Ridgmount Street is a street in

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, London.

Location

Ridgmount Street runs from Chenies Street in the north to

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in the south. It runs parallel with Gower Street and Alfred Place. Ridgmount Place joins Ridgmount Street on its western side.

Occupants and buildings

The street is home to: *

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at number 7. *The Child and Family Practice at number 8. *The former Bloomsbury Petrol Station at the south end of the street was the subject of an award-winning redevelopment. The street was also previously home to the

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(CILIP) at number 7; the building was purpose-built in 1965 as the headquarters of the Library Association, one of CILIP's predecessors. CILIP sold their Ridgmount Street headquarters in 2023, and re-located to offices at the

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The Polyclinic

At number 22 Chenies Street, on the north western corner of Ridgmount Street, once stood the Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic. It has since been replaced by Nicholas Cooper House, owned by the

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. The Polyclinic was the first British postgraduate medical institution.Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic.
UCL Bloomsbury Project, 13 April 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

References

Streets in the London Borough of Camden Bedford Estate {{London-road-stub