94 Baker Street, formerly the Apple Boutique. The Apple Boutique was a Retail store, located at 94 Baker Street, London, and one of the first business ventures made by The Beatles ' fledgling

Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. Marylebone (sometimes written St Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London, England in The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It forms part of the A41. The A41 is a formerly-major Trunk road in England that links London and Birkenhead, although as stated below it has now largely been It is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at 221B Baker Street, an address that does not actually exist. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 221B Baker Street is the fictional London residence of the detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The street is named for builder William Baker who laid the street out in the eighteenth century. It was originally a high class residential address, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.

Baker St is in postcode areas NW1/W1 and is a busy thoroughfare. It runs south from Regent's Park, the intersection with Park Road, parallel to Gloucester Place, intersecting Marylebone Road, York Street, Portman Square and Wigmore Street. For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks Marylebone Road (ˈmɑrləboʊn is an important thoroughfare in central London, within the City of Westminster. York Street, currently styled as the Staffsmart Stadium for sponsorship purposes is a football stadium in Boston, England, and is the home ground Portman Square is a square in London part of the Portman Estate. Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End that runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between At the intersection with Wigmore St, Baker St turns into Orchard Street, which ends when it intersects with Oxford Street. Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster.

The street is served by the London Underground by Baker Street tube station; next to the station is Transport for London's lost property office. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Transport for London ( TfL) is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the Transport system in Greater London in England. A lost and found ( American English and Canadian English) lost property ( British English) or lost articles (also Canadian English Baker Street Station is the world's first underground station. A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway

A significant robbery of a Lloyds Bank took place on Baker Street in 1971. Lloyds Bank Plc was a British Commercial bank which operated in England and Wales (and to a much lesser extent Scotland) from 1833 until its Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

Notable residents

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

In 1940 the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive moved to 64 Baker Street, Marks and Spencer office; they were often called the "Baker Street Irregulars" after Sherlock Holmes's gang of street urchins of the same name. The Special Operations Executive ( SOE) (sometimes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars " after Sherlock Holmes ' fictional group of helpers 64 Baker Street, London was the address of the headquarters of the Special Operations Executive. Marks & Spencer Group plc (also M&S, Marks and Sparks, and Marks) is a British Retailer with 843 stores in more than 30 The Baker Street Irregulars are any of several different groups all named after the original from various Sherlock Holmes stories

The Beatles Apple Corp was based at 94 Baker Street,

The head office of Marks and Spencer, formerly the UK's largest retailer, was at "Michael House" (named in parallel with the group's "St Michael" brand) in Baker Street for many years until the company relocated to the Paddington Basin in 2004. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Apple Corps Ltd is a multi-armed multimedia Corporation founded in January 1968 by British Rock band The Beatles to replace their Paddington Basin is an area of London at Paddington named after the nearby Canal Basin. This was one of the best known corporate buildings in the UK. It is expected that Michael House will be demolished and replaced with a new mixed use development.

British singer Dusty Springfield lived on Baker St in the 1960s.

Media References

In fiction, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, DangerMouse, Sexton Blake, Basil The Great Mouse Detective and James Black (Case Closed) have all resided along the road. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story DangerMouse is a British Animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who has appeared in many British comic strips and novels described by Professor Jeffrey Richards on the BBC in 'The Radio Detectives' in 2003 as "the The Great Mouse Detective was a 1986 Animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and originally released to Movie theaters James Black is a fictional character of the anime and manga series Detective Conan.

“Baker Street” was a song by Gerry Rafferty, released in 1978, particularly noted for its saxophone solo. " Baker Street " ( 1978) by Gerry Rafferty, is his first released song after the lawsuits about the formal separation of the band Stealers Wheel Gerry Rafferty (born Gerald Rafferty 16 April 1947 in Paisley) is a Scottish Singer and Songwriter. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

The original title of "A Samba for Sherlock", by Jô Soares, makes a mention to the street: "O Xangô de Baker Street". You may be looking for Joe Soares. José Eugênio Soares, best known as Jô Soares (born January 16, 1938) is a

The street was also mentioned by the progressive rock band Jethro Tull in the song "Baker Street Muse" and by H.G. Wells at the end of The War of the Worlds. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by

The 2008 film, The Bank Job was based on the 1971 robbery of Lloyds Bank in Baker Street. The Bank Job is a 2008 British Crime Film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Jason Statham, based on the 1971 Lloyds Bank Plc was a British Commercial bank which operated in England and Wales (and to a much lesser extent Scotland) from 1833 until its

See also

• Baker Street tube station
• 64 Baker Street - headquarters of the SOE
• 221B Baker Street - Sherlock Holmes's residence
• Baker Street Irregulars - Holmes's urchin detectives
• List of eponymous roads in London

Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°09′24″W / 51.5200, -0.1566