The area is a haven of tranquility, with its relaxing ambiance and attractive floor-level fountain.

The British Museum, the beautiful four-star Hotel Russell and the main buildings of the University of London.

Russell Square was one of the locations affected by the 2005 7/7 bombings, with one of the explosions occurring on a tube train bound for Russell Square station from Kings Cross St. Pancras.

Russell Square was added to the English Heritage 'Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Greater London' in 1988.