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==Geography== Mayfair is in the [[City of Westminster]], and mainly consists of the historical [[Grosvenor Group|Grosvenor]] estate and the [[Albemarle Street|Albemarle]], [[Berkeley Square|Berkeley]], [[Burlington Estate|Burlington]], and [[Curzon Street|Curzon]] estates.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=536}} It is bordered on the west by [[Park Lane]], north by [[Oxford Street]], east by [[Regent Street]], and the south by [[Piccadilly]].{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=535}} Beyond the bounding roads, to the north is [[Marylebone]], to the east [[Soho]], and to the southwest [[Knightsbridge]] and [[Belgravia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5050127,-0.1504156,14.75z |title=Mayfair |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> Mayfair is surrounded by parkland; [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Green Park]] run along its boundary.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=536}} The {{cvt|8|acre|adj=on}} [[Grosvenor Square]] is roughly in the centre of Mayfair,<ref name=sol39_12-13/> and its centrepiece, containing numerous expensive and desirable properties.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/10/from-swamps-to-shopping-centres-how-the-grosvenor-family-came-to/ |title=From swamps to shopping centres: How the Grosvenor family came to own some of the UK's most desirable property |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=10 August 2016 |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>
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