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Mayfair is roughly bordered by Hyde Park to the west Oxford Street to the north Piccadilly and Green Park to the south and Regent Street to the east. Most of the area was first developed between the mid 17th century and the mid 18th century as a fashionable residential district by a number of landlords the most important of them the Grosvenor family. The freehold of a large section of Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.

The district is now mainly commercial with many offices in converted houses and new buildings including major corporate headquarters a concentration of hedge funds and real estate businesses. Rents are among the highest in London and the world. There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well as some exclusive shopping and London's largest concentration of luxury hotels and many restaurants. 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.

The renown and prestige of Mayfair has grown in the popular mind due to its designation as the most expensive property on the British Monopoly set.

Streets and squares
 
Savile Row
The Royal Arcade in Old Bond Street
Albemarle Street
Berkeley Square
Bond Street
Brook Street
Brown Hart Gardens
Cork Street
Curzon Street
Dover Street
Grosvenor Square
Hanover Square
Hill Street
Hyde Park Corner — road junction at the south east corner
Marble Arch — road junction/plaza at the north west corner
Oxford Street — northern boundary
Harrowby Street
Park Lane — western boundary
Piccadilly — southern boundary
Piccadilly Circus — road junction/plaza at the south east corner of Mayfair
Regent Street — eastern boundary
South Molton Street
Savile Row
Shepherd Market

Nearest tube stations


Bond Street tube station
Green Park tube station
Hyde Park Corner tube station
Marble Arch tube station
Oxford Circus tube station
Also Down Street tube station — no longer in use

Nearest railway station


Victoria station

Notable residents
Famous past residents have included:


Queen Elizabeth II who was born in Bruton Street and lived in Mayfair during her infant years.
John Adams 2nd American president (1735–1826)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson surgeon and mayor (1836–1917)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (1806–1861)
Robert Clive soldier & administrator (1725–1774)
A.J. Cronin novelist (1896-1981)
Benjamin Disraeli prime minister (1804–1881)
Dwight David Eisenhower 34th American president (1890–1969)
Charles James Fox British statesman (1749–1806)
George Frideric Handel composer (1695–1759)
Jimi Hendrix guitarist & songwriter (1942–1970)
William Somerset Maugham novelist (1874–1965)
Sir Robert Peel prime minister (1788–1850)
Sir Henry Pelham prime minister (1695–1754)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan dramatist (1751–1816)

 

 




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