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Baker Street, NW1

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The NW1 end of Baker Street was home to Sherlock Holmes.

The section of Baker Street north of the Marylebone Road is where the fictional 221B Baker Street would have been located. The street runs south from Regent’s Park, the junction with Park Road, parallel to Gloucester Place.

Also fictionally, Basil of Baker Street, The Great Mouse Detective, Sherlock Hound, Danger Mouse, Sexton Blake, Carland Cross and James Black of Case Closed have all resided along the road.

Residents of the prestigious mansion block, Chiltern Court, on the Regent’s Park end of Baker Street include the novelists Arnold Bennett and H.G Wells, who are commemorated with a blue plaque.

In 1835 the sculptor James Fillans came to live and work from 82 Baker Street.

The street is served by the London Underground by Baker Street Underground station, one of the world’s oldest surviving underground stations. Next door is Transport for London’s lost property office.

In 1835, the first wax museum of Madame Tussauds was opened on Baker Street. The museum moved, just around the corner, to Marylebone Road in 1884.

Baker Street is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Allsop Farm Allsop Farm stood on the north side of Marylebone Road.
Allsop Farm
Baker Street Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world’s first underground railway, opened in 1863.
Baker Street

NEARBY STREETS
Albert Mansions, W1U Albert Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Albert Mansions, W1U
Allsop Place, NW1 Allsop Place was named for Thomas Allsop of Allsop Farm.
Allsop Place, NW1
Alpha Road, NW8 Alpha Road, named after the Greek letter, was the first street to be developed in this area in 1799.
Alpha Road, NW8
Ashland House, W1U Classified as a residential/commercial block
Ashland House, W1U
Ashland Place, W1U Alongside the cemetery of Marylebone ran Burying Ground Passage which was renamed Ashland Place in 1886.
Ashland Place, W1U
Aybrook Street, W1U Aybrook Street roughly follows the path of the former Aye, or Eye Brook.
Aybrook Street, W1U
Balcombe Street, NW1 Balcombe Street is a street in Camden Town.
Balcombe Street, NW1
Balcome Street, NW1 Balcome Street is a road in the E9 postcode area
Balcome Street, NW1
Barker Street, NW1 Barker Street is a road in the SW10 postcode area
Barker Street, NW1
Beaumont Mews, W1G Beaumont Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Beaumont Mews, W1G
Beaumont Street, W1G Beaumont Street is the location of the King Edward VII Hospital and the Marylebone Library.
Beaumont Street, W1G
Bendall Mews, NW1 Bendall Mews is a street in Camden Town.
Bendall Mews, NW1
Berkeley Court, NW1 Berkeley Court is a street in Camden Town.
Berkeley Court, NW1
Bickenhall Mansions, W1U Bickenhall Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Bickenhall Mansions, W1U
Bickenhall Street, W1U Bickenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Bickenhall Street, W1U
Boston Place, NW1 Boston Place is a street in Camden Town.
Boston Place, NW1
Chagford House, NW1 Residential block
Chagford House, NW1
Chagford Street, NW1 Chagford Street is a street in Camden Town.
Chagford Street, NW1
Chalfont Court, NW1 Chalfont Court is a street in Camden Town.
Chalfont Court, NW1
Chiltern Court, NW1 Chiltern Court is a street in Camden Town.
Chiltern Court, NW1
Chiltern Street, W1U Chiltern Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Chiltern Street, W1U
Clarence Gate Gardens, NW1 Clarence Gate Gardens is a street in Camden Town.
Clarence Gate Gardens, NW1
Clay Street, W1U Clay Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Clay Street, W1U
Cornwall Terrace Mews, NW1 This is a street in the NW1 postcode area
Cornwall Terrace Mews, NW1
Cornwall Terrace, NW1 Cornwall Terrace is a street in Camden Town.
Cornwall Terrace, NW1
Cosway Street, NW1 Cosway Street is a street in Camden Town.
Cosway Street, NW1
Crawford Mews, W1H Crawford Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Crawford Mews, W1H
Crawford Street, W1H Crawford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Crawford Street, W1H
Crawford Street, W1U Crawford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Crawford Street, W1U
David Mews, W1U David Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
David Mews, W1U
Devonshire Place Mews, W1G Devonshire Place Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Devonshire Place Mews, W1G
Devonshire Place, W1G Devonshire Place is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Devonshire Place, W1G
Dorset Square, NW1 Dorset Square was built on the former site of Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Dorset Square, NW1
Dorset Street, W1U Dorset Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Dorset Street, W1U
Dunstable Mews, W1G Dunstable Mews is a road in the W1G postcode area
Dunstable Mews, W1G
Durweston Mews, W1U Durweston Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Durweston Mews, W1U
Durweston Street, W1H Durweston Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Durweston Street, W1H
Enford Street, W1H Enford Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Enford Street, W1H
Farley Court, NW1 Farley Court is a street in Camden Town.
Farley Court, NW1
Forset Street, W1U Forset Street is a road in the W1H postcode area
Forset Street, W1U
Glentworth Street, NW1 Glentworth Street is a street in Camden Town.
Glentworth Street, NW1
Gloucester Place, NW1 Gloucester Place is a street in Camden Town.
Gloucester Place, NW1
Gloucester Place, W1U Gloucester Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Gloucester Place, W1U
Great Central Street, NW1 Great Central Street is a street in Camden Town.
Great Central Street, NW1
Grotto Passage, W1U Grotto Passage has kept its name amid a sea of renaming.
Grotto Passage, W1U
Harcourt Street, W1H Harcourt Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Harcourt Street, W1H
Harewood Avenue, NW1 Harewood Avenue is a street in Camden Town.
Harewood Avenue, NW1
Harewood Row, NW1 Harewood Row is a street in Camden Town.
