Russell Square
Russell Square
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Square located in Bloomsbury central London, with easy access to nearby attractions like the British Museum, Covent Garden and Oxford Street for shopping.
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Neighbourhood: Bloomsbury
Snuggly nestled within Central London is academic and leafy Bloomsbury, an area that boasts walking distance access to many of London's most popular attractions. It is also home to some of Britain's most celebrated museums, including the must-see British Museum. Despite an understandable popularity with students, tourists and day trippers, vast sections of Bloomsbury retain a quiet, residential feel year round and throughout the week.
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- Russell Square • 3 min walk
- Goodge St • 8 min walk
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Israel15 039 contributions
Jun 2023 • Solo
PROS
* Pleasant leafy park which is green
* Perfectly square area
* Pleasant for bag lunch
* Adjacent to British Museum
CONS
Crowded
"I VISITED THIS PLACE"...
... when walking from my arrival at St. Pancras International Station to my first stop, the British Museum, and then when I finished, I walked past it on my way to Rusell Street Underground Station.
The park seemed pleasant enough- very active with children playing and workers sitting on the benches having lunch.
WAS IT WORTH THE COST?
It's free
WOULD "I VISIT THIS PLACE" AGAIN?
Sure after my next visit to the British Museum
ADVICES
* It's pleasant enough to visit if and when going to the British Museum and entering from the back of the building.
* It is not necessary to seek it out for its own tourist value: it doesn't have any yo me at least
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* Pleasant leafy park which is green
* Perfectly square area
* Pleasant for bag lunch
* Adjacent to British Museum
CONS
Crowded
"I VISITED THIS PLACE"...
... when walking from my arrival at St. Pancras International Station to my first stop, the British Museum, and then when I finished, I walked past it on my way to Rusell Street Underground Station.
The park seemed pleasant enough- very active with children playing and workers sitting on the benches having lunch.
WAS IT WORTH THE COST?
It's free
WOULD "I VISIT THIS PLACE" AGAIN?
Sure after my next visit to the British Museum
ADVICES
* It's pleasant enough to visit if and when going to the British Museum and entering from the back of the building.
* It is not necessary to seek it out for its own tourist value: it doesn't have any yo me at least
FULL DISCLOSURE
"I visited this place" with the intention and plan to write a "helpful" review and I attached and submited some "helpful" photos here on tripadvisor, so if these did "help" you, please indicate that by tikking the "thumbs up" 👍 symbol. Thanks.
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Written 31 December 2023
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wombatdavid
Hobart, Australia2 570 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
Russell Square is near the British museum and is a pleasant leafy part of London. Nice place to get away from the bustle of the larger roads.
Written 22 November 2023
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melanieWestMids
west mids148 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Lovely park for families to walk round with kids squirrels etc and everyones so friendly just shame could smell cannabis everywhere
Written 29 October 2023
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ShaunH290
London, UK2 331 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
Every square in London has interesting historical connections. Russell is the family name of the Dukes of Bedford, who owned the land. The 5th Duke has his statue on the south side. Humphry Repton (1752-1818), Britain's foremost landscape designer of the period, was commissioned to design and plant Russell Square as a private garden.
Charles Fitzroy Doll (1850-1929) designed the Hotel Russell to the north east of Russell Square on the site of eight original houses in Southampton Terrace. Doll's restaurant in the hotel was the inspiration for the first class restaurant of the Titanic. Later, Doll was asked to smarten up the Georgian house facades in Russell Square with his terracotta ornamentation. This gave rise to the expression "dolled up".
See what I mean? And it is a genuinely nice place to go (and the cafe is good too!).
Charles Fitzroy Doll (1850-1929) designed the Hotel Russell to the north east of Russell Square on the site of eight original houses in Southampton Terrace. Doll's restaurant in the hotel was the inspiration for the first class restaurant of the Titanic. Later, Doll was asked to smarten up the Georgian house facades in Russell Square with his terracotta ornamentation. This gave rise to the expression "dolled up".
See what I mean? And it is a genuinely nice place to go (and the cafe is good too!).
