Greater London Trip Overview
In this walking tour we will explore the beautiful world-famous squares of Bloomsbury. With its unmatched heritage of writers and big names in the London literary world from Charles Dickens to Virginia Woolf, Beatrix Potter to George Orwell, W.B. Yeats to Gandhi and plenty more. It has a quiet cultural atmosphere that still resonates to this day and you might be inspired to write a best-seller yourself. Even if you don’t know the writers, this is the part of town that everyone imagines London to be with tree lined streets, beautiful garden squares and black iron railings and so offers something for everyone.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
Explore Greater London Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Greater London, England, United Kingdom
In this walking tour we will explore the beautiful world-famous squares of Bloomsbury. With its unmatched heritage of writers and big names in the London literary world from Charles Dickens to Virginia Woolf, Beatrix Potter to George Orwell, W.B. Yeats to Gandhi and plenty more. It has a quiet cultural atmosphere that still resonates to this day and you might be inspired to write a best-seller yourself. Even if you don’t know the writers, this is the part of town that everyone imagines London to be with tree lined streets, beautiful garden squares and black iron railings and so offers something for everyone.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Bloomsbury, London England
We will explore the gardens, squares and streets of literary Bloomsbury.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Bedford Square, Montague Pl, London England
This picturesque square was once the home to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as well as having connections to other later important figures such as Beatrix Potter. We will walk through the streets and see sights relating to 1984, Charles Darwin and other big names.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, London England
Home of the influential Bloomsbury Group amongst many others
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tavistock Square, London England
Visit Londons Peace garden with its strong literary links
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Woburn Walk, London WC1H 0JL England
Visit the outside of the home of Irish writer WB Yeats
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Coram’s Fields, Corams Fields 93 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DN England
Learn about this influential sailor who set the tone fo the philanthropic nature of Bloomsbury
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Charles Dickens Museum 48 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LX England
We visit the outside of Charles Dickens house in Bloomsbury. Nearby are the homes of less famous but perhaps even more important writers
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Russell Square, London WC1B 5EH England
The largest and most famous square in Bloomsbury, once the home of Orson Welles amongst others and nearby we will pass a home belonging to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG England
In the narrow streets opposite The British Museum, we will learn about one of the infamous Bloomsbury writers, Aleister Crawley and his belief in the blackest of black magic.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: St George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way Bloomsbury, London WC1A 2SD England
We finish off at the second of our spots relating to the Suffragette movement of votes for women.
Duration: 10 minutes
