Mayfair
Mayfair is an affluent area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster.
Mayfair is an affluent area of Westminster, London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. It is between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane and is one of the most expensive districts in the world.
The area was originally part of the manor of Eia and remained largely rural until the early 18th century. It became well known for the annual May Fair that took place from 1686 to 1764 in what is now Shepherd Market. Over the years, the fair grew increasingly downmarket and unpleasant, and it became a public nuisance. The Grosvenor family acquired the land through marriage and began to develop it under the direction of Thomas Barlow. The work included Hanover Square, Berkeley Square and Grosvenor Square, which were surrounded by high-quality houses, and St George's Hanover Square Church.
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Getting to Mayfair
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 22 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 43 km
- London → Mayfair2 km · quickest by road, 11 min · £0
- Luton, Luton → Mayfair45 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £5–6
- London, Essex → Mayfair2 km · quickest by road, 11 min · £0
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mayfair
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mayfair. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMore entertainment than transport really, rickshaws run in Soho and the surrounding areas.
From Wikivoyage: London/Soho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Mayfair
Mayfair is 1 km from London, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.