A Garden at the
Heart of London
One of London's finest Georgian squares, designed by Robert Adam in 1794. Private gardens preserved for the community — open to visitors each summer.
A Place Apart from the City Noise
Fitzroy Square is one of London’s best-kept secrets — a Georgian square and garden in the heart of Fitzrovia, surrounded by the finest Robert Adam terraces in the capital. The east and south terraces, completed in Portland stone between 1794 and 1798, are the last work of Robert Adam.
Managed by the Fitzroy Square Frontagers’ and Garden Committee, the garden opens to the public at lunchtimes on selected weekdays during the summer months — offering a rare chance to step inside one of London’s private squares.
Discover the full historyMilestones of the Square
From Robert Adam’s commission to the Bloomsbury Group and beyond — a rich human story in stone and green.
Adam’s Commission
Charles Fitzroy engaged Robert Adam to design the east and south terraces — his final major project before his death in 1792, completed in Portland stone.
Virginia Woolf at No.29
Virginia Woolf lived and wrote at 29 Fitzroy Square from 1907 to 1911, hosting the early gatherings of what would become the Bloomsbury Group.
The Omega Workshops
Wartime Use
The garden was commandeered during WWII to house emergency water storage dams for London’s firefighting operations.
Naomi Blake Sculpture
The fibreglass sculpture by Naomi Blake was installed in the garden to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
A Living Garden
Maintained by the Fitzroy Square Frontagers’ & Garden Committee, the private garden continues to serve residents and opens to the public on selected occasions during the summer.
Upcoming Events
Garden Open Day
12:00 – 15:00 · Free entry · Fitzroy Square Garden
Garden Open Day
12:00 – 15:00 · Free entry · Fitzroy Square Garden
Fitzrovia Festival
All day · Community celebration · Fitzrovia
Annual Garden AGM
18:30 · Committee members only · Private venue
Gallery
Spring blossom, summer shade, autumn colour — the garden transforms all year.
Notable Residents
Novelist and essayist, central to the Bloomsbury Group. Woolf wrote prolifically here and hosted the literary gatherings that shaped modernist literature.
Playwright and Nobel laureate. Shaw lived at this address during the formative years of his career, penning some of his earliest major works.
Art critic and painter who founded the Omega Workshops at this address introducing Post-Impressionism to British decorative arts and design.
Pre-Raphaelite painter who held his celebrated salon here, making Fitzroy Square a centre of Victorian artistic life and exchange.
Frontager Login Area
Committee Meeting (AGM, EGM etc.) files, Governance documents, Archive