Bloomsbury sits in the heart of central London, within the borough of Camden, and is characterised by a grid of Georgian terraces and garden squares such as Russell Square. It has long been an intellectual and cultural quarter, closely linked with the University of London and the arts, with the British Museum anchoring a cluster of museums, libraries and publishing houses and lending the area its literary reputation via the Bloomsbury Group.
Today Bloomsbury blends a lively academic and cultural economy with a diverse local community of residents, students and hospital workers connected to places like Great Ormond Street Hospital. Conservation areas, specialist bookshops and steady tourism sit alongside strong transport links to Euston, Holborn and Tottenham Court Road, keeping the ward busy and relevant within central London.
Postcode districts covering Bloomsbury
NW1, W1T, WC1A, WC1B, WC1E, WC1H, WC1N, WC1V
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 6.2 miles
- Islington 1.9 miles
- City of Westminster 1.5 miles
- Bexley 12.6 miles
- Sutton 11.6 miles
- Croydon 11.4 miles
- Slough 20.4 miles
- Harrow 10.1 miles
- Watford 15.2 miles
- Woking 24.4 miles
- Harlow 19.8 miles
- Grays 20.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Holborn & Covent Garden Ward 0.7 miles
- Regent's Park Ward 0.7 miles
- King's Cross Ward 0.7 miles
- St. Pancras & Somers Town Ward 0.8 miles
- West End Ward 0.8 miles
- Clerkenwell Ward 1 mile
- Marylebone Ward 1 mile
- Farringdon Without Ward 1.2 miles
- Caledonian Ward 1.2 miles
- St. James's Ward 1.2 miles
- Castle Baynard Ward 1.3 miles
- Farringdon Within Ward 1.4 miles
Example postcodes in Bloomsbury
W1T 5JA, WC1H 0HA, WC1B 3NN, WC1B 5DU, W1T 6AA, WC1H 0PY, WC1H 9JZ, W1T 5DW, WC1E 7AR … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 8.1 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 14.4 miles
- Euston railway station 0.4 miles
- St Pancras International Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Waterloo Bus Depot 1.7 miles
Hotels in Bloomsbury Ad
- Charlotte Street Hotel 5
- The Montague on the Gardens 4
- The Kings Arms Pub & Boutique Rooms
- The Bloomsbury 5
- Magda Boutique Rooms
- Morton Hotel 4
- The Rathbone Hotel, Fitzrovia 4
- Kimpton - Fitzroy London 5
- Pullman London St Pancras 4
- The Ridgemount Hotel 2
Schools in Bloomsbury
- Guildhouse School Independent - secondary
- Jeannine Manuel School Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Museum 0.1 miles
- University of London University 0.3 miles
- British Museum Museum 0.3 miles
- British Library Library 0.5 miles
- London Palladium Theatre 0.7 miles
- Stanfords Library 0.8 miles
- Wigmore Hall Theatre 0.8 miles
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatre 0.8 miles
- Gray's Inn Historic site 0.8 miles
- London Transport Museum Museum 0.9 miles
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum 0.9 miles
- Daunt Books Library 0.9 miles