The Brunswick, Bloomsbury, London

I love London. Its got the mixture of the old and the new. Today I happened to be at one of those new developments which is in central London - The Brunswick. I had planned to visit the terracotta warriors exhibitiohn at the British Museum but I had a couple of hours to kill so I decided to visit a second hand bookstore which used to be at Southampton Row but has since moved here Skoob bookstore. I've never been to the Brunswick but now I can say I wish to live there. I will never be able to afford it but I love the access, the nearby cultural institutions such as the British Museum and the British Library, the architecture, It also looks very wheelchair friendly, the shops, eateries were well chosen, - and certainly with Waitrose as its neighbourhood grocery store and a cinema, the Renoir, (not fully accessible)



Access is all level.

and it has one of the best second hand accessible bookstores in town, Skoob.

I did not check hotel facilities around here but there are many hotels because it is very conveniently near St Pancras (Eurostar) and all the central London sights within walking distance. With public transport, a wheelchair user can get around very easily - my favourite bus is the no. 68 bus - it goes to Russell Square, Waterloo, Euston and Kings Cross (I think). Taxis are also accessible and plentiful - I find London cabbies helpful in general. BUT do not try to take the no. 7 bus outside the British Museum, the bus cannot get near enough to the pavement to get out the ramp. I was trying to catch it to take me to Russell Square.