Russell Square

I enjoyed an afternoon break at Russell Square during my day of sightseeing and hanging out and I must say that I found the square to be a nice place to relax, despite how busy it seemed. To me, the square had a neighborhood feel to it, with joggers doing laps, kids in strollers with their mums, and a coffee shop at the edge of the square.
The benches in the square are plentiful. You will need them to be as this square can get a bit crowded in the summer, especially when the rain subsidies on a day like when I was there. The «feel» of the place was definitely local, I felt like the only tourist there (I’m sure I was not). But, it still feels cool to see Londoners doing their own daily routine and just hanging out.
And I got to hang out like one of them at Russell Square. Hooray!

A nice green space in the midst of the traffic. I like it better than nearby Bloomsbury Square because there are more trees, although the traffic is noisier. Lots of people sit on the grass and benches to eat lunch on a sunny day. Grabbing a takeaway lunch and eating here on the cheap is a nice solution to escaping the overpriced restaurants for tourists in the area. A short walk from the British Museum and Senate House Library, two of my haunts!

I recently found myself with a few hours to kill near Euston in the baking heat and I noticed Russell Square surrounded by lush trees. Heading into the park area you will find lots of grassy areas, a beautiful fountain in the middle and a café on one side. There are park benches dotted around but, on a warm sunny day, they are hard to come by. I opted for sitting on my cardigan on the grass to eat my lunch and read my book. It was amazingly quiet for a City Centre location with the trees really helping to drown out the hustle and bustle. My time in the park went really quickly and I was actually sad to leave. I wish we had somewhere like this in Manchester!

Nice little park that I walked through every week while I was in London. Great space to sit and there’s also water jets in the middle of it. It’s just nice and relaxing to walk through these small parks in London. There’s a little restaurant also if you want to grab a bite to eat.

A beautiful little park to get away from all the hustle and bustle of our wonderful, but crowded, city! A great spot to while away a few sunny hours with friends, champagne and a picnic like we did yesterday! It was actually sunny so we figured what’s the point on saving the champagne for longer. Sun in London is as good a reason as any, isn’t it?
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A sunny day, early September 2012:
This park was within walking distance of our hotel (The Bloomsbury Hotel). It is a quiet park to relax, read a book and eat a take-​away lunch. It is located by the University College London and is in close proximity to the British Museum. On the corner of the park is a red box where we (as a tourists) were able to take a proverbial picture of the iconic telephone kiosk without looking too cheesy.

Great little park to hang out in on a sunny day! It’s nice, grassy, and not too crowded. My classmates and I had a little picnic in Russell Square and although alcohol is not allowed, we got away with it and didn’t get our heads cut off by any authority. There was also a guy all by his lonesome obviously smoking something illegal and he didn’t seem to get in trouble either.
There are a ton of people there with their dogs and lots of little squirrels to chase around and feed nuts to so it’s a great place to relax, enjoy nature and people watch if you want to. The fountain in the middle is nice too if you want to do a quick run through it on a hot day, which is probably pretty seldom in London.

Russell Square is a gorgeous place and sits right in the middle of Birkbeck College and a bustling street area minutes away.
There is a cool fountain sitting right in the middle and it is such a nice place in the good weather. From kids running around and falling on their faces to seniors chilling on benches, Russell Square has it all. The good thing is, it never gets too loud with the kids around.
It’s got the Russell Square café which sits on the corner of the area which has some great Italian baked goods and sandwiches. They’ve got the greatest chocolate covered doughnut in the UK… probably. So grab a doughnut and coffee and lay out a towel, lounge around Russell Square and suck in the sunshine.
Thankfully there are some great squirrels in this park. You don’t get to see squirrels like these around in London! Back in the US there are squirrels at every corner, so Russell Square is a breath of fresh squirrel air!
They are also really polite squirrels. No rabies around here. You almost want to pet them… but don’t.

Located in the Northern part of downtown London, Russell square is a nice, quiet park which also features a few shops along with a few educational institutions like the University College London and the Institute of Education. The area is fairly quiet, especially in the evening and finding a place to have dinner was very tricky not really knowing the area well and not having access to Unilocal.We eventually gave up and took the tube towards downtown and then later came back to the area to go to the hotel we were staying at.
Speaking of hotels, this whole area for some reason I can’t quiet figure out is packed with them! Small, usually locally owned ones. I don’t know why but I guess people must love being in Bloomsbury and having a park nearby. The park itself is really nice as well.
I could see this park as being a great place to just kick back, relax and enjoy lunch or a good book, or even a place where one could take their kids to go squirrel watching.
We found the area to be really quiet at night unfortunately with little but maybe a tiny, mini-​mart to be open. Although we were tired from having walked around for 10 hours, we were hoping we could grab a cold one in a bar but couldn’t really find a worthwhile place…
Tourists, if you are in the area, check it out but don’t completely out of your way for it. Locals, keep hanging out there!