The Association of Bloomsbury Squares and Gardens invites you on brisk walks around Bloomsbury to improve your circulation and increase your weekly step count.
Walks are led by the expert Camden Guides and include a brief stop at the halfway point to hear a few fascinating facts about the location before walking on.
Please note, this is a wellbeing walk, not a guided tour.
How it works
Just turn up on the day for a one hour walk. Spaces are limited and walks go ahead in all weathers. Joining the walks is free.
Upcoming walks
Friday 5 July
Where: 12pm at Mecklenburgh Square
Theme: Hear about an Elizabethan Philanthropist
Tuesday 9 July
Where: 11am at Gordon Square (cafe)
Theme: A walk to the Hardy Tree
Tuesday 16 July
Where: 1pm Bloomsbury Square (centre)
Theme: Hidden bits of the West End
Monday 22 July
Where: 11am Brunswick Square (centre)
Theme: Hear about the flamboyant life of Virginia Woolf
Tuesday 30 July
Where: 12pm Marchmont Community Gardens
Theme: Meet the other Francis Bacon
Monday 5 August
Where: 12.30pm at Red Lion Square (cafe)
Theme: Discover the Suffragette Hospital
Monday 12 August
Where: 11.30am at St George's Gardens (west gate)
Theme: From an 18th Century graveyard to a Memorial Cherry tree
Monday 19 August
Where: 12pm at Bedford Square
Theme: Remembering a reggae icon
Tuesday 27 August
Where: 1pm at Russell Square (fountains)
Theme: Discover some hidden gems in Holborn
Saturday 7 September
Where: 12pm at Bedford Square
Theme: Hear a shocking tale of a Victorian Molly house
Friday 13 September
Where: 11am Bloomsbury Square (centre)
Theme: Walk a drover's trail
Wednesday 18 September
Where: 12pm at Gordon Square (cafe)
Theme: Hear about a bit of drama in the Square
Wednesday 25 September
Where: 12pm at Brunswick Square (centre)
Theme: Visit the haunts of Dunne and Dickens
Tuesday 1 October
Where: 11am at Mecklenburgh Square
Theme: Hear about the UK's first female barrister
Monday 7 October
Where: 12.30pm Marchmont Community Gardens
Theme: Celebrate the first women students at UCL
Monday 14 October
Where: 11.30am Red Lion Square (cafe)
Theme: Visit an inn where Shakespeare performed
Tuesday 22 October
Where: 1pm St George's Gardens (west gate)
Theme: Discover some hidden gems in Kings Cross
Tuesday 29 October
Where: 12pm at Bedford Square
Theme: A most remarkable military hospital
Saturday 9 November
Where: 12pm at Russell Square (fountains)
Theme: Meet the Regency's most famous courtesan
Visit the Bloomsbury Squares website for more information on the gardens. Sessions are run on a volunteer basis by qualified Camden Guides.