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 miles9.9 km
- Islington 1.9 miles3.1 km
- City of Westminster 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Bexley 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Sutton 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Croydon 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Slough 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Harrow 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Watford 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Woking 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Harlow 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Grays 20.2 miles32.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Holborn & Covent Garden Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Regent's Park Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- King's Cross Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- St. Pancras & Somers Town Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- West End Ward 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Clerkenwell Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Marylebone Ward 1 mile1.7 km
- Farringdon Without Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Caledonian Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- St. James's Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Castle Baynard Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Farringdon Within Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
Example postcodes in Bloomsbury
WC1N 1LB, WC1H 9PJ, WC1B 3NA, W1T 6EW, W1T 5DH, WC1A 2TA, WC1A 2HL, WC1N 1LE, W1T 1BF … See all
Transport links
- London City Airport 8.1 miles13.1 km
- London Heathrow Airport 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Euston railway station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- St Pancras International Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Waterloo Bus Depot 1.7 miles2.7 km
Hotels in Bloomsbury Ad
- The Montague on the Gardens 4
- The Bloomsbury 5
- The Kings Arms Pub & Boutique Rooms
- Magda Boutique Rooms
- Morton Hotel 4
- The Rathbone Hotel, Fitzrovia 4
- Kimpton - Fitzroy London 5
- Pullman London St Pancras 4
- The Ridgemount Hotel 2
- Radisson Blu Hotel, London Euston Square (Formerly Grafton) 4
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 miles0.1 km
- University of London University 0.3 miles0.5 km
- British Museum Museum 0.3 miles0.5 km
- British Library Library 0.5 miles0.8 km
- London Palladium Theatre 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Stanfords Library 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Wigmore Hall Theatre 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane Theatre 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Gray's Inn Historic site 0.8 miles1.4 km
- London Transport Museum Museum 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Museum 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Daunt Books Library 0.9 miles1.4 km