Baker Street

Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, England. It is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at 221B Baker Street. People who come to see 221B are always disappointed because it doesn't exist. The street takes its name from the builder William Baker who laid the street out in the 18th century. It was originally a high class residential address, but now it is mainly occupied by commercial premises.

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Marylebone - City of Westminster - London - England - Sherlock Holmes - 221B Baker Street

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Baker St is in postcode areas NW1/W1 and is a busy thoroughfare. It runs south from Regent's Park, the intersection with Park Street, parallel to Gloucester Place, intersecting with Marylebone Road, York Street, Portman Square and Wigmore Street. At the intersection with Wigmore St, Baker St turns into Orchard Street, which ends when it intersects with Oxford Street.

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Regent's Park - Park Street - Gloucester Place - Marylebone Road - York Street - Portman Square - Wigmore Street - Oxford Street

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The street is served by the London Underground by Baker Street tube station; next to the station is Transport for London's lost property office. The slang expression "to change at Baker Street" is a risqué euphemism for engaging in anal sex, stemming from the tube station's status as the only one in London in which a direct transfer can be made from the "pink" (Hammersmith & City) line to the "brown" (Bakerloo) line (though pedants may claim that such interchange can also be made at nearby Paddington, the Hammersmith and City and Bakerloo stations at Paddington are not linked, therefore constituting separate stations which can only be moved between by going above ground).

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London Underground - Baker Street tube station - Transport for London - Lost property - Risqué - Anal sex

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