Baker Street - London
Overview
Baker Street is often associated with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at 221B Baker Street, an address that does not actually exist. Named after its builder, William Baker who laid the street out in the eighteenth century, is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. Baker Street houses many commercial complexes and is a busy thoroughfare as it is located in postcode areas NWI/W1. Parallel to Gloucester Place, it runs south from Regent’s Park, the intersection with Park Road, and intersecting Marylebone Road, York Street, Portman Square and Wigmore Street. Baker St turns into Orchard Street, which ends when it intersects with Oxford Street at the intersection with Wigmore St. The London Underground by Baker Street tube station serves the Baker Street. Office of the Transport for London’s lost property is situated next to the station. World’s first subway station is the Baker Street Station. Baker Street finds a mention in fiction like Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, DangerMouse, Sexton Blake and Basil the Great Mouse Detective.

Accommodation
Stay in some of the best hotels in Baker Street during your leisure or business trip. Enjoy your stay at Lincoln House Hotel in Central London as you indulge in the modern amenities of the hotel. Make the most of your stay by visiting famous sites such as Oxford Street, Hyde Park, Kensington, Piccadilly Circus and theatre shows of London West End, which are located nearby. For a homely and cosy stay, choose St George Hotel. The room facilities including direct dial telephone, tea and coffee making facilities, satellite TV, and others will make your stay truly rewarding.

Shopping
Make your stay memorable at Baker Street by shopping. At Spymaster visitors can buy high-tech gadgets, bullet proof vests, night vision goggles, armored vehicles, chemical warfare suits, communication and surveillance equipment. Argos is a good place to buy household goods, cheap furniture, electronics and computers. Choccywoccydoodah as the name suggests sell sweets, cakes and chocolates. You can also buy antique jewellery, glass, ceramics, prints, lace veils, Victorian nighties and bustles from the 1860s, jazzy Hawaiian-prints 1950s swimsuits, leather pea coat from the 1960s and ethnic, patterned bikinis at Grays Antiques market.

Food
Eat to your heart’s content at many of the restaurants in Baker Street. For Oriental food, Rasa Singapura Restaurant is the ideal place. You can relish Greek food at Angelo’s and content yourself with the food and ambience. Fish loves can straightaway head to Fishworks Restaurant. Visitors will simply love the simple whitebait with aioli, smoked haddock fishcakes with hollandaise and spinach, shellfish, whole turbot roasted with herbs and garlic.