Fitzroy Square is one of London’s finest squares and the only one designed by Robert Adam. It is named after Charles Fitzroy, 4th Duke of Grafton, who commissioned Adam to design the houses for a new London square in the late 18th century. Many famous artists, writers and statesmen have lived here, including Victorian prime minister Lord Salisbury and writers George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf, who both lived at no. 29 at different times. The square was largely pedestrianised in the 1970s as part of a scheme by Geoffrey Jellicoe. The present garden was designed by John Brookes in the 1970s. The hidden children's play area was refreshed in 2025. "View", a bronze sculpture by artist and holocaust survivor Naomi Blake, provides a focal point in the garden.
Garden not fully accessible to wheelchair users.
From the north gate, an asphalt path with single 100mm step to paved seating area. View across garden from here. Second narrower asphalt path terminates in grass.
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.
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.
Beautiful Georgian Square facing the Wallace Collection. A fine collection of trees, shrubs and plants, first laid out in 1776-88, our major ongoing replanting programme began in 2006 and includes plants and shrubs relevant to Georgian London.
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).
