Baker Street

Baker Street

94 Baker Street, formerly the Apple Boutique.
Length	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Location	Westminster, London, United Kingdom
North end	Oxford Street
To	Regent's Park
Other
Known for	Shopping · Sherlock Holmes' residence (221B Baker Street) · Baker Street robbery · Setting of Gerry Rafferty's hit song · Jethro Tull's composition · Baker Street tube station · Apple Boutique · Selfridges

Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at a fictional 221B Baker Street address on the north of the street. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.

Baker Street is a busy thoroughfare, lying in postcode areas NW1/W1 and forming part of the A41 there. It runs south from Regent's Park, the junction with Park Road, parallel to Gloucester Place, meeting Marylebone Road, Portman Square and Wigmore Street. At the junction with Wigmore Street, Baker Street turns into Orchard Street, which ends when it meets with Oxford Street. After Portman Square the road continues as Orchard Street.

The street is served by the London Underground by Baker Street tube station, one of the world's oldest surviving underground stations. Next door is Transport for London's lost property office.

A significant robbery of a branch of Lloyds Bank took place on Baker Street in 1971.

In the United States, there is a pub/restaurant chain named "Baker Street Pub," that plays off of the Sherlock Holmes theme. Some locations even have the iconic British red phone booth outside.

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.