A WALK THROUGH RUSSELL COURT

Russell Court, just off Russell Square in London’s Bloomsbury area of Camden, was built in 1937 for £ 250,000 and houses 500 individual flats. It is considered an excellent example of Art Deco architecture — a style that arose following the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. The trend was short-lived; World War II brought it to an abrupt end, leaving early skyscrapers, cinemas and some public buildings including BBC House in London as its finest examples. RUSSELL SQUARE

The famous gardens designed by Humphry Repton (1752–1818), were commissioned in the late 1700s by the area’s predominant landowner of the day, the fifth Duke of Bedford. The gardens were among the largest in the district, with lawns and tightly clipped hedges of privet, hornbeam and limes providing screened and secluded walking areas. In 2002, the gardens were restored to their original layout after many changes in the preceding 200 years.