Scenes from Bloomsbury Squares

• Tavistock Square
  
  Enjoy scenes in central Bloomsbury London of Tavistock Square. This Square is open to the public.The centre-piece of the gardens is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which was installed in 1968.There is also a memorial to conscientious objectors (unveiled in 1995), busts of Virginia Woolf and Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake as well as a cherry tree planted in 1967 in memory of the victims of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
• Gordon Square
  
  Scenes from Gordon Square, another public square in Bloomsbury London. It was developed by Thomas Cubitt in the 1820s, as one of a pair with Tavistock Square, which is a block away and has the same dimensions. As with most London squares the central garden was originally for the private use of the residents of the surrounding houses, but it now belongs to the University of London and is open to the public.
• Woburn Square
  
  Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury Squares and owned by the University of London. Designed by Thomas Cubitt and built between 1829 and 1847.The original construction was of 41 second rate houses, smaller than those of adjoining Gordon Square and hence with lower rents. The square was built on the boundary between the parishes of St. Pancras and Holborn and the boundary marker stones are still visible in the gardens. The two squares were built to improve land that was originally a swamp.
• Russell Square
  
  Russell square, Bloomsbury London, is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford, who developed the family's London landholdings in the 17th and 18th centuries, beginning with Covent Garden (Bedford Street). Russell Square was formed when new streets were laid out by the Duke on the site of the gardens of his former home Bedford House, their London house.
• Bloomsbury Square
  
  The square was developed by 4th Earl of Southampton, in the late 17th century, and was initially known as Southampton Square. It was one of the earliest London squares
• Queen Square
  
  The square was previously named Queen Anne's Square because a statue contained within it was misidentified as depicting Queen Anne. This statue is now believed to be a portrayal of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III
• St George's Gardens
  
  Wonderfully secluded graveyard gardens, especially beautiful in summer surrounded by a haze of blooms and smelling of damp earth. Read the centuries-old gravestones lined up against the gardens’ walls, or peer into the depths of a tomb whose bricks have crumbled into darkness…or just sit and eat your lunch on the grass. A hidden gem in Bloomsbury.
• Coram Fields
  
  Coram's Fields is a large urban open space in the London borough of Camden in central London, England. It occupies seven acres in Bloomsbury and includes a children's playground, sand pits, a duck pond, a pets corner, café and nursery. Adults (defined as anyone over the age of 16) are only permitted to enter if accompanied by children (under 16).