Tavistock Square

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Tavistock Square is a square in Bloomsbury, London. It was developed in the 1820s by the architect Thomas Cubitt. The centre-piece of the gardens is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which was installed in 1968. There is also a memorial to Conscientious Objectors (unveiled in 1995) and a cherry tree in planted in 1967 memory the victims of Hiroshima.

Tavistock Square

The square is host to a number of hotels. In addition, it is the site of the headquarters of the British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union of doctors in the UK.

A double-decker bus was blown up there on 7 July 2005 as part of a coordinated attack on London.