Harewood Row, NW1
Harley House, NW1 Residential block
Harley House, NW1
Hayes Place, NW1 Hayes Place is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Hayes Place, NW1
Homer Row, W1H Homer Row is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Homer Row, W1H
Homer Street, W1H Homer Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Homer Street, W1H
Huntsworth Mews, NW1 Huntsworth Mews is a street in Camden Town.
Huntsworth Mews, NW1
Ivor Court, NW1 Ivor Court is a street in Camden Town.
Ivor Court, NW1
Ivor Place, NW1 Ivor Place is a street in Camden Town.
Ivor Place, NW1
Kenrick Place, W1U Kenrick Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Kenrick Place, W1U
Kent Passage, NW1 Kent Passage is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Kent Passage, NW1
Knox Street, W1H This is a street in the W1H postcode area
Knox Street, W1H
Linhope Street, NW1 Linhope Street is a street in Camden Town.
Linhope Street, NW1
Lisson Grove, NW1 The southern end of Lisson Grove was the location of a hamlet and open space, both called Lisson Green.
Lisson Grove, NW1
Luxborough Street, W1U Luxborough Street is a road in the W1U postcode area
Luxborough Street, W1U
Marylebone High Street, W1U Marylebone High Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Marylebone High Street, W1U
Marylebone High Street, W1U Marylebone High Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Marylebone High Street, W1U
Marylebone Road, NW1 Marylebone Road is a street in Camden Town.
Marylebone Road, NW1
Marylebone Road, NW1 Marylebone Road is a road in the W1U postcode area
Marylebone Road, NW1
Marylebone Street, W1G Marylebone Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Marylebone Street, W1G
Melcombe Place, NW1 Melcombe Place is a street in Camden Town.
Melcombe Place, NW1
Melcombe Street, NW1 Melcombe Street is a street in Camden Town.
Melcombe Street, NW1
Montagu Mansions, W1U Montagu Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Montagu Mansions, W1U
Montagu Mews North, W1H Montagu Mews North is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Montagu Mews North, W1H
Montagu Row, W1U Montagu Row is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Montagu Row, W1U
Moxon Street, W1U Moxon Street once went by the name of Paradise Street, at odds with its appearance.
Moxon Street, W1U
Nottingham Place, W1U Nottingham Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Nottingham Place, W1U
Nottingham Street, W1U Nottingham Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Nottingham Street, W1U
Old Marylebone Road, NW1 Old Marylebone Road is a street in Camden Town.
Old Marylebone Road, NW1
Oldbury Place, W1U Oldbury Place is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Oldbury Place, W1U
Ossington Buildings, W1U Ossington Buildings is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Ossington Buildings, W1U
Paddington Street, W1U Paddington Street was once a country track leading towards Paddington.
Paddington Street, W1U
Palgrave Gardens, NW1 Palgrave Gardens is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Palgrave Gardens, NW1
Park Road, NW1 Park Road is a street in Camden Town.
Park Road, NW1
Paveley Street, NW8 Paveley Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area
Paveley Street, NW8
Porter Street, W1U Porter Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Porter Street, W1U
Portman Mansions, NW1 Portman Mansions is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Portman Mansions, NW1
Rossmore Road, NW1 Rossmore Road is a street in Camden Town.
Rossmore Road, NW1
Salisbury Place, W1H Salisbury Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Salisbury Place, W1H
Salisbury Place, W1H Salisbury Place is a road in the SW9 postcode area
Salisbury Place, W1H
Seymour Buildings, W1H Seymour Buildings is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Seymour Buildings, W1H
Sherlock Mews, W1U Sherlock Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
Sherlock Mews, W1U
Shillibeer Place, W1H Shillibeer Place commemorates pioneer busman George Shillibeer.
Shillibeer Place, W1H
Siddons Lane, NW1 Siddons Lane is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Siddons Lane, NW1
St Andrews Mansions, W1U St Andrews Mansions is a road in the W1U postcode area
St Andrews Mansions, W1U
Station Approach, NW1 Station Approach is a street in Camden Town.
Station Approach, NW1
Sussex Place, NW1 Sussex Place is a street in Camden Town.
Sussex Place, NW1
Taunton Place, NW1 Taunton Place is a street in Camden Town.
Taunton Place, NW1
The Arcade, NW1 The Arcade is a road in the NW1 postcode area
The Arcade, NW1
Thornton Place, W1H Thornton Place is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Thornton Place, W1H
Treborough House, W1U Residential block
Treborough House, W1U
Upper Montagu Street, W1H Upper Montagu Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Upper Montagu Street, W1H
Walden House, W1U Residential block
Walden House, W1U
Walmer Place, W1H Walmer Place is a road in the W1H postcode area
Walmer Place, W1H
Waverley Court, W1G Waverley Court is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Waverley Court, W1G
Wheatley Street, W1G Wheatley Street is one of the streets of London in the W1G postal area.
Wheatley Street, W1G
Wyndham Mews, W1H Wyndham Mews is a road in the W1H postcode area
Wyndham Mews, W1H
Wyndham Street, NW1 Wyndham Street is a road in the NW1 postcode area
Wyndham Street, NW1
Wyndham Street, W1H Wyndham Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
Wyndham Street, W1H
York Bridge, NW1 York Bridge is a road in the NW1 postcode area
York Bridge, NW1
York Gate, NW1 York Gate is a street in Camden Town.
York Gate, NW1
York Street, W1H York Street is one of the streets of London in the W1H postal area.
York Street, W1H
York Street, W1U York Street is one of the streets of London in the W1U postal area.
York Street, W1U
York Terrace East, W1G York Terrace East is a street in Camden Town.
York Terrace East, W1G
York Terrace West, NW1 York Terrace West is a road in the NW1 postcode area
York Terrace West, NW1

