Mayfair - Streets and squares, Nearest places

A district in London, UK where throughout the 17th-c a fair was held in May. It became a fashionable residential area in the late 19th-c and early 20th-c, but is now largely given over to offices. It lies between Piccadilly and Oxford St to the N and S, and between Hyde Park and Regent St to the E and W.

Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster in London, named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764.

Mayfair is roughly bordered by Hyde Park to the west, Oxford Street to the north, Green Park to the south and Regent Street to the east. Queen Elizabeth II was born in Bruton Street and grew up in Mayfair during her infant years. Buildings in Mayfair include the United States embassy in Grosvenor Square, the Royal Academy of Arts, The Handel House Museum, the Grosvenor House Hotel and Claridge's.

Famous past residents have included Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor II, present monarch, John Adams, 2nd American president (1735-1826), Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th American president (1890-1969), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, surgeon and mayor (1836-1917), Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (1806-1861), Robert Clive, soldier &

Streets and squares

Berkeley Square Bond Street Brook Street Grosvenor Square Hanover Square Hyde Park Corner - road junction at the south east corner Marble Arch - road junction/plaza at the north west corner Oxford Street - northern boundary Park Lane - western boundary Piccadilly - southern boundary Piccadilly Circus - road junction/plaza at the south east corner of Mayfair Regent Street - eastern boundary Savile Row Shepherd Market Curzon Street

Nearest places

Nearest districts

Marylebone - north Soho - east St James's and Green Park - south Hyde Park - west

Nearest tube stations:

Bond Street tube station Green Park tube station Hyde Park Corner tube station Marble Arch tube station Oxford Circus tube station

Nearest railway station:

Victoria station

Museums:

Handel House Museum Wallace Collection