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.