Tavistock Square
Tavistock Square is a public town square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden.
 Tavistock Square with BMA house on its right | |
| Namesake | Marquess of Tavistock |
|---|---|
| Location | Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Inner London |
History
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
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
stone remembering dead people, on the north area of the square.
Memorial for Louisa Aldrich-Blake
Blue plaque on BMA House remembering Charles Dickens and Tavistock House
Tavistock Square Media
The 7 July 2005 bomb on bus number 30 exploded to the left of the red postbox in front of BMA House.
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Tavistock Square from the east
Plaque at the base of the Hiroshima cherry tree amid fallen blossoms
Conscientious Objectors Stone inscription
References
- ↑ 7/7 bombings: Profiles of the four bombers who killed 52 people in the London attacks. The Independent. 7 July 2015. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/7-7-bombings-london-anniversary-live-profiles-four-bombers-who-killed-52-people-london-10369984.html. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ 7 July London bombings: What happened that day?. BBC News. 3 July 2015. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33253598. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "Cheltenham Town Hall 2". Antiques Roadshow. BBC Television. No. 19.
- ↑ Peace Garden at Tavistock SquareAtlas Obscura. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ↑ Memorial to Dame Louisa Aldrich Blake in Tavistock Square Gardens. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 October 2017.