About Bloomsbury Association

Formed in 1972 and Incorporating Bloomsbury Community Association.
Promoting civic social responsibility, Quality of Life and the preservation of our architectural heritage.


We serve as a voice for the community on crime and quality-of-life matters.
We have affiliations with the following organisations and groups and more.  Where these groups have web sites you will find a link in our 'Useful Links' page.
Bloomsbury Improvement Group;
West End Drugs Partnership;
Bloomsbury Joint Security Group;
Bloomsbury Neighbourhood Forum;
University of London Union;
British Museum Community Liaison Group;
Bloomsbury Safer Neighbourhoods Community Panel;
West End Community Network;
St Giles area residents and traders.

We have close working relations with Covent Garden Community Association (CGCA); Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association (FNA); Soho Society;
Seven Dials Trust and many other local resident associations.


We tend to archive files after their sell by date so if you cant find a particular document please check 'Our files' then navigate to 'Archived Files'.

Besides keeping a watchful eye on Bloomsbury, we are building closer links with the other major community organisations in the West End of London through the West End Community Network, of which we are a founding member.


The Bloomsbury Association monitors all planning applications made within an area roughly bounded by Southampton Row in the east, New Oxford Street in the south and Tottenham Court Road in the west and Euston Road in the north. We may comment of planning applications outside this boundary if we think they may have a negative impact on Bloomsbury.

The Association comments on proposals with a view to promoting high standards of planning and architecture in the area and to preserve and enhance Bloomsbury.

We also monitor all licensing applications and in general we will oppose any late night applications that are outside the Camden Council's Core Hours. We will also comment of licensing applications outside our area and support our neighbouring community associations if we feel they will have a negative impact.

Partnerships:  We intend to further develop our partnership programme to include other local organisations, groups and associations that have similar interests and aims and where combined liaison, lobbying and representation might achieve more positive results. Currently we are building closer ties with UCL, UofL, and the student unions on the Bloomsbury Campus.

Residents of Bloomsbury are entitled to register as a Full voting members of the BA. MEMBERSHIP is FREE.
Non-residents with an interest in Bloomsbury may register as Affiliate members. Membership is FREE.
Our registration form can be obtained by emailing us at <members@bloomsburyassociation.org.uk>

We update our 'News' section on a regular basis.
All our important public statements and documents are published on this site and we encourage you to comment, criticise and give us feedback.  We will always respond.

Re: Bloomsbury Partnership:  The Bloomsbury Association is not a member of the so called Bloomsbury Partnership.