Carpet Cleaning Mayfair

Mayfair is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair that took

place on the site that is Shepherd Market today (from 1686 until it

was banned in that location in 1764). Until 1686, the May Fair was

held in Haymarket, and after 1764, it moved to Fair Field in Bow

because the well-to-do residents of the area felt the fair ‘lowered

the tone’ of neighbourhood[1].

Mayfair is roughly bordered by Hyde Park to the west, Oxford Street

to the north, Piccadilly and Green Park to the south and Regent

Street to the east. Most of the area was first developed between the

mid 17th century and the mid 18th century as a fashionable

residential district, by a number of landlords, the most important

of them the Grosvenor family. The freehold of a large section of

Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.

The district is now mainly commercial, with many offices in

converted houses and new buildings, including major corporate

headquarters, a concentration of hedge funds, and real estate

businesses. Rents are among the highest in London and the world.

There remains a substantial quantity of residential property as well

as some exclusive shopping and London’s largest concentration of

luxury hotels and many restaurants. Buildings in Mayfair include the

United States embassy in Grosvenor Square, the Royal Academy of

Arts, The Handel House Museum, the Grosvenor House Hotel and

Claridge’s.

The renown and prestige of Mayfair has grown in the popular mind due

to its designation as the most expensive property on the British

Monopoly set.