Written 24 May 2023
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Jo K
Worcester, UK6 695 contributions
Dec 2022 • Couples
We accidentally ended up here after taking a wrong turn. Lovely gardens though, even in December. Nice little cafe in the middle too
Written 8 December 2022
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StephenCross
Dublin, Ireland18 526 contributions
Nov 2022 • Couples
Russell Square is close to Euston Station and it’s rammed with all sorts of hotels and hostels . The gardens at Russell Square are ok but a lot of vagrants.
Written 19 November 2022
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GveganA
Tel Aviv, Israel305 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Nice area to stay. Very good and nice area of lots of hotels with low prices. The underground is few minutes walk from any of the hotels
Written 17 October 2022
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Mabby121
Deal, UK37 contributions
Jul 2022
We have eaten here several times when visiting the museum, It is pleasant to sit in the shade of the trees whilst eating decent home cooked italian food. The family running it are always chatty and friendly.
Written 12 September 2022
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Andrew
St. Albans, UK6 594 contributions
May 2022
We visited Russel Square on a sunny Saturday morning. The square, which dates from 1804, has a café (Caffe Tropea), a water fountain and seemed to be popular with people have wedding photos taken. So nice we could have spent hours just relaxing here, but we were on our way to The British Museum just a short distance away.
Written 22 July 2022
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sheepygold
london5 598 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
We came to sit in these gardens. They are lovely with many amazing trees, plenty of benches, a small fountain and a decent cafe.
Written 8 June 2022
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Saminus74
London, UK118 contributions
Suggestions please for a nice, intimate, atmospheric bar for a post work drink/liaison. Walking distance from Russell Square/ Bloomsbury.
Thinking candles/dim lights, exposed brick, possibly cellar bar.... does such a place exist??
Thanks!
Colin H
Leicester, UK445 contributions
No ide I’m afraid as I don’t live in London!
J'aimerai connaître la distance de la boucle du parc (pour y faire mon jogging). Merci.
leeroybaggins
Greater London, UK2 contributions
Is the fountain still fenced off? I went in early July, and they’d fenced off the fountain for “maintenance”.
Paul L
Brentwood, Tennessee, United States31 contributions
We were there July 22 and it was running fine! And the parents of the cute little girl (maybe 2 yrs) let us take a picture of her going 'round and 'round the fountain on her tiny scooter.
Hi_kitty123
Greater London, UK11 contributions
Last time when we visit the square, the fountain wasn’t running. Is it running now?
Mike R
18 contributions
Yes, it was yesterday.
Beatriz Lahoz
Zaragoza, Spain2 contributions
El hotel Imperial ¿Está cerca de Russell Square? Me voy a alojar allí y necesito tener una ubicación.Gracias.
Gakeitse
London, UK1 396 contributions
The Imperial seems to be one of a group of seven belonging to the Imperial London Hotels. Alll are in Bloomsbury, so will be close to Russell Sq. The website says 'Offering breathtaking views across Russell Square, the hotel is within easy walking distance to the British Museum. Well located with Russell Square underground station a 2 minute walk away.'
Mac M
Ireland1 contribution
How do I get to Russell square from gatwick airport?
Gakeitse
London, UK1 396 contributions
While the Gatwick Express is the fastest and most direct way of getting to Victoria, it's also the most expensive. But stopping trains run regularly via Gatwick to Victoria so it might be worth getting a (return if necessary) ticket for that. Ask advice from the ticket office about the time of the fastest train. At Victoria, change to the underground after buying and putting money on an Oyster card. Then take the Victoria Line to Kings Cross (5 stops). There, change to the Piccadilly Line and travel one stop to Russell Sq. That journey should take you anything between 17-20minutes. Enjoy London. It's a great city!
Gilian W
Worcestershire, UK
How do I travel from Russell Square to Victoria
calypsoEastSussex
Hastings, UK446 contributions
If you walk to high Holborn, you can get the 38 bus to Victoria. Alternatively,get the Piccadilly line on the tube towards Heathrow, changing at either south Kensington or Gloucester Road and catch the Eastbound district line to Victoria
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