The Poshest Neighbourhoods - Marylebone

Marylebone - Region Background and Development

The name of Marylebone in Marylebone comes from St. Mary's Church, now known as St Marylebone Parish Church (1817). At first the church was built by the creek, and the surrounding area was called St Mary at the Bourne, and later the name evolved to Marybourne , to Marybone.

In the 18th century, the area became famous for the entertainment at Marylebone Gardens. The Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone became the metropolitan area of London from 1899 to 1965, when it was later incorporated into the City of Westminster along with Paddington and Westminster.

Marylebone - Location and Traffic

Marylebone is located in the heart of the first district of central London and the postcode is W1 (because its central location, this postcode also includes Mayfair, Soho and Fitzrovia). Marylebone belongs to City of Westminster in London.

The closest stations are Marylebone Station and Baker Street Station. The traffic is very convenient, there are many subway lines. Marylebone Station itself has the subway Bakerloo Line and trains to the central/north of the UK. Here I must explain to everyone that the fast train to the famous Biceter Village departs from Marylebone. If you like shopping, you must not miss it. Baker Street Subway Station has multi-line subways: Jubilee line, Bakerloo line, Metropolitan line, Circle line, Hammersmith & City line and other five-line subways. It is a major transit hub in central London.

Marylebone - Life and Recreation

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Fans of Sherlock Holmes should know that the famous detective lives in 221B Baker Street Baker Street, and this place also exists in reality! Just near Baker Street Station in Marylebone District, on the north side of the street, the underground of the apartment is a free souvenir area, and the upper floor is an exhibition area that can be visited for a fee, and the home of Mr. Holmes described in the novel is restored to the maximum extent. One second seems to have traveled to the ancient 19th century. It is a must-see for reasoning fans.

Madame Tussauds London

In 1835, Marie Tussaud settled in Baker Street, London and opened a museum exhibiting her work. The museum was later run by her descendants and sold to the company in 2005. At present, the wax figures in the wax museum include historical figures, royal family members, movie and sports stars and so on.

What is life like in the Marylebone area?

Because of the excellent location, there is also a high street that can meet any needs in life, such as cozy small cafes, home decoration stores with excellent design, known as the cheese shop with the most selection in London, galleries, restaurants, bars, There are even more shops and so on, and even the farmer's market every Sunday, so that you can get fresh fruits and vegetables directly from the local production in the UK. Although you are in the center of London, you can feel the atmosphere of European streets where people are sitting lazily sitting in roadside cafes enjoying the warm sunshine, unlike Oxford Street, which is full of tourists and makes you breathless , can have such a comfortable location in the city center, no wonder so many celebrities choose to buy houses here.

Chiltern Firehouse, the first restaurant recommended by the British magazine Timeout, is said to be the hottest (and hardest to book) restaurant in London, where Hollywood celebrities often come and go. And it is famous not only for its restaurants, but also for its clubs, which get more and more lively as the night goes by. A while ago, the newspaper joked: If you want to locate in Chiltern Firehouse, if your name is not a name that often appears in Hollywood, you might as well give up sooner! ! (Note: The site of Chiltern Firehouse used to be the Marylebone Fire Station, a Grade II historical monument protected by the United Kingdom, as shown in the picture below)

Marylebone - Local Education

According to Ofsted, an authoritative office for standards in education in the UK, in the Marylebone area there are:

Comprehensive school

State Primary school

Private School

Private Preparatory school

Marylebone - Property Market

Let's take a look at the housing prices in Marylebone!

Next, let's look at more detailed statistics about the average price of buying and renting a house:

Some of the best roads in the Marylebone area include medical districts known for their medical care: Harley Street, Devonshire Place and Wimpole Street, as well as garden squares - Bryanston Square and Montagu Square.

Two-bedroom apartments in Bryanston Square start from around £1,350 per week (equivalent to £5,850 per month)

Marylebone is especially attractive for high-income doctors to live here, because in fact, Marylebone has a famous medical street called Harley Street since the 19th century. According to historical data, this street was in 1860. There were 20 physicians, which increased to 80 physicians by 1900 and 200 physicians by 1914. Even the British Health Service took root here in 1948, when there were almost 1500 doctors in the whole street! Until now, Harley Street is still the most famous medical street in the UK. In addition to a large number of medical specialties, there are also several hospitals here. The most famous medical beauty here is the popular medical beauty in recent years. Harley Street It is simply a paradise for beauty lovers!

(The photo below is Harley Street)

There are currently two new construction projects in the Marylebone area, one is Chiltern Place, which is a former row of office buildings converted into 55-unit apartments, including two penthouse luxury apartments and a single-family mansion. Another developer, Galliard Homes, has also developed a brand-new building project, The Chilterns, with 44 new apartments. The starting price of a two-bedroom apartment in this project is £4 million, and the asking price for a five-bedroom duplex penthouse is about £2,000. 5 million pounds.

There are literally hundreds of celebrities who once lived in this area of Marylebone, including the famous fictional character Sherlock Holmes who lives on 221B Baker Street

Of course, there are many other well-known celebrities living here:

From contemporary artists Madonna, Paul McCartney of the Beatles and John Lennon, to the greatest British writer Charles. Charles Dickens lived in Marylebone, the charm of this area is really irresistible.

(The photo below is the residence of John Lennon the lead singer of the Beatles, and Yoko )

Marylebone - Council Tax