Meandering through Bloomsbury’s historic streets and beautiful garden squares, this walk with Rebecca Walker of Camden Tour Guides Association will explore aspects of this year’s festival theme of Breathe. We will look at how the area’s residents and green spaces contribute positively not just to the well-being of Londoners, but also to the environment and humanity’s relationship with it, while also hearing more hidden histories of those who fought for the freedom to worship, think and live their lives as they wished.

Tickets: £5

This circular walk with Stephen Collins will begin and end at Gordon Square and take us through Tavistock Square, Russell Square, Queen Square, Bloomsbury Square and Bedford Square. Along the way, we will uncover the history of Bloomsbury, the role of the Russell family, and the significance of the Bloomsbury Group, and we will pause at a number of monuments and other items of significance in the Squares. En route we will also take stock of the history of the British Museum and various London University buildings.

Tickets: £5

Meandering through Bloomsbury’s historic streets and beautiful garden squares, this walk with Rebecca Walker of Camden Tour Guides Association will explore aspects of this year’s festival theme of Breathe. We will look at how the area’s residents and green spaces contribute positively not just to the well-being of Londoners, but also to the environment and humanity’s relationship with it, while also hearing more hidden histories of those who fought for the freedom to worship, think and live their lives as they wished.

Tickets: £5

This walk through Bloomsbury’s green spaces with Sue McCarthy celebrates the life and work of Fanny Wilkinson, the first professional female landscape gardener who began her work here in the 1880s. A champion of tree planting for clean air and responsible for many of London’s parks and green spaces, Fanny was friend of Millicent Garrett Fawcett and her sisters. Fanny was an active suffragist and like the Garrett sisters, carved a route for women to enter the professions ending her career as Principal of the first women’s horticultural college.

Tickets: £5

Starting at what was the Dr Williams’ Library and ending at Senate House, currently home of the London University library, statues, buildings and plaques will be visited which illustrate the lives of a range of literary figures from the 19th and 20th century. With Mike Marriot of Camden Tour Guides Association and SeekOut London.

Tickets: £5

This walk starts at Dr. William’s Library, Gordon Square and we will retrace the steps of some fascinating women, memorable men and inspiring institutions and learn how life was breathed into the Bloomsbury area. We will meet unconventional writers, artists and even a dentist! And lastly we will soak up beautifully preserved Georgian squares, uncover a genuine secret agent and find out why these unique stories deserve a leading role in history and the world today.

With Penny Burns from SeekOut London and Camden Tour Guides Association.

Tickets: £5