Scape Bloomsbury (previously known as Woburn Place) is within a short walking distance of University College London (c.38,000 students from 150 countries), SOAS University of London (c.5,000 students from 133 countries) and two teaching hospitals, University College Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital. The London School of Economics, Kings College London, City University and University of the Arts, London are also within walking distance, bringing the total number of students in close proximity to Woburn Place to c.100,000.

The property was closed from September 2017 for complete refurbishment and reopened for the 2018/19 academic year providing 432 beds.