Tavistock Square
 Tavistock Square with BMA house on its right | |
| Namesake | Marquess of Tavistock |
|---|---|
| Location | Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Inner London |
Tavistock Square is a public town square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden.
History
[change | change source]The area was where one of the 7/7 attacks took place, when Hassib Hussain exploded a bomb on a bus near Woburn Place. The explosion would kill 13 people.[1] This was the only bombing of the 4 bombings on that day that took place on a bus. The bus had went on a different route than usual because of the attacks earlier.[2]
Art
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In the middle of the gardens is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, made by Fredda Brilliant and put into the gardens in 1968. It is for people to leave flowers to remember him for his peaceful campaigning.[3]
A cherry tree was planted in 1967 to remember people who died to the nuclear bombings in Japan.[4]
The square contains a place to remember the doctor Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake (1865 –1925), with a statue of Aldrich-Blake by Arthur George Walker planned out by Sir Edwin Lutyens.[5]
Images
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stone remembering dead people, on the north area of the square. -
Memorial for Louisa Aldrich-Blake -
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "7/7 bombings: Profiles of the four bombers who killed 52 people in the London attacks". The Independent. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "7 July London bombings: What happened that day?". BBC News. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "Cheltenham Town Hall 2". Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 19. 14 April 2013. BBC Television. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ "Peace Garden at Tavistock Square". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ "Memorial to Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake in Tavistock Square Gardens". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
