Places of interest in and around WC1 Russell Square
's monastic past, it was built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra as the south entrance to the inner precinct of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John - the Knights Hospitallers. The substructure is of brick, the north and south façades of stone. After centuries of decay and much rebuilding, very little of the stone facing is original; heavily restored in the 19th century, the gate today is in (...)
Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough of Islington. (...)
The Aquarium Gallery is a contemporary commercial art gallery run by Steve Lowe. It was originally based in a Georgian building in Bloomsbury, London, and has since moved to Farringdon. It works with artists, musicians and writers, and specialises in more unorthodox punk-based art work, including Jamie Reid, Jimmy Cauty, Billy Childish and Sexton Ming. (...)
:''For dance music artist, see Saffron Hill (artist)'' , between Farringdon Road and Hatton Garden. The name of the street derives from the fact that it was at one time part of an estate on which saffron grew. In 1850 it was described as a squalid neighbourhood, the home of paupers and thieves (...)
Bleeding Heart Yard is a cobbled courtyard off Greville Street in the Farringdon area of the City of London. The courtyard's name is said to commemorate the murder of Lady Elizabeth Hatton, whose body supposedly was found there on January 27 1626. The story is an urban legend. In the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorritt, the Plornish family lived in a house in Bleeding Heart Yard (...)
Angel tube station is a London Underground station in The Angel, Islington. It is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line, between Old Street and King's Cross St. Pancras stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. Angel station was originally built by the City & South London Railway, and opened in 1901 as the northern terminus of a new extension from Moorgate (...)
The Slimelight club (often referred to as Slimes by regulars) is the longest running goth nightclub in the world. It is an alternative music club which is open every Saturday (and on New Years Eve) from 10pm to 7.30am (when the London Underground transport network starts running) with 2 or 3 floors playing music genres such as darkwave, EBM, trad goth, gothic rock, futurepop, (...)
City University London (CUL) is a British university based at Northampton Square in Finsbury, London . The City University was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and was awarded full university status in 1966. The University is famous for its excellent graduate employment record. (...)
Chester Terrace is a street in Camden, London, England. At each end there is a Corinthian arch bearing at the top the street name in large lettering on a blue background, probably the largest street signs in London. Cars can enter Chester Terrace only from Regents Park "Outer Circle" road, by foot it can also be reached from Albany Street. (...)
to receive a Royal Charter. It was founded in 1518 and is one of the most active of all medical professional organisations. Since the College's creation as the College of Physicians (it acquired the "Royal" prefix in 1674) by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518, it has engaged in a wide range of activities dedicated to its overall aim of upholding and improving standards of medical (...)
Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Baker Street and Euston Square on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Paddington Hammersmith & City Line) and "Farringdon (...)
Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury. It is a small but busy station, used by office workers and tourists staying in Bloomsbury's numerous hotels. (...)
Coram's Fields is a large open space in the London borough of Camden in central London, England. Its occupies seven acres in Bloomsbury and includes a children's playground, sand pits, a duck pond, a pets corner, café and nursery. Adults (defined as anyone over the age of 16) are only permitted to enter if accompanied by children (under 16) (...)
The British Museum in London, England is a museum of human history and culture. Its collections, which number more than 13 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present (...)
The Kingsway Tramway Subway is a cut-and-cover tunnel in central London that was built by the London County Council. The decision in 1898 to clear slum districts in the Holborn area provided an opportunity to use the new streets for a tramway connecting the systems in the north and south and, following the pattern of tramway systems in New York (the Murray Hill Tunnel) and Boston, it was (...)
British Museum tube station was a station on the London Underground's Central Line, located on Bury Place, close to the British Museum. It is now one of a number of closed London Underground stations. It was opened on 30 July 1900 by the Central London Railway with its entrance located near the junction of High Holborn and New Oxford Street (...)
The Hospital is a a private members club and creative arts venue, which houses a music studio and art gallery. It is in Endell Street, Covent Garden, London on the site of an 18th Century hospital. (...)
station in Covent Garden. It is on the Piccadilly Line between Leicester Square and Holborn. The station is on the corner of Long Acre and James Street. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. Covent Garden station is one of the few stations in Central London for which platform access is only by lift or stairs (...)
:''This article is about the street in London; Drury Lane is also the name of a well-known theatre on that street and of a fictional detective created by Ellery Queen writing as Barnaby Ross.'' area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn. The northern part is in the borough of Camden and the southern part in the City of Westminster (...)
in the West End of London near Covent Garden where seven streets converge to form a roundabout, at the centre of which is a pillar bearing six (not seven) sundials. The term also refers informally to the immediate surrounding area. (...)
The New London Theatre is a West End theatre located on the corners of Drury Lane and Parker Street in Covent Garden, in the London Borough of Camden. (...)
