DiscoverBloomsbury

Discover Bloomsbury / Listen with Cobble

Listen with Cobble

A few stories.
A different Bloomsbury.

Explore at your own pace, follow a complete audio Walk, or share the stories with someone else.

Discover Bloomsbury is a Cobble Media publication. These are our own audio experiences; prices and access are explained below.

Start with a sample

Hear the people behind the places.

This 55-second excerpt from Love, Lies & Literature introduces the tangled relationships of Lytton Strachey, Duncan Grant and John Maynard Keynes.

Preview from Cobble’s official Walk page. Full listening uses the app; follow Cobble for purchase options.

CobbleGo · 24-hour Pass

Try three Scenes free.

Then choose a £1.99 Day Pass for 24 hours of discovery.

Collections are included. Pick a neighbourhood or a theme, then choose which Scenes to hear and where to begin. There is no separate Collection charge.

A useful choice for a spare half-hour after the British Museum, or a longer afternoon without a fixed route.

Find Bloomsbury Scenes and Collections ↗

Prefer a complete guided Walk?

These two Walks are bought separately from the Pass. Each can be replayed on location or remotely. Allow time for pauses and reaching the start.

Guided audio Walk · £4.99

Bloomsbury: Love, Lies & Literature

68 minutes · 1 km · 14 Scenes

Writers, artists and unconventional relationships around Gordon and Tavistock Squares.

Route, credits and app access → ↗

Guided audio Walk · £4.99

Scandals of Russell Square

76 minutes · 1.3 km · 17 Scenes

Literary lives, royal disputes and private dramas around Russell and Brunswick Squares.

Route, credits and app access → ↗

Two people, under £3.

With Cobble Together’s current Collection offer, one person buys a £1.99 Pass and an invited listener who needs access pays 99p. That makes £2.98 for two, £3.97 for three or £4.96 for four new pass holders.

Everyone uses their own phone. Together also supports separately purchased Walks, with invited listeners paying half the listed Walk price. Check the invitation price before joining.

See the current Together offer → ↗

Share it from somewhere else.

Cobble documents shared sessions with some or all listeners joining remotely through Cobble Anywhere. The £1.99 Pass includes up to 20 remote Scenes during its 24 hours.

The App Store still labels Together beta. We have checked the published offer, rather than tested group playback or checkout.

Try the free Joe Orton & Queer 60s London Collection ↗ for an introduction without buying a Pass.

Which kind of guide suits you?

Compare independent audio routes, a live guide and a free garden-square tour.

Compare Bloomsbury audio tours and walks →

Sources & checks

Checked 14 September 2026. Group totals are calculations from the advertised offer. Exact Walk invitation prices are shown in the app.

Start where you are.

Just left the British Museum?

Choose a nearby story, square or smaller museum.

See the guide →

New to UCL, SOAS or Birkbeck?

Get to know the streets before and after class.

See the guide →