Mayfair
Mayfair shown within Greater London
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London borough	Westminster
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W1
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
European Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	West Central
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Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°08′51″W / 51.508755, -0.14743

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History

Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place on the site that is Shepherd Market_ today (from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764). Note Please link only to revelant articles per "WPOVERLINK" Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Until 1686, the May Fair was held in Haymarket, and after 1764, it moved to Fair Field in Bow. Haymarket is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster, a London Borough Bow is an area of East London England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Mayfair is roughly bordered by Hyde Park to the west, Oxford Street to the north, Piccadilly and Green Park to the south and Regent Street to the east. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. Piccadilly is a major London street running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east Green Park (officially The Green Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London 's West End. Most of the area was first developed between the mid 17th century and the mid 18th century as a fashionable residential district, by a number of landlords, the most important of them the Grosvenor family. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor the 3rd Marquess of Westminster The freehold of a large section of Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate. Fee simple is an estate in land in Common law. It is the most common way Real estate is owned in common law countries and is ordinarily the most In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a Property portfolio associated with the monarchy.

The district is now mainly commercial, with many offices in converted houses and new buildings, including major corporate headquarters, a concentration of hedge funds, and real estate businesses. A hedge fund is a private Investment fund open to a limited range of investors which is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other investment Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom Rents are among the highest in London and the world. There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well as some exclusive shopping and London's largest concentration of luxury hotels and many restaurants. This article describes the hotels in London England. Hotels are an important part of London 's tourism industry Buildings in Mayfair include the United States embassy in Grosvenor Square, the Royal Academy of Arts, The Handel House Museum, the Grosvenor House Hotel and Claridge's. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Grosvenor Square (pronounced "Grove-ner Square" is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair was the home of the German born baroque This article is about the Hotel in London For the hotel of the same name in Sheffield, see Grosvenor House Hotel (Sheffield Grosvenor House is one Claridge's is a luxury hotel in Mayfair, central London. It is located at the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street

The renown and prestige of Mayfair has grown in the popular mind due to its designation as the most expensive property on a British Monopoly set. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Monopoly is a Board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro.

Education

For education in Mayfair see the main City of Westminster article. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status.

Streets and squares

Savile Row

The Royal Arcade in Old Bond Street

• Berkeley Square
• Bond Street
• Brook Street
• Brown Hart Gardens
• Dover Street
• Curzon Street
• Grosvenor Square
• Hanover Square
• Hill Street, London
• Hyde Park Corner - road junction at the south east corner
• Marble Arch - road junction/plaza at the north west corner
• Oxford Street - northern boundary
• Park Lane - western boundary
• Piccadilly - southern boundary
• Piccadilly Circus - road junction/plaza at the south east corner of Mayfair
• Regent Street - eastern boundary
• Savile Row
• Shepherd Market

Transport and locale

Location in Context

The north side of Grosvenor Square in the 18th or early 19th century. Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Marylebone (sometimes written St Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London, England in Fitzrovia is an area of Central London, near London's West End. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner This article is about an area of Manhattan, New York City. For the area in London UK see Soho. Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. St James's is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. The name Chinatown has been used at different times to describe different places in London. Grosvenor Square (pronounced "Grove-ner Square" is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. The three houses at the far left form a unified group, but the others on this side are individually designed. Most later London squares would be more uniform.

Nearest tube stations

• Bond Street tube station
• Green Park tube station
• Hyde Park Corner tube station
• Marble Arch tube station
• Oxford Circus tube station

• Also Down Street tube station - no longer in use

Nearest railway station

• Victoria station

Museums

• Handel House Museum
• Wallace Collection

Notable Residents

Famous past residents have included:

• Queen Elizabeth II, who was born in Bruton Street and lived in Mayfair during her infant years. Bond Street tube station is a London Underground station on Oxford Street, near the junction with New Bond Street. Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park, close to the intersection of Piccadilly and the pedestrian Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. Oxford Circus is a London Underground station serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on Down Street, also known as Down Street (Mayfair, was a station of the London Underground 's Piccadilly Line which closed in 1932 London Victoria is a major London Underground, National Rail and Coach station in the City of Westminster. The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair was the home of the German born baroque The Wallace Collection is a museum in London, with a world-famous range of fine and Decorative arts from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries with For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II
• John Adams, 2nd American president (1735–1826)
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, surgeon and mayor (1836–1917)
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (1806–1861)
• Robert Clive, soldier & administrator (1725–1774)
• A.J. Cronin, novelist (1896-1981)
• Benjamin Disraeli, prime minister (1804–1881)
• Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th American president (1890–1969)
• Charles James Fox, British statesman (1749–1806)
• George Frideric Handel, composer (1695–1759)
• Jimi Hendrix, guitarist & songwriter (1942–1970)
• William Somerset Maugham, novelist (1874–1965)
• Sir Robert Peel, prime minister (1788–1850)
• Sir Henry Pelham, prime minister (1695–1754)
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan, dramatist (1751–1816)

See also

• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• Mount Street Gardens

External links

• The Site of the original May-fair
• BBC News story: Reviving the Mayfair May Fair
• The mayhem that marred May Day
• History of Mayfair