Holborn: Flexible Workspaces With Purpose

In the heart of midtown, tucked away in a private mews, The Fulwood is our private but central location, close to Holborn Station. Offering flexible day passes, private office space and meeting room hire, there are affordable plans to suit start-ups, corporates and individuals alike. The Fulwood is a brand new location that opened earlier this year, and is tucked away next to the beautiful Grays Inn Gardens.

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About The Area

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Holborn has been home to famous creatives including writers Charles Dickens and Zadie Smith, and composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. A short stroll away from the British Museum in Bloomsbury, the area is a desirable blend of diddly-squat attractions, ornate law colleges and various shops, restaurants and luxury hotels.

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Today, Holborn boasts the revamp ‘midtown’, as it is almost the exact centre of the city. The original name is said to derive from the old english ‘hoth burna’ meaning ‘steam in the hollow’. Both Holborn and Fleet Street derive their names from being associated with the same stream - the River Fleet, which ran through a steep valley (hollow) in places.

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Startup Resources

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Holborn is home to the Pearson Business School, an incubator which offers an in-residence programme as an opportunity for new startups to move into its campus for 12 months. This is a way for students to discover what start-up life is really like, as well as encouraging mindset shifts and fostering a collaborative community. For a spot of after-work socialising, you can also find some of London’s favourite members club, especially in nearby Soho, including The Century Club and The Court.

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Wine And Dine

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The Rosewood Hotel hosts ‘the pie hole’ to the left of it’s street-level entrance. Selling a range of handmade pies with various fillings every day, it’s an upmarket take on the grab and go Gregs. You can also sit inside ‘the pie room’ if you’d prefer to dine in. Their Scarfes Bar is designed to impress, should you need to host celebratory drinks.

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Holborn perfectly blends its famous ye old English pubs, with more exotic delights. Some of the best sushi in the area can be found at Roka Aldwych, and The Old Bank Of England boasts pies and pints under high ceilings with large artworks, in the former Bank of England’s Law Courts. The Bloomsbury Tavern is a light, gothic-style 1856 pub with arched stained-glass windows, which claims to have its own ghost…

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Keeping Fit

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Holborn is home to all the usual fitness chains, including PureGym and Fitness First. For something a little different you could try Gymbox, which has been building clubs in disused car parks, old cinemas, closed banks, and underground urban caverns across the city for a while now. They have built a reputation for their unique workout experiences, with one of London’s biggest class timetables. 1Rebel also boast a unique edge and character, where you can be mentally and physically challenged with quick-fire rounds of HIIT and dynamic weight sequences.

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Community Collectives

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One of the more unusual sights in the area is the Princess Louise Pub Grade II listed urinals… the pub itself was built in 1872 and is now well-known for its 1891 Victorian interior. The entire pub is actually grade II listed, but the urinals are the most infamous attraction, as they are perfectly preserved and still functioning from when they were first installed in the late 19th Century.

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If you’re in need of a good laugh at the end of the week, Holborn is home to the Museum Of Comedy. Artefacts of comedy going back decades can be found in the museum’s collection as well as rotating exhibitions. You can also check out the Comedy Crypt, a state of the art traditional performance space that hosts comedy acts, cabaret shows, and other performances throughout the week.

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Rest And Reset

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The Lincoln’s Inn Fields are the largest public square in London, and borders two of the Inns of Court, providing a welcome respite to attorneys and laypersons alike. It’s been around since the 1630s with the plans drawn by famed landscape architect Inigo Jones and brought to life by William Newton.

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To practice law in England and Wales, you have to be admitted to one of the four Inns of Court, and two of them are found in Holborn, with Lincoln’s Inn being the largest of the four. This has made it popular with the likes of the cast of Downton Abbey, for its Georgian Idyll in the shadow of the city.

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There are also an abundance of events and workshops hosted in the area throughout the week, including still life drawing and Calligraphy classes.

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Feeling Cultured

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The Old Curiosity Shop on Portsmouth Street is believed to be the one on which Dickens based his novel of the same name. The shop itself has been on this site since the 16th Century which makes it the oldest shop in Central London. Aptly selling a range of antique and modern art, its historical and cultural impact means that it is under a preservation order so when you step inside, you’ll feel Dickens’s novel come to life.

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Culture buffs will also appreciate a trip to Dr. Johnson’s House - celebrating the life of the man responsible for the first English language dictionary. As well as writing an extensive collection of poetry and novels, the home has a great array of artifacts from Johnson’s life as well as serving as a research library. Equally, The Charles Dickens Museum at 48 Doughty Street is another time capsule with a dinstictly British cafe.

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Most famously, Holborn is an area of legal significance, with monuments such as the Temple Church serving the Inner and Middle Temple - two of London’s four ancient societies of lawyers. Its name derives from being a meeting place for the Knights Templar prior to the church’s construction. The 12th Century house of worship is also home to one of the existing copies of the Magna Carta, a central document to English law.

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Commuting

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Midtown is at the heart of London's centre, where EC1 meets WC1. Public transport links are excellent, and include Waterloo, Charing Cross, Kings Cross and Euston mainline stations.

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