Abbeys & priories · London
Statue of Sherlock Holmes
Statue of Sherlock Holmes — Public artwork (statue) by John Doubleday.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Baker Street · 0.0 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Statue of Sherlock Holmes is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1999. Wikidata describes it as: "Public artwork (statue) by John Doubleday.". Coordinates: 51.5225°, -0.1566°.
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From the Wikipedia article
A statue of Sherlock Holmes by the sculptor John Doubleday stands near the supposed site of 221B Baker Street, the fictional detective's address in London. Unveiled on 23 September 1999, the sculpture was funded by the Abbey National building society, whose headquarters were on the purported site of the famous address. As no site was available on Baker Street itself the statue was installed outside Baker Street tube station, on Marylebone Road. Doubleday had previously produced a statue of Holmes for the town of Meiringen in Switzerland, below the Reichenbach Falls whence the detective fell to his apparent death in the 1893 story "The Final Problem".
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Background
History
In 1927 G. K. Chesterton was the first person to suggest that a statue of Holmes be sited in London, but his efforts came to nothing. A new campaign was begun by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London in 1996.
Description
The 3 m statue depicts Holmes wearing an Inverness cape and a deerstalker, attributes first given to him by Sidney Paget, the illustrator of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories for The Strand Magazine, and holding a calabash pipe (which appears to be a later addition). It is located outside Baker Street tube station on Marylebone Road, two blocks from the detective's fictional home at 221B Baker Street, and near the Sherlock Holmes Museum between numbers 237 and 241.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5225, -0.1566
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- NW1 5LD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1999
- Nearest railway station
- Baker Street — 0 km
- Official site
- www.madametussauds.com
Sources
- osm: n1929011546 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Statue of Sherlock Holmes, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Statue Of Sherlock Holmes-Marylebone Road.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Statue of Sherlock Holmes?
- Statue of Sherlock Holmes is in London, United Kingdom (postcode NW1 5LD), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- When was Statue of Sherlock Holmes built?
- Built or established in 1999.
- How do I get to Statue of Sherlock Holmes?
- The nearest railway station is Baker Street, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NW1 5LD.