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| Kings Cross and Bloomsbury Travel Guide: diy travel guide
| | Written by diy Editorial Team on 07 Mar 2006
| Kings Cross and Bloomsbury shopping | | | The area is not best known for its shopping, being so close to Oxford Street the West End and Covent Garden, but it is home to many of London’s specialist bookshops, notably the bookshop at the British Library and Housmans, a radical store of international reputation. The world famous Camden Lock Market which is just north of Kings Cross is open every day and at weekends the whole area becomes a bargain hunters paradise. |
Kings Cross and Bloomsbury nightlife | | | As you would expect from an area having historical connection with the Arts, Kings Cross & Bloomsbury is home to a wealth of fringe and contemporary theatres. It is also home to some of the larger clubs in London; most well known being the Scala, once one of London’s most famous rep/art house cinemas which has been refurbished and with a capacity of up to 1400, now hosts regular weekend club nights and during the week is a popular live music venue. |
Kings Cross and Bloomsbury restaurants | | | As a transport hub, the area of Kings Cross attracts thousands of travellers every day and has developed as a popular location for budget travellers to stay. With this has emerged a plethora of places to eat and with offerings from Japanese to Thai, Egg & Bacon to Tapas you can’t go wrong. For those that are looking for something a little different or for fine dining, then its just a short walk to Covent Garden. |
Kings Cross and Bloomsbury attractions | | | Historic Bloomsbury is probably best known as being home of the British Museum with its awesome recently redeveloped Great Court [by Norman Foster]. There is a wealth of other attractions such as Dickens House, now a museum in Doughty Square, the Sir John Soane’s Museum in Lincolns Inn Fields, and the Foundling Museum, near Brunswick Square. Just north at Kings Cross, you’ll find the new British Library and the Canal Museum at Battle Bridge Basin. |
Kings Cross and Bloomsbury History and Culture | | Kings Cross borders Camden Town to the North and stretches down through to Bloomsbury which sits between the shops of Oxford Street, the Theatres of Covent Garden and Holborn, famous for its Jewellery and Diamond quarter. Kings Cross & St Pancras Stations combine to form one of London’s most important transport hubs which will be further enhanced once the new Eurostar terminal has been completed. Originally a village known as Battle Bridge, in 1835 a monument was erected in honour of King George IV and the area became known as Kings Cross.
Bloomsbury which is situated between Kings Cross, St Giles and Clerkenwell is the heart of literary London, famous for its publishing houses, and is also home to the University of London and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Here you will find some of London’s finest Georgian Houses and hidden parks and gardens, the finest of which are Woburn, Bedford and Russell Squares. It’s a great place to explore on foot to soak up the history of the arts. |
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