Bloomsbury Square Gardens (London)
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park, playground
Nice little park. Small children's playground.
This is one of the older squares, built to keep an open space in front of Bedford House, the Earl of Southampton's mansion which took up the whole north-west side. The Earl's family moved here when the square behind their house in the Strand became Covent Garden market. A building lease was granted for the Bloomsbury estate by Charles II in 1661, the area was so large that it took 200 years before it was all built up. Bedford House was demolished in 1800 as part of the Bedford Estates' continuing property developments. The demolition contractor had to pay the owners £5,250 for the furniture and fittings.
This is one of the older squares, built to keep an open space in front of Bedford House, the Earl of Southampton's mansion which took up the whole north-west side. The Earl's family moved here when the square behind their house in the Strand became Covent Garden market. A building lease was granted for the Bloomsbury estate by Charles II in 1661, the area was so large that it took 200 years before it was all built up. Bedford House was demolished in 1800 as part of the Bedford Estates' continuing property developments. The demolition contractor had to pay the owners £5,250 for the furniture and fittings.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°31'8"N -0°7'22"E
- Regent's Park 3.7 km
- Victoria Park 5.6 km
- Mile End Park 5.7 km
- Finsbury Park 6.4 km
- Hackney Marshes 7.5 km
- Hampstead Heath 7.6 km
- Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 7.7 km
- Walthamstow Marsh 7.9 km
- Alexandra Park 8.9 km
- Tottenham Marshes 11 km
- St. Giles 0.4 km
- Holborn 0.4 km
- Bloomsbury 0.5 km
- Covent Garden 0.6 km
- Strand 0.9 km
- Central London 1.1 km
- Soho 1.1 km
- City of Westminster 2.9 km
- London Borough of Islington 3.3 km
- Camden Council 3.7 km