Great Russell Street is a street in

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, best known for being the location of the

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. It runs between

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(part of the A400 route) in the west, and

Southampton Row The A4200 is a major thoroughfare in central London. It runs between the A4 at Aldwych, to the A400 Hampstead Road/ Camden High Street, at Mornington Crescent tube station. Kingsway Kingsway is a major road in central London, desig ...

(part of the A4200 route) in the east. It is one-way only (eastbound) between its western origin at

and

Bloomsbury Street Bloomsbury Street is a street in the Bloomsbury district of the London Borough of Camden that runs from Gower Street in the north to the junction of New Oxford Street and Shaftesbury Avenue in the south. Listed buildings Bloomsbury Street cont ...

. The headquarters of the

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is located at Nos. 23–28 (

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). The street is also the home of the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, the gallery for the

Craft Potters Association The Craft Potters Association (CPA) is an association of potters formed in 1958 in London. It has two wholly owned operating companies: Craftsmen Potters Trading Company Ltd and Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd. It owns a shop and gallery, the Con ...

of Great Britain; as well as the High Commission of Barbados to the United Kingdom. The Queen Mary Hall and YWCA Central Club, built by

Sir Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memoria ...

between 1928 and 1932, was at No 16-22 (it is now a hotel).

Famous residents

Jarndyce Booksellers, 46 Great Russell Street, Feb 2016 02

Great Russell Street has had a number of notable residents, especially during the

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, including: *

W. H. Davies William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp or hobo in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time. His themes inc ...

(1871–1940), poet and writer, lived at No. 14 (1916–22). *

Randolph Caldecott Randolph Caldecott (; 22 March 1846 – 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were pro ...

(1846–1886), illustrator, lived at No. 46. *

Thomas Henry Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870–73 and being awarded its Royal Gold Medal for ...

(1807–1880), architect, lived at No. 77. *

D. E. L. Haynes Denys Eyre Lankester Haynes (15 February 1913 – 27 September 1994) was an English classical scholar, archaeologist, and museum curator, who specialised in the full range of classical archaeology. He was Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at ...

(1913–1994), classical scholar and

curator, lived at No. 89. *

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achie ...

(1792–1822), poet, lodged at No. 119 (February–March 1818).

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Famous residents

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