.jpg) The Rugby Tavern | |
 Vicinity of Rugby Street (centre) | |
| Former name(s) | Chapel Street |
|---|---|
| Area | Bloomsbury, London |
| Postal code | WC1 |
| Coordinates | 51°31′18″N 0°07′02″W / 51.52179°N 0.11717°W |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | c.1700 |
| Completion | c.1721 |
| Other | |
| Known for | The Rugby Tavern and the head of the White Conduit |
Rugby Street, formerly known as Chapel Street, is a street in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden. It was built between around 1700 and 1721 on land that was given to Rugby School in Warwickshire and now forms part of London's Rugby Estate. Many of its buildings are listed by Historic England such as the grade II The Rugby Tavern. It was renamed Rugby Street in 1936 or 1937. In the post-war period, number 18 was the home to many creative people and the house where Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath spent their wedding night.