Where: Tottenham Court Road, Woburn Place & Southampton Row, London W1 & WC1

What: Bloomsbury is central, without being too central. It is a quite and a pleasant district to stay in or to walk around, has 6 tube stations (which make it easy to get to from all over London), it is close to Euston, St Pancras and Kings Cross mainline stations and a short walk to the west end. Accommodation is reasonable too, all of which make bloomsbury an ideal base for a stay in london.

In the early 20th century the quiet squares and Georgian terraces of bloomsbury were home to the the famous 'Bloomsbury Group' of writers and intellectuals, including T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell, Vanessa Bell, and John Maynard Keynes.

Today bloomsbury is the home to universities, colleges, and specialist hospitals, plus the British Museum and the British Library, making it London's undisputed intellectual centre.

But don't expect the kind of campus atmosphere you'll fine in Oxford; Bloomsbury has a quiet and sedate pace, with fine architecture, pleasant garden squares and a few fine restaurants. Even so, it offers everything you'd expect in an area dominated by students - great bookstores, cheap food, and good shopping.

Nearest underground stations: King's Cross, Goodge Street, Russell Square, Warren Street, Euston and Tottenham Court Road are all in or boardering london's bloomsbury.

Attractions and things to do in london bloomsbury: The British Museum and the British Library and both in Bloomsbury. The mass of discount electrical stores on Tottenham Court Road are within bloomsbury, or Oxford Street, Mayfair, Soho, Regent Street, bond street and saville row are a short walk or tube ride away. Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Covent Garden and many of london's top cinemas (london cinemas) and theatres (london theatre) are within easy reach.