Baker Street

Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. The station lies in Travelcard Zone 1 and is served by five different lines. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world’s first underground railway, opened in 1863.

Baker Street station was opened by the MR on 10 January 1863 (these platforms are now served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines). On 13 April 1868, the MR opened the first section of Metropolitan and St John’s Wood Railway as a branch from its existing route. This line, serving the open-air platforms, was steadily extended to Willesden Green and northwards, finally reaching Aylesbury Town and Verney Junction (some 50 miles/80 km from Baker Street) in 1892.

Over the next few decades this section of the station was extensively rebuilt to provide four platforms. The current Metropolitan line layout largely dates from 1925, and the bulk of the surface buildings, designed by architect Charles Clark, also date from this period.

The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR, now the Bakerloo line) opened on 10 March 1906; Baker Street was the temporary northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Marylebone station on 27 March 1907.

The original station building stood on Baker Street and served the tube platforms with lifts, but these were supplemented with escalators in 1914, linking the Metropolitan line and the Bakerloo line platforms by a new concourse excavated under the Metropolitan line.

On 20 November 1939, following the construction of an additional southbound platform and connecting tube tunnels between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations, the Bakerloo line took over the Metropolitan line’s stopping services between Finchley Road and Wembley Park and its Stanmore branch. The current Bakerloo ticket hall and escalators to the lower concourse were provided in conjunction with the new service.

The Jubilee line added an extra northbound platform and replaced the Bakerloo line service to Stanmore from its opening on 1 May 1979.


LOCAL PHOTOS
Montagu House, Portman Square
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Lisson Green
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Portman Square, W1H
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Grotto Passage
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In the neighbourhood...

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Montagu House, Portman Square
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Abbey lodge as it appeared on the 1872 Ordnance Survey map. It faces Park Road with Hanover Gate to its north and Hanover Terrace behind.
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Baker Street station (1890)
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Shillibeer Place sign
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Grotto Passage
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