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.

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. 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.

Ashley Coleman

Partner - Residential Sales

Ashley advises on all aspects of buying and selling residential property including valuations in Mayfair and St James’s, and he works closely with developers and investors in acquisitions and subs...

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Ashley advises on all aspects of buying and selling residential property including valuations in Mayfair and St James’s, and he works closely with developers and investors in acquisitions and subsequent resales.  Having spent his formative years in the blue seas of the Bahamas, Ashley is a keen swimmer and qualified scuba diver.  On the dry land of north London he enjoys refurbishing and developing property, and indulging his interests in food and fine wines.

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