Harley Street
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Harley Street is a road in the City of Westminster in London. It is noted for its large number of private dentists, surgeons, and doctors. Its name is synonymous with private medical care in the United Kingdom. Since the nineteenth century the number of doctors, hospitals and medical organisations in and around Harley Street has greatly increased. Records show that there were around 20 doctors in 1860, 80 by 1900 and almost 200 by 1914. When the National Health Service was established in 1948 there were around 1,500. Today, there are over 3,000 people employed in the hospitals, clinics and medical practices in the Harley Street area.
Harley Street is owned by the de Walden family and managed by the Howard de Walden Estate.
The nearest tube stations are Regent's Park and Oxford Circus.
[edit] See also
- Rodney Street The Harley Street of the North, in Liverpool.
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