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Bloomsbury health walks

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Bloomsbury health walks

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  

Tuesday 4 March 2025 

Where: 12pm at Brunswick Square 

Theme: Elementary: Dr Watson, Dr Crick and "Discovery without boundaries"

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Where: 1pm at Marchmont Community Gardens  

Theme: Discover some Dickensian back streets and alleyways

Tuesday 18 March 2025

Where: 12pm at Red Lion Square (cafe)

Theme: Take a short walk to Cambridgeshire

Friday 28 March 2025

Where: 12.30pm at Mecklenburgh Square (at No. 23) 

Theme: Find the final resting place of Thomas Coram

Thursday 3 April 2025

Where: 11am at Gordon Square (cafe)

Theme: The King's Speech revisited

Friday 11 April 2025

Where: 11.30am at St George's Gardens (west gate) 

Theme: Visit a beautiful architect-designed tomb

Tuesday 15 April 2025

Where: 12pm at Tavistock Square (centre)

Theme: Athens comes to Bloomsbury  

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Where: 1pm at Russell Square (foundations)

Theme: Visit a venue for netball, jousting and public executions

Wednesday 30 April 2025

Where: 12pm at Bedford Square (north gate)

Theme: Meet an intrepid early Aviatrix and Bob Marley

Saturday 10 May 2025

Where: 2.30pm at Queen Square (centre)

Theme: Hear stories from the best 18th century theatre

Saturday 17 May 2025

Where: 12pm Brunswick Square (centre) 

Theme: Visit one of London's hidden museum gems

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Where: 12pm at Marchmont Community Gardens  

Theme: A Great Queen and a Grand Lodge

Tuesday 27 May 2025

Where: 1pm Red Lion Square (cafe) 

Theme: Fun and games in Lincoln's Inn Fields

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Where: 12pm at St George's Gardens (west gate)

Theme: In search of the other Frances Bacon

Friday 13 June 2025

Where: 11am at Tavistock Square (centre) 

Theme: The resurrection of Matthew Flinders

Monday 16 June 2025

Where: 12.30pm at Russell Square (fountains) 

Theme: Visit the marital home of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Tuesday 24 June 2025

Where: 12pm at Bedford Square (north gate)

Theme: Learning for all

Saturday 5 July 2025

Where: 12pm at Bloomsbury Square (centre)  

Theme: A visit to the site of London's first railway

 

July - Nov programme will be published in June

Visit the Bloomsbury Squares website for more information on the gardens. Sessions are run on a volunteer basis by qualified Camden Guides.