Tavistock Sq, the 'square of peace', contains a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, a memorial to wartime conscientious objectors and a cherry tree recalling the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the scene of one of the four suicide bombings in central London in July 2005.
Tavistock Square
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