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Russell Square

Russell Square
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About Russell Square

Russell Square is a large garden square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden, built predominantly by the firm of James Burton. It is near the University of London's main buildings and the British Museum. Almost exactly square, to the north is Woburn Place and to the south-east is Southampton Row. Russell Square tube station sits to the north-east.

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In 1942, a single banana was auctioned off in Russell Square in London, and it sold for over 500 Australian dollars in today's money. For one banana.

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Coordinates: 51.5217, -0.1261

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