10 Facts About Great Portland Street

1. Great Portland Street was at a major sales location for the motor industry.

2. Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park.

3. Great Portland Street is served at the northern end by Great Portland Great Portland Street station and at the southern end by Oxford Circus.

4. Great Portland Street is in both Westminster Council's Harley Street Conservation and East Marylebone Conservation Areas.

5. Great Portland Street still hints at its past when it was a major centre for London's women's clothing industry.

6. Coach builders in Great Portland Street were a crucial prerequisite for the development of the motor trade on the street.

7. Great Portland Street, known as "Motor Row", was a primary street for cars and related accessories in the early years of the 20th century.

8. Great Portland Street separates different areas with distinct identities, such as the grandeur of Portland Place and Harley Street, and the artistic and independent areas of Fitzrovia.

9. Great Portland Street was developed by the Dukes of Portland, who owned most of the eastern half of Marylebone in the 18th and 19th centuries.

10. Long sections of Great Portland Street are in two Westminster City Council conservation areas.