Marylebone Area

Marylebone

If you are thinking of moving to the London Borough of Marylebone or the Marylebone area or visiting Marylebone then we hope you find our view and review of the Marylebone area interesting.

We are surveyors, so our view of Marylebone may be a bit property biased, but would you expect us to be anything else but property biased! We carry out surveys all over London , including building surveys, structural surveys, engineers reports, of course we are happy to carry out building surveys and structural surveys in Marylebone and the Marylebone area. We have tried to put other interesting non-property facts about Marylebone and the Marylebone area, many of which we don't think you will find anywhere else on the Internet.

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Marylebone a bit of fun

If you can read these articles in the sprit they were written; that they were written for people that don't know the area. We would be more than happy to add any comments from the Marylebone area and also comments from Marylebone locals who feel that we've missed out any important facts, or indeed if any of the facts about the Marylebone area we have put down are not accurate.

Where in London is Marylebone?

Marylebone is situated in the London Borough of Marylebone. It is in Central London to the north side. We always think of the area as Marylebone railway station, but there is much more to it than this.

We always think of the area as surrounding Marylebone railway station, but there is much more to Marylebone than this. To the north (that is to the north of the Thames, for those who want to know) is Regents Park (this is a Royal Park and was once their hunting grounds), Camden Town (please see our article on Camden ), St John's Wood and Belsize Park . To the east is Soho (please see our article on Soho) and to the south is Mayfair, The Strand, Chelsea, North Kensington and Bayswater and to the west is Paddington, Notting Hill, West Kensington, Hammersmith (see our article on Hammersmith), Ladbroke Grove, Maida Vale and Maida Vale Hill.

A bit further afield

A bit further afield is Hampstead, Barnsbury, Clerkenwell, Finchley, Pimlico, Chelsea , Kensington, North Kensington, West Kensington, Earls Court , Hammersmith, Bayswater, Notting Hill, Shepherds Bush, Maida Vale, Ladbroke Grove, Kilburn, Queens Park and Willesden Green, and to the side of the River Thames is Waterloo .

Thanks to Google Maps for this information.

Ways to travel in the Marylebone area

As already mentioned, within Marylebone you have Marylebone railway station and tube; and area that has been regularly used by the surveyors. Nearby you have Paddington railway station and tube; home to Paddington Bear, where there really is a Paddington Bear shop, Edgware tube and Baker Street tube. A bit further afield is Regents Park tube, Great Portland Street tube and if you want a good walk (we say a good walk but the tubes really aren't that far from each other) Marble Arch tube station and Oxford Street tube station.

Being in Central London you have an excellent red bus service and on the road by road basis you could say that Marylebone is bound by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware to the west and Portland Place to the east.

The main roads coming into the Marylebone area: from further afield you have the M1, which becomes the A1, and the M4, which becomes the A4; all moving towards the Marylebone area and which join the North Circular, also known as the A406, Hanger Lane and Gunnersbury Avenue. The A1 is also an excellent road for getting into the area. The A41, also known as Hendon Way, Finchley Road and Park Road, travel to Marylebone Road, which is the A40, and we have mentioned earlier, also known as West Way and Western Avenue. Also in the area; the A501, also known as Pentonville Road and City Road, the A4201, known as Albany Street and the A400, which is Hampstead Road.

The B507, Lisson Grove, Baker Street, York Street, Portland Place, Moor Street, Oxford Street, Seymour Street are all in the Marylebone area; although may not be strictly Marylebone.

We would add that we find Google Street View an amazing help when working in the area and would recommend Google Street View.

Interesting facts we know about the Marylebone area

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number one

The fictional character Paddington Bear was found in Paddington Station. He originally had marmalade under his hat, rather than marmite, for those of us that are a bit older!

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number two

Speaker's Corner is in Hyde Park , where you can literally almost say anything you like. Although some would argue that this is not strictly speaking Marylebone we are talking about the Marylebone area.

It is also worth having a look at Marble Arch, although it is surrounded by cars and effectively it is a roundabout!

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number three

The wax works museum is close by, known as Madame Tussauds

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number four

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes resided in 221b Baker Street .

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number five

If you walk, or cycle, round the area you will be amazed just how close the tube stations are to each other. One surveyor has walked many times from Marylebone to the Thames, which is a great walk, either taking the main routes via Edgware Road, Baker Street, Portland Place and along Oxford Street, then down New Bond Street or Regents Street, and perhaps then walking through China Town and Covent Garden, or along Pall Mall, dropping down to the Thames along the Victoria Embankment. It is worth having a look at Somerset House, particularly at Christmas if they still have the ice skating; it really is spectacular.

Interesting fact about Marylebone area number six

Close by Marylebone is both the Imperial College London, the University of Westminster and London Business School .

History

The name Marylebone comes originally from a stream and the church that was built on its banks, called St Mary by the Bourne, which was then shortened to Marylebone.

It is also known sometimes as Marylebone Village and is a very sought after area of London , particularly by the medical profession. Apparently this has been going on since the mid-19 th Century, when doctors were attracted to the area by the general elegance and spaciousness of the properties available, particularly Harley Street and Wimpole Street .

Much of the area was built by the Portman family and is known as the Portman Estate, which runs between Oxford Street and Edgware Road . This includes Portman Square , Manchester Square, Baker Street and Gloucester Place . There is also the large Howard de Walden estate.

This area was once made up of Lileston and Tyburn, which were named after the streams that flow through the area. These areas were the best neighbourhoods in London , Tyburn having famous gallows!

If you can imagine, in the 18 th Century Marylebone was an area of fields, developed by the Portman family and Robert Harley of Oxford .

Famous people that were born, have lived, or are living in Marylebone or the Marylebone area

Notable residents, past and present (other than Sherlock Holmes):

•  Sir Clement Freud

•  Jimi Hendrix

•  John Lennon and Yoko Ono

•  Sir Paul McCartney

•  Ringo Starr

•  George Harrison; most of the Beetles have been resident in the area at one point or another

•  H.G. Wells

•  Madonna

•  Norman Wisdom, born in Marylebone

Our main source if information is our own general knowledge and Wikepedia and a few other websites that we mention.

Famous buildings we have not surveyed!

•  We think both Marylebone Station and Paddington Station are amazing buildings. They certainly celebrate the work carried out during the Industrial Revolution.

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The Dome at the Waxworks Museum is quite something.

Unfortunately we haven't been able to come up with any other really famous buildings in the Marylebone area, so anyone who knows any please phone or e-mail us, we are sure we can sort out some sort of prize.

Things to do in the Marylebone area

The Lords cricket ground, known as the MCC, or Marylebone Cricket Club and is the governing body of cricket.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum in Baker Street is well worth a visit.

We have already mentioned it, but Paddington Bear is always worth a second mention. Visit Paddington and the various Paddington Bear shops and memorabilia that can be brought there.

Take a walk round Regents Park. Here there are often bands playing and Regents Park boating area is lovely. To the far end of Regents Park is London Zoo, which is well worth a look.

We recently had great pleasure from driving all the way down Marylebone Road when all the traffic lights were on green!

Independent Surveyors

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Commercial property independent surveyors advice

If you have a commercial property, whether it is freehold or leasehold then sooner or later you may get involved with dilapidation claims. You may wish to look at our Dilapidations Website at www.DilapsHelp.com and for Disputes go to our Disputes Help site www.DisputesHelp.com .

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