Famous London Streets

SAVILE ROW

Savile Row is famous for its men's tailoring, in particular men's suits. In fact, Savile Row is credited for the invention of the term bespoke, as suits were often described to "be spoken for" or "be-spoked" for. The street has often been referred to as the golden mile of tailoring.

Savile Row was first developed in 1695 as part of the Burlington Estate. It had been part of the gardens of Burlington House previous to this. Originally it was named Savile Street. Houses were built on one side of the street, with gardens on the other side and was therefore nicknamed Savile Row, with a row of houses on one side. The name was officially changed in 1810.

Tailors started to play a big part in the area around this time. The first tailors appear on the street in 1785, and over the next fifty years the trend continued. This is what made the area famous. Many Savile Row Tailors have gone out of business or moved elsewhere within London, but plenty still remain and it is still the place many men go for their tailoring.

FLEET STREET

Fleet Street is synonymous with the British Press. The street runs from the east end of the Strand through to Farringdon Street.

In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century the trend for printers and publishers moving into the area began. Later, and more famously, newspapers started to move their offices to Fleet Street. The first daily newspaper to do this was the Daily Courant in the early 1700's. By the 20th century a large majority of London and National newspapers had their headquarters in the area.

This is no longer the case though, as many of the papers moved out of Fleet Street from the 1980's. All of the main newspapers have now left and it is now more associated with law practices.

Despite the area no longer being the home of the newspapers, it is still known for this. Fleet Street is still often a collective name meaning the newspapers. If somebody says that "Fleet Street has been saying.....", it means that this is being said by the newspapers.

HARLEY STREET

Harley Street is world famous for its medical practices. Prior to the 18th century it only consisted of a few houses and was part of the village of Marylebone; not yet part of the City of London. As London grew in the 1700's century Marylebone became part of London. It was developed into a larger residential area between 1715 and 1720. Around a century later doctors started setting up home in the area, with a number of them setting up practices from their homes. As this trend continued the area became well known in this regard.

Over the 150 years that followed a large number of medical practitioners moved to Harley Street, with one and a half thousand believed to be in the street and its surrounding areas buy the middle of the twentieth century. It had the largest concentration of medical expertise on earth. Today there are still a number of medical practices in the street across a broad range of areas of expertise.

OXFORD STREET

Oxford Street is world famous for its shopping. It is London's main shopping area, and is the busiest shopping street in Europe. It used to be part of the main road from London to Oxford, hence the name Oxford Street.

The street runs for one and a half miles and is full of shops, with a few restaurants and café's. It has many major department stores and to be a major player in retail in the UK it is almost considered a must that you have a store in Oxford Street. Most of the best known shops have their main store here, with some having two or three. Oxford Street is known for how busy it can be, especially prior to Christmas and in the post-Christmas sales.

REGENTS STREET

Regent Street is another main London shopping street. In runs north from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Street. It is not as busy as Oxford Street and is different in its appearance with its grand buildings.

Regents Street was one of London's first planned developments and built in the early 1800's. Building was completed in 1825 and every building on the street is listed. It is considered more elegant than Oxford Street, and is famous for its Christmas lights.

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