Neighbourhood guide · W1
Marylebone
Georgian terraces and a village high street a short walk from Regent's Park.
Marylebone is the part of the West End where people actually live. Two old estates have kept its Georgian streets intact, and the high street feels more like a market town than central London.
Living in Marylebone
A village in the West End
Most of Marylebone belongs to two estates, Howard de Walden and Portman, and between them they have looked after it for nearly three centuries. That is why its Georgian terraces have survived almost intact, and why the high street has independent shops rather than chains.
The streets follow a grid, except Marylebone Lane, which still bends along the course of the old Tyburn stream. Wide streets such as Harley Street and Wimpole Street are lined with tall Georgian houses, many now divided into apartments, and red-brick mansion blocks fill the spaces between.
People who live here walk everywhere. Regent's Park is at the top of the high street, Oxford Street and Mayfair at the bottom, and on Sundays there is a farmers' market a few steps from the high street. For buyers who want a lateral apartment with a lift and a porter in the centre of London, there are few better places.
Streets we know
Four of our favourites
I
Weymouth Street
Georgian houses and mansion blocks between Harley Street and Portland Place.
II
Marylebone Lane
The one crooked street, following the course of the Tyburn.
III
Manchester Square
A quiet square around the Wallace Collection.
IV
Wimpole Street
Tall Georgian terraces running north towards Regent's Park.
On the map
Marylebone, close up
The houses we are selling here and the places our buyers ask about first: parks, shops, stations and the odd museum.
Good to know
Before you move
Mansion blocks behind the plane trees.
A side street on a summer morning.
For sale and sold
Homes in Marylebone
Off market
Not everything is listed
Tell us what you are looking for in Marylebone and we will call you before a house comes to market.
From the journal
Stories from Marylebone
Keep exploring
Other neighbourhoods
Selling in Marylebone?
We know who is looking here
A partner visits, walks every floor and gives you a written valuation within five working days.