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Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. To the north is Woburn Place and to the south-east is Southampton Row. Russell Square tube station is nearby to the north-east.
The square is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford, who developed the family's London landholdings in the 17th and 18th centuries, beginning with Covent Garden (Bedford Street). Russell Square was formed when new streets were laid out by the 5th Duke on the site of the gardens of his former home Bedford House, their London house. Other local street names relating to the Duke of Bedford include Bedford Square, Bedford Place, Bedford Avenue, Bedford Row and Bedford Way; Woburn Square and Woburn Place (from Woburn Abbey); Tavistock Square, Tavistock Place and Tavistock Street (Marquess of Tavistock), and Thornhaugh Street (after a subsidiary title Baron of Thornhaugh). The street lamps around this area carry the Bedford Arms.
Three Minutes Around London's Russell Square
London Russell Square Underground to Charing Cross-175 steps downward spiral to the tracks
Historic London Underground Stations - Russell Square tube station 3
London Streets (575.) - Highgate - Archway - Tufnell Park - King's Cross - Russell Square - Holborn
Russell Square steps
Heathrow Airport to Russell Square
Smart Russell Square Hostel
Merry Xmas From EF London Russell Square
Russell Square Tube Station, London
Russell Square to Bloomsbury Square on foot.