St John’s Wood is located centrally in the City of Westminster and is within close proximity of both Trafalgar Square and Regent’s Park. Originally, St John’s Wood was part of Great Middlesex Forest but became a London suburb in the early 19th century.
During the 19th century there was a huge boom in spacious townhouses which made St John’s Wood popular with the gentry who preferred this style of housing to the terraced housing commonly seen elsewhere in the city.
The area remains an affluent suburb to this day and has several notable residents including supermodel Kate Moss. Famous locations within the St John’s Wood district include Lord’s Cricket Ground and the Abbey Road Studios, renowned for being the place where The Beatles recorded their records.