So I turn left at St Pancras Church into Upper Woburn Street and walk for no more than ten minutes until I arrive at Tavistock Square, somewhere I had heard of but never been, and I wasn't disappointed. On a sunny morning its a nice place to sit with a sandwich or a drink away from the hustle and bustle of Euston Road. There is a statue of Gandhi in the middle of the garden by Fredda Brilliant, 1968, to mark the impending centenary of Gandhi's in 1869. He studied law at University College London nearby from 1888 - 1891 There are other statues most notably of the writer Virginia Woolf who lived here between 1924 and 1939 and Louisa Brandreth Aldrich-Blake who was a pioneering surgeon and one of the first British women to enter the world of modern medicine. There is also a large rock with a plaque dedicated to peace.
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