The British Medical Association is the home of the UK's professional association for doctors. It was built on the site of Tavistock House, once the home of novelist Charles Dickens, on the corner of Tavistock Square. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the elegant Court of Honour, a memorial site to members who died in war, as well as the more picturesque garden which Nuala Hancock described in The London Garden (2004) as "a gently ascending semi-circle in stone [which] encloses an oval pool”. Today the planting is more informal and layered, reflecting interests of ecology and biodiversity in this tranquil garden setting in the heart of a city.
Built between 1775 and 1786, Bedford Square is the finest and most complete Georgian square in London and set the style for garden squares in the capital through the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
A fascinating garden with almost 1,000 different plants all linked to the story of medicine, its current and traditional practices and the doctors who have influenced it.
One of London's largest private squares, designed and laid out by John Nash. Dominated by plane trees planted in 1817 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. An original and unique feature of the garden is the Grade II listed Nursemaids' Tunnel.
Award-winning wildlife and community garden built and planted by the local community in 1983 on the site of a car park. Attractive for people and urban wildlife (including the West End's only frogs).
