Bloomsbury Literary Walking Tour Experience

In this original walking tour we will explore the beautiful world-famous squares of Bloomsbury.  With its unmatched heritage of writers and big names in the London literary world from Charles Dickens to Virginia Woolf, Beatrix Potter to George Orwell, W.B. Yeats to Gandhi, Lenin and plenty more.
It has a quiet cultural atmosphere that still resonates to this day and you might be inspired to write a best-seller yourself. Even if you don't know the writers, this is the part of town that everyone imagines London to be with tree lined streets, beautiful garden squares and black iron railings and so offers something for everyone.

Another of our pioneering and original tours, lamely immitated by others!

Meeting Point

Dominion Theatre

268-269 Tottenham Ct Rd, London W1T 7AQ, UK

Just outside Tottenham Court Road Underground Station but the front door of the Dominion Theatre

What's included:

• Local guide
• Private tour
• Professional guide
• Hotel pickup and drop-off by foot / London Underground

Not included:

• Transportation to/from attractions

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Bloomsbury

London

We will explore the gardens, squares and streets of literary Bloomsbury.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Bedford Square

Montague Pl, London

This picturesque square was once the home to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood as well as having connections to other later important figures such as Beatrix Potter. We will walk through the streets and see sights relating to 1984, Charles Darwin and other big names.

25 minutes

Gordon Square

Bloomsbury, London

Home of the influential Bloomsbury Group amongst many others

15 minutes

Tavistock Square

, , London

Visit Londons Peace garden with its strong literary links

15 minutes

Woburn Walk

Woburn Walk, London, WC1H 0JL

Visit the outside of the home of Irish writer WB Yeats

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Coram's Fields

93 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DN

Learn about this influential sailor who set the tone fo the philanthropic nature of Bloomsbury

10 minutes

Charles Dickens Museum

48-49 Doughty Street, , London, WC1N 2LX

We visit the outside of Charles Dickens house in Bloomsbury. Nearby are the homes of less famous but perhaps even more important writers

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Russell Square

London, WC1B 5EH

The largest and most famous square in Bloomsbury, once the home of Orson Welles amongst others and nearby we will pass a home belonging to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes fame.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The British Museum

Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

In the narrow streets opposite The British Museum, we will learn about one of the infamous Bloomsbury writers, Aleister Crawley and his belief in the blackest of black magic.

15 minutes

St George’s Church

Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 2SD

We finish off at the second of our spots relating to the Suffragette movement of votes for women.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included