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Baker Street
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street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London
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Within Vinony's link graph, Baker Street is referenced by 473 other articles, and connects out to Read or Die, London and Seychelles.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics 18th-century establishments in England, Arthur Conan Doyle and Baker Street.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Length
- 0.6 mi (0.97 km)
- Location
- Westminster , London , England
- Postal code
- NW1
- Nearest tube station
- Baker Street
- From
- Park Road
- To
- Portman Square
- Known for
- Sherlock Holmes' residence (221B Baker Street) · Setting of Gerry Rafferty's hit song ·
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- street
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Westminster
- Image
- Baker Street, London, 22 May 2011.jpg
- Length
- 2.4
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- Commons category
- Baker Street, Westminster
- postal code
- W1
- historic county
- Middlesex
- different from
- Baker Street
- significant person
- Sherlock Holmes
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Encyclopedic overview
Baker Street area map Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster. It is named after builder William Baker. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.
The street is referenced in multiple popular works. Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street, a fictional address on the north of the street. A 1978 hit song by Gerry Rafferty was titled "Baker Street".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baker Street” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.