London/Marylebone

Marylebone is a district located in the north-west of Central London. It is defined, in this guide at least, by Marylebone Road to the north, Portland Place to the east, Oxford Street to the south, and Edgware Road to the west.

Get in

Like most of Central London, Marylebone is well served by Tubes and Buses. Marylebone is roughly bounded by the following Tube stations (from North East travelling clockwise): Edgware Rd, Marylebone, Baker St, Regent's Park, Oxford Circus, Bond St and Marble Arch. Marylebone Station is also a mainline rail station; this terminus for trains from Amersham is one of the best preserved Victorian railway stations. With Oxford Street on its southern boundary, Marylebone has no shortage of buses.

• 23 & 7 travel up Edgware Rd and on towards Bayswater & Notting Hill....

See

• Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium, Marylebone Road. (Nearest tube: Baker Street) Mo-Fr 10am-5.30pm, Sa-Su 9.30am-5.30pm. Madame Tussaud's is a world famous waxwork museum, best known for its Grand Hall, with a collection of international royalty, statesmen and world leaders. Current highlights are based around the television series Pop Idol, and the film The Hulk. Visitors generally report that the exorbitant entrance fee does not warrant the selection of waxworks on show, which rarely resemble the celebrities. The Planetarium offers a good mix of education and entertainment, however. Between £10 and £20 (fee includes access to both attractions, but pricing depends on time of visit, price decreases as closing time approaches, and whether visitors wish to pass through the Chamber of Horrors). http://www.madame-tussauds.co.uk

• Wallace Collection, Manchester Square W1U 3BN. (Nearest tube: Bond Street) Mo-Su 10am-5pm (except 24, 25, 26 Dec) 020 7563 9527. The Wallace Collection is one of the world's finest private art collections, the best known of which is Frans Hals's work The Laughing Cavalier. Other artists on display include Rembrandt, Titian, Poussin, and Reynolds. Well worth escaping to after the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street. Admission free. =>

• Marble Arch is where the north-eastern point of Hyde Park meets the south-western tip of Marylebone. This enormous arch was originally situated in front of Buckingham Palace. In 1851 the expansion of the palace meant the arch could no longer remain where it was, so it was moved to this point on Hyde Park. It now stands rather sadly on a large traffic island, but the subway beneath the roads mean you can stop off at the Marble Arch on your way from Oxford St to Hyde Park. Speaker's Corner, over the road from Marble Arch in Hyde Park itself, is a traditional location for preachers and speakers of all types wanting to be heard. On Sunday morning some dozen or more orators turn up with a box or stepladder and talk loudly about whatever it is they feel strongly about, be it religion, capitalism, the government, or whether the aliens really are coming to get us. Yes it's a bit of a nuthouse but very amusing to behold and must be seen to be believed. You can't help thinking it's good there's somewhere for people like this to go.

• Regent's Park meets the northern edge of Marylebone

• Hyde Park

• Sherlock Holmes Museum, 221b Baker St

Do

• BBC Broadcasting House.

Buy

• Green Valley middle-eastern supermarket
• The White Company for linen.
• Wigmore Sports Wigmore St
• Wigmore St excellent for kitchen design type stuff. Big ticket items, not small stuff.

Eat

Edgware Road London's prime location for middle-eastern food: Lebanese, ...

• Maroush a chain including Maroush, Ranoush Juice,

• Migen, pan-asian food at budget prices. The owner has his supplies shipped in specifically from the far east, and declares his secret is always using chillies from the country of the dish. If you're stuck for choice, try the agedashi-dofu (deep-fried tofu with dipping sauce)
• Les Portes des Indes

Marylebone High St

• Tapa Room Marylebone High St, with the more formal Providores restaurant upstairs.
• Paul, Marylebone High St, French patisserie and bakery with some seating available.
• Giraffe, world food.
• China Garden Baker St.

Drink

• RIBA
• Edgeware Road juice bars.
• Churchill's whiskey and cigar bar at the Churchill Intercontinental Hotel, Portman Square.
• Locanda Locatelli arguably the best Italian food in London.
• The Hobgoblin a local brewery with a self proclaimed "award winning" Thai restaurant. Balcombe St.

Sleep

• Grange Langham Court Hotel
• Melia White House Hotel

External links

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