley | 28- St Athens Hotel |
| 4- Royal National Hotel | 19- Radisson Edwardian Kenilworth | 28- Goodwood Hotel |
| 5- Guildford + Grenville House | 20- Radisson Edwardian Marlborough | 29- Travelodge Holborn |
| 6- Hotel Russell | 21- Cheshire Hotel | 30- Lancaster Hotel |
| 7- President Hotel | 22- Gresham Hotel | 30- Clarendon |
| 8- Imperial Hotel | 23- Staunton Hotel | 30- Buckingham Hotel |
| 9- Mercure Bloomsbury | 24- Langland Hotel | 31- Portland Hotel |
| 10- Bloomsbury Park Hotel | 25- Regency House Hotel | 32- Beauchamp Hotel |
| 11- DoubleTree Hilton | 25- Garth Hotel | 33- Goodenough Club |
| 12- Bedford Hotel | 25- Hotel Cavendish | 34- Grange Blooms |
| 13- Grange Holborn | 25- Arosfa Hotel | 35- Grange White Hall |
| 14- Montague on the Gardens | 25- Arran House Hotel | |
| 15- Ruskin Hotel | 25- Gower House Hotel | |
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