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Ridgmount Street is a street in
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, London.


Location

Ridgmount Street runs from Chenies Street in the north to
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in the south. It runs parallel with Gower Street and
Alfred Place Alfred Place is a street in Bloomsbury, London, running between Chenies Street and Store Street. Location Alfred Place runs from Chenies Street in the north to Store Street in the south. It runs parallel with Ridgmount Street and Tottenham Co ...
. Ridgmount Place joins Ridgmount Street on its western side.


Occupants and buildings

The street is home to: * Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) at number 7; the building was purpose-built in 1965 as the headquarters of the Library Association, one of CILIP's predecessors. * Institute for Fiscal Studies at number 7. *The Child and Family Practice at number 8. *The former Bloomsbury Petrol Station at the south end of the street was the subject of an award-winning redevelopment.


The Polyclinic

At number 22 Chenies Street, on the north western corner of Ridgmount Street, once stood the Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic. It has since been replaced by Nicholas Cooper House, owned by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The Polyclinic was the first British postgraduate medical institution.Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic.
UCL Bloomsbury Project, 13 April 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.


References

Streets in the London Borough of Camden Bedford Estate {{London-road-stub