Travel Reference
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THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury was built over in grid-plan style from the 1660s onwards,
and the formal, bourgeois Georgian squares remain the area's main
distinguishing feature. In the last century, Bloomsbury acquired the
reputation it continues to hold, as the city's most learned quarter, dominated
by the dual institutions of the British Museum (see p.106) and London
University. Today, the British Museum is clearly Bloomsbury's main draw, but
the real pleasure in Bloomsbury is simply strolling through its leafy squares,
which provide some of the nicest picnic spots in central London. Only in its
northern border, formed by busy Euston Road, does the character of the area
change dramatically, with the hustle and bustle of the mainline train stations
of St Pancras and King's Cross.
