Introducing Marylebone

Marylebone is a smart neighbourhood of redbrick townhouses, bordered to the south by Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping thoroughfare. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once lived in the area (as did Sherlock Holmes, who lodged at 221b Baker Street). Conan Doyle isn’t the only literary giant to hail from Marylebone – Daunt Books, on Marylebone High Street, is the ideal readers’ retreat, bedecked with Edwardian wood panelling and oak balconies.