Around TownNW1 · W1UPlatform to lobby: 1 min from Baker Street
Baker Street escorts at the five-line interchange, NW1 and W1U
Baker Street is one of the oldest stations on the Underground. It opened in 1863 on the world's first underground railway, and the original platforms, brick arches and light wells intact, still serve the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines. Add the Bakerloo, the Jubilee and the Metropolitan and you have five lines under one street.
That makes it one of the simplest places in London to reach at short notice, which matters when you write late. The Metropolitan line from the north-west and the Chiltern trains into Marylebone next door also bring a steady stream of visitors who step off, check in nearby and message us soon after. This page covers the streets around the station, the hotels a few minutes on foot, and the companions who get here first.
Stations and lit lobbies
Walking minutes from the nearest platforms, and the hotels around Baker Street worth knowing by name. They are listed as landmarks, never as partners: any reputable hotel, serviced apartment or private address is welcome.
Nearest stations
- Baker StreetBakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith and City, Jubilee, Metropolitan1 min walk
- Regent's ParkBakerloo5 min walk
- MaryleboneBakerloo, National Rail6 min walk
Hotels as landmarks
- The Landmark LondonMarylebone · NW1 6JQ
- Dorset Square HotelMarylebone · NW1 6QN
- Chiltern FirehouseMarylebone · W1U 7PA
- Hyatt Regency London The ChurchillMarylebone · W1H 7BH
Who comes to Baker Street
Companions whose home districts sit nearest to Baker Street, so the ride over is short. Everyone in The Selection travels here on request.
Rosa
Age 25Marylebone
Liana
Age 28Marylebone
Molly
Age 24Soho
Samanta
Age 27Mayfair
Tiffany
Age 24Soho
Angelika
Age 24Mayfair
Jasmin
Age 22Soho
Luna
Age 22Mayfair
North and south of Marylebone Road
North of the main road, Baker Street runs up past mansion blocks and the Sherlock Holmes Museum at number 239, which trades cheerfully on the fictional 221B, to Clarence Gate and the park. South of it, the street turns businesslike, offices and cafés and small shops, and carries on down to Portman Square, where it becomes Orchard Street and meets Oxford Street beside Selfridges. Madame Tussauds and the green dome of the old Planetarium are two minutes west along Marylebone Road. Even the postcodes divide at the road: NW1 above it, W1U below.
Four hotels, all on foot
The Landmark London began life in 1899 as the Great Central, a railway hotel built for passengers arriving at Marylebone station across the road, and it still has the scale of that era. Dorset Square Hotel is its opposite, a small Regency townhouse on a private garden square two minutes from the station's western exits. Chiltern Firehouse is a short walk south-east on Chiltern Street, and Hyatt Regency London The Churchill fills one side of Portman Square at the bottom of Baker Street, polished and well used to late arrivals.
All four are landmarks to us, never partners. Any other hotel near the station, a serviced apartment or a private address is handled the same way.
What five lines mean for arrival
The station is a minute from the street; Regent's Park station is five minutes away and Marylebone station six. The Jubilee line brings a companion from Bond Street in one stop and from Green Park in two. The Bakerloo covers Paddington and Oxford Circus. The Circle and Metropolitan lines reach from King's Cross in three stops. Almost everyone on our list is a single ride away, and on most evenings someone is at your door within the hour. The practical gain is choice: a companion who lives right across town can still reach a Baker Street hotel quickly, so the one you would like is more often the one who can come.
Writing from a room near the station
Messages from around Baker Street tend to arrive late and brief: a hotel, a time, a length. That is plenty. Clementine writes back with the companion who can make it and the figure for the length you chose, then verifies three details, just the once: whose name the reservation is in, which hotel, which room. In a flat rather than a hotel? Swap in the building and the flat number. Your companion comes dressed for a smart lobby, gives your name at the desk and receives her fee from you directly when you meet. Sixty minutes is £250 and ninety £400; longer evenings are itemised on the rates page, and every stage from first message to arrival is spelled out on the booking page.
Two walks from the station
Skip the ticket hall as a meeting point; it is crowded at every hour. Meet instead in your hotel bar, or at the Firehouse if you hold a table. After dinner there are two good walks. North, across Marylebone Road and in through Clarence Gate while the park is open, along the boating lake, its rowing boats moored until morning, and back past the terraces. Or south, down Baker Street into Marylebone Village, where the shops on Chiltern Street leave their lights on long after locking up and the pavements are nearly empty. Each takes about twenty minutes and sits comfortably inside a two-hour booking at £500.
Who gets to Baker Street first
Liana and Rosa live in Marylebone, a few minutes' walk from the station. Vanessa comes from Paddington, two stops away on the Circle or Hammersmith and City line, and likes to finish an afternoon among the shelves at Daunt Books. Milena makes the trip from South Kensington whenever there is a table at Chiltern Firehouse. Margo, who lives in Knightsbridge, knows the Lisson Gallery on Bell Street, a few streets west of the station, better than most visitors do.
Beyond the station
Marylebone begins straight away to the south-east, with its high street and small hotels. Regent's Park starts at the top of the street. Great Portland Street is the next stop east on the Circle line, and Oxford Street is a fifteen-minute walk due south by Portman Square and Orchard Street. Edgware Road is one stop west.
Baker Street, asked
Check in first, then message the hotel and your preferred start. Five lines meet at Baker Street, so the journey is short and the wait is usually well under an hour.
The Landmark, Dorset Square Hotel, Chiltern Firehouse and the Hyatt Regency Churchill on Portman Square. Any other hotel nearby is equally welcome.
Yes, while the gates are open. On summer evenings that means until late; in winter the park closes early, so walk in the afternoon or keep to the Marylebone streets.
For an afternoon booking it makes a light and cheerful half hour. Pair it with lunch in Marylebone Village, and two hours at £500 is about right.
Yes, if the setting suits a guest at the table. Tell Clementine the restaurant, the time and how you would like her introduced; two hours is usually the right length.
Read before you go
- 5 min readFront doors on a Georgian terrace: the small hotels of MaryleboneGeorgian terraces turned into small hotels, where a knock on the door feels like calling at a private address. Three to know, what sets them apart, and how an evening visit works.
- 5 min readPast the photographers: Chiltern Firehouse and its calmer hoursThe most photographed doorway in Marylebone, and how to walk through it without becoming part of anyone's picture. Tables, timing, the courtyard, and the quieter side of the building.
Lights on in Baker Street
Write the hotel or street in Baker Street, the time and how long. Inside Zones 1 and 2 the ride over costs nothing.