Medical London walk

City stories walks take you on a physical and narrative journey. Our very first walk, Medical London, looks at the history of medicine in and around Bloomsbury. From psychopaths to homeopaths, from bodysnatchers to bohemians, you’ll discover some of the most compelling characters who walked these same streets. This walk also uncovers the diseases, treatments and cures that have coloured Bloomsbury’s history.
This walk was produced with Wellcome Collection

  • Start/Finish: Lincoln’s Inn Fields to Wellcome Collection
  • Transport: Holborn tube
  • Distance: 3.1 miles/5km
  • Length: 2 hours
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The walk step by step:

Explore each step in more detail

  1. Lincoln’s Inn Fields
  2. Red Lion Square
  3. Queen Square
  4. Great Ormond Street
  5. Guildford Place
  6. St Andrew’s Gardens
  7. Corner of Hunter Street and Handel Street
  8. Herbrand Street
  9. Tavistock Square
  10. Wellcome Collection
Medical Walk Map