221B Baker Street

Sleuth's London residence

221B Baker Street is the fictional London address of Sherlock Holmes, the detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The address has become synonymous with Holmes himself and with detective work generally.

When the street was later extended to include that number, so many letters arrived for Holmes that a secretary was assigned to answer them.

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