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MARYLEBONE HIGH STREET
Marylebone
Marylebone may not have quite the social pedigree of neighbouring Mayfair,
but it's still a wealthy and aspirational area. Compared to the brashness of
Oxford Street, which forms its southern border, Marylebone's backstreets
are a pleasure to wander, especially the chi-chi village-like quarter around
Marylebone High Street. This is where the city's leading private specialists in
medicine and surgery have had their practices since they gravitated here in
the nineteenth century. And it was here that The Beatles (and many others
since) took up residence when they hit the big time in the 1960s. The area's
more conventional sights include the free art gallery and aristocratic
mansion of the Wallace Collection, Sherlock Holmes' old stamping ground
around Baker Street and the massively touristy Madame Tussauds.
