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The character of Bloomsbury
Russell Square anchors the area and its one-way loop can add several minutes if you approach from the wrong side. Guilford Street and Great Ormond Street carry hospital traffic through the day, with short-stay bays that fill quickly outside visiting hours. Bedford Square and Tavistock Square are largely residents' parking, so cars wait on the square's edge rather than directly outside a door. The grid is walkable and slow rather than genuinely congested.
- Russell Square's one-way loop adds minutes from the wrong approach — we plan the direction ahead.
- Great Ormond Street has a short-stay bay reserved for patient and family collections.
- Bedford and Tavistock Squares are resident-permit streets; the car waits at the square's edge.
- Southampton Row roadworks are frequent — we check the route shortly before collection.















