About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in London - Bloomsbury

London is the capital of England and of the United Kingdom. On 6th February 1952, Elizabeth Windsor became Queen Elizabeth II upon the death of her father King George VI and Buckingham Palace in Westminster remains her principal home. London is also home to approximately 7.5 million people and until the early 20’s was the most populous city in the world.

London was established as a civilian town by the Romans about seven years after the invasion of AD43, however there is evidence of prehistoric settlement in London dating from at least a thousand years before that. The name Londinium is thought to be pre-Celtic in origin and although there has been no academic consensus, it probably means "the flowing river".

During London’s 2,000 years of recorded history, it has experienced plague, devastating fire, civil war and two world wars; yet, it has still grown to become one of the most important business, financial and cultural capitals in the world.

The city is a major tourist destination, with four world heritage sites and numerous iconic landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye amongst its many attractions, along with famous institutions such as the British Museum and the National Gallery.

London is made up of 32 boroughs, plus the City of London borough, and about 22 per cent of London's population were born outside of the UK, which is what makes it such an ethnically-mixed and culturally-diverse city.

Travel around London on public transport is easy and frequent. The London Underground (more commonly known as “The Tube”) serves 275 stations and there are hundreds of bus routes serving the city and suburban areas. London has five main train stations:-Waterloo, Victoria, St. Pancras, Paddington and Euston, with trains running to all of Britain’s major cities. Waterloo station is also the terminus for the Eurostar train to Paris.

With a large port and five international airports, London is a major international transport hub. Its main airport at Heathrow carries more international passengers than any other airport in the world.

Bloomsbury is a fashionable residential area of central London in the south of the London Borough of Camden. Bloomsbury can be roughly defined as the square bounded by Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road, High Holborn, New Oxford Street, Bloomsbury Way and Theobald's Road.

It is notable for its literary connections (exemplified by the Bloomsbury Group), and its numerous hospitals and academic institutions.

Bloomsbury is home to the British Museum, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the British Medical Association and the University of London library and administration building, also some of the constituent colleges. Notable hospitals include Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College Hospital. Bloomsbury is also home to the British Library, housed within the British Museum.

Bloomsbury contains some of London's finest parks and buildings, and is particularly known for its formal squares. Historically, Bloomsbury is associated with the arts, education and medicine. Bloomsbury is home to Senate House and the main library of the University of London, and also University College London, SOAS, Birkbeck College, the College of Law, the Institute of Education, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. There is also the Dickens Museum in Doughty Street

Russell Square and Euston Square are the main tube stations with 8 others on the periphery. The mainline rail stations Euston, King's Cross and St. Pancras are all located just outside the northern edge of Bloomsbury. 11 bus routes also service the district.