Now leafy and affluent, Bloomsbury was once desperately poor, crammed with slums and Dickensian dust heaps. But it has also been a crucible of medical reform, and the setting for triumphs and tragedies in the lives of London's plain folk. Join us as we tell the stories of Bloomsbury over three centuries of life, death and disease.

Written and led by Richard Barnett, author of Medical London.

This walk starts at Russell Square tube and finishes at Wellcome Collection.

This walk is part of the Bloomsbury Festival.

This event is FREE.

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This is one of several Medical walking tours during October. If you take photos on this walk, please add them to our Medical London Flickr group.