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Bloomsbury Walking Tour: Hidden London & Georgian Shadows
(18) Avis
London
Informations importantes
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Accessible aux fauteuils roulants
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Les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants peuvent voyager dans une poussette ou un landau
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Animaux d'assistance autorisés
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Des options de transport en commun sont disponibles à proximité
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Les options de transport sont accessibles aux fauteuils roulants
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
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Step beyond the guidebooks into Bloomsbury’s leafy Georgian squares, elegant townhouses, and hidden cobbled mews as you uncover the stories of the rich, the poor, the forgotten, and the Victorian philanthropists who tried to change their world.
On this walking tour, you’ll hear tales of royal scandal, abandoned children, a world‑famous children’s hospital, and literary legends including J. M. Barrie and Charles Dickens. Discover where George III was treated for his “madness,” see the former home of Virginia Woolf, and visit the church where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were married, once known as the church of the chimney sweeps.
You’ll also meet an unscrupulous property developer with a ve...
Points forts
1 heure et 45 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
1 heure et 45 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Guide
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Russell Square Station
Please arrive 10-15 mins before the tour starts. Please look for me outside the station, I will wearing a guide badge and holding an iPad.
Retour
Brunswick Centre
The Brunswick Centre is a 5 min walk from Russel Square station and many bus routes, there is also a lovely array of shops and restaurants.
Bloomsbury Walking Tour: Hidden London & Georgian Shadows
(18) Avis
London
À propos
Step beyond the guidebooks into Bloomsbury’s leafy Georgian squares, elegant townhouses, and hidden cobbled mews as you uncover the stories of the rich, the poor, the forgotten, and the Victorian philanthropists who tried to change their world.
On this walking tour, you’ll hear tales of royal scandal, abandoned children, a world‑famous children’s hospital, and literary legends including J. M. Barrie and Charles Dickens. Discover where George III was treated for his “madness,” see the former home of Virginia Woolf, and visit the church where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were married, once known as the church of the chimney sweeps.
You’ll also meet an unscrupulous property developer with a ve...
Points forts
1 heure et 45 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
1 heure et 45 minutes
Proposé en Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Guide
Points de rendez-vous
Départ
Russell Square Station
Please arrive 10-15 mins before the tour starts. Please look for me outside the station, I will wearing a guide badge and holding an iPad.
Retour
Brunswick Centre
The Brunswick Centre is a 5 min walk from Russel Square station and many bus routes, there is also a lovely array of shops and restaurants.
Itinéraire
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Hôtel Russell Square
Our first stop is at the Fitzroy Hotel, formally the Russell Hotel. Learn all about this beautiful Victorian building and it's stories linking it to the Titanic.
5 minutes
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Marchmont Street
Set amongst Georgian terraces and independent shops and cafés, with an array of blue plaques overhead, stare down at the pavement and you’ll discover hidden trinkets symbolising the tokens mothers once left behind when handing their babies over to the Foundling Hospital.
5 minutes
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Le Musée des Enfants trouvés
Hear the story of how, in 1739, Thomas Coram—a sea captain and philanthropist—obtained a Royal Charter and established the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children living on the streets.
5 minutes
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Place de la Reine
Queen Square was laid out in the 1700s and was built for the rich and powerful. Learn how all the residential buildings slowly turned into hospitals and how it ties into the madness of King George III
5 minutes
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Lambs Conduit Street, Camden, London
Lamb’s Conduit Street is described as a charming, pedestrian‑friendly historic street dating back to Tudor times, renowned for its Georgian architecture, independent boutiques, and village‑like atmosphere.
5 minutes
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Doughty Mews
Today, Doughty Mews is a picturesque, cobbled lane lined with million‑pound townhouses, but it began life as housing for the horses and servants of the wealthy families who lived on the neighbouring street.
5 minutes
7
Coram's Fields
In 1739, Thomas Coram obtained a royal charter and established a hospital for abandoned children who were living in the streets as their mothers were unable to care for them.
5 minutes
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Jardins de Brunswick Square
Hear how this square got its name, and learn all about the famous residents who lived around the square and a scandalous court case that involved the King!
5 minutes
9
The Horse Hospital
Known at The Colonnade: dating back to the 19th century, learn about The Horse Hospital a stabling for cab drivers sick horses.
5 minutes
10
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Hear the heartbreaking story of how the hospital was founded by Charles West who was appalled by the child mortality in the Victorian era and its links to Peter Pan
