The Sherlock Holmes Museum is a recreation of the detective's lodging house featured in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories. The address, 221b Baker St., is the actual address used in the stories, and the first floor study is arranged in a Victorian-era flavor.
The museum contains many of the artifacts one would expect to find in Holmes' home, such as a violin, a spyglass, a library, old letters addressed to Holmes, writings by Holmes' friend and sidekick, Dr. John Watson, Victorian-era paintings, handlebar pipes Holmes smoked while trying to solve crimes, and even a Watson lookalike tour guide dressed in Victorian clothing.
The museum also features a memorabilia store that claims it contains the largest collection of Sherlock Holmes souvenirs in the world.
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
221b Baker St.
London, England
NW1 6XE
01+44+(207) 224-3688
sherlock-holmes.co.uk
No Sherlock Holmes tour would be complete without seeing the nine-foot-tall Sherlock Holmes statue in London. Erected in 1999, the statue stands outside the Baker Street Underground Station very near the famous Madame Tussaud's Waxworks Museum.
The statue is one of the first things tourists see when exiting the Baker Street Underground Station at the junction of Baker Street and Marylebone Road.
Sherlock Holmes Statue
Baker Street Underground Station
Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LA
England
01+44+(207) 222-1234
sherlock-holmes.co.uk/news/statue.html
A restaurant and pub commemorating the fictional detective on Northumberland Street in Westminster offers more than food and drink. There's a re-creation of Holmes' and Watson's study and sitting room that is viewable to diners as they enjoy their meals.
The Sherlock Holmes Pub
10-11 Northumberland St.
Westminster, London
WC2N 5DB
England
01+44+(207) 930-2644
sherlockholmespub.com
London Magical Tours provide personal tours of Sherlock Holmes' London. A personal guide travels with you in a chauffeured private vehicle to various locations throughout London that are important to Holmes lore.
Tour highlights include the 221b Baker Street museum, the Sherlock Holmes Hotel where Holmes and Watson met as described in the original stories, and Scotland Yard.
Other sites on the tour are the headquarters of the Strand Magazine where Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories were originally published, Piccadilly Circus and the Holmes statue at the Baker Street Underground Station.
London Magical Tours
35-37 Grosvenor Gardens
London, SW1W 0BS
England
01+44+(870) 489-0156
londonmagicaltours.com
