Marylebone’s Garden Squares: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

This self-guided audio tour starts at the Victorian-era Coach Makers’ Arms Pub on Marylebone Lane.

On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Hinde Street Methodist Church

You’ll stroll through Manchester Square with its grand mansions, and into Portman Square with its generous gardens.

On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Blue Plaque: Sir Julius Benedict

On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about John Hughlings Jackson Blue Plaque

You’ll stroll through Manchester Square with its grand mansions, and into Portman Square with its generous gardens. Along the way, you’ll learn how these squares were developed as speculative ventures by wealthy landowners like William Portman, transforming what was once a rural village into one of London’s most desirable residential areas.

Learn how Montagu Square attracted famous residents, including author Anthony Trollope, poet Ted Hughes, and The Beatles

You’ll come across embassies, historic churches, and the iconic locations where cultural giants once lived – from W. Somerset Maugham’s townhouse to the basement flat where John Lennon and Yoko Ono created their controversial album cover.

Examine the contrasting architectural styles of the Swedish and Swiss embassies

Explore Portman Square’s elegant Georgian architecture and discover the 1887 Hamilton Memorial Drinking Fountain

Discover Bryanston Court, where Wallis Simpson conducted her scandalous affair with the future Edward VIII

Appreciate the magnificent vista of St. Mary’s Church from Wyndham Place

On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about Thornbury Castle Hotel & Restaurant

On this walking tour, you'll pass by and hear about The Landmark London

he tour ends at Marylebone Railway Station, the newest of London’s major terminals. There, you can admire the elegant Edwardian architecture that once welcomed travelers directly into the grand Landmark London Hotel, with its stunning stained glass window and grand marble staircase.