London
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.
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- 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.
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- Civic & heritage1
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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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