Guilford Street

Guilford Street
Looking west along Guilford Street
Length0.4 mi (0.64 km)
Postal codeWC1W
Coordinates51°31′22″N 0°07′21″W / 51.52278°N 0.12250°W / 51.52278; -0.12250
West end A4200
Russell Square
East endGray's Inn Road

Guilford Street is a road in Bloomsbury in central London, England, designated the B502. From Russell Square it extends east-northeast to Gray's Inn Road. Note that it is not spelt the same way as Guildford in Surrey. It is, in fact, named after Frederick North, Lord North, a former Prime Minister, who was also 2nd Earl of Guilford (sic).[1]

The nearest tube station is Russell Square.

  1. ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 355.