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Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is a district of central London within the Borough of Camden, laid out largely as Georgian garden squares. It contains the University of London's central precinct and several national collections.

Type
neighborhood
Status
A name in common use with no authority defining its extent.

Bloomsbury is a customary district name within the London Borough of Camden. Its extent is defined by convention and by the Bloomsbury conservation areas rather than by a single boundary.

What is recorded here

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  • Museums & galleries2
  • Civic & heritage1
  • Shopping1

Places in Bloomsbury

Museums & galleries

British Museum

Bloomsbury

The British Museum is a national museum of human history and culture in Bloomsbury, London, established in 1753. Its main building, begun in 1823 to designs by Robert Smirke, is a Grade I listed building.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Museums & galleries

Charles Dickens Museum

Bloomsbury

The Charles Dickens Museum occupies the Georgian terraced house at 48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury, London, where Charles Dickens lived from 1837 to 1839. It is a Grade I listed building and opened as a museum in 1925.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Civic & heritage

The British Library

Bloomsbury

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, on Euston Road in London. Its building by Colin St John Wilson opened in 1997 and was listed Grade I in 2015, the youngest building to receive that grade at the time.

Shopping

James Smith & Sons

Bloomsbury

James Smith & Sons is an umbrella and stick maker on New Oxford Street in London, trading from the same shop since 1857 with its Victorian shopfront and interior intact. The building is Grade II* listed.

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