Connaught Place is an area in the Bayswater

Bayswater

Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the west . It is a built-up district located 3 miles west-north-west of Charing Cross, bordering the north of Hyde Park over Kensington Gardens and having a population density of...

 area of the City of Westminster

City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough occupying much of the central area of London, England, including most of the West End. It is located to the west of and adjoining the ancient City of London, directly to the east of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and its southern boundary...

 (a London Borough

London borough

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). The nearest underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

 station to Connaught Place is Marble Arch tube station

Marble Arch tube station

Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. The station is between Lancaster Gate and Bond Street stations on the Central line, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.-History:...

 which is a few minutes to the East near Marble Arch

Marble Arch

Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument that now stands on a large traffic island at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England...

 walking past the site of the Tyburn Tree.

Located at the edge of Hyde Park

Hyde Park, London

Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, United Kingdom, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...

, Connaught Place is framed by Edgware Road

Edgware Road (London)

Edgware Road is a major street which passes through the west of central London, England, starting at Marble Arch in the City of Westminster and working its way up to Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It is also the divider of several North London boroughs...

, Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of Hyde Park, London. To the east Bayswater Road becomes Oxford Street . It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the BBC series the Forsyte Saga...

, Seymore Street and Stanhope Place. The head offices of the Premier League and Experian

Experian

Experian plc, formerly known as CCN Systems, is a global credit information group with operations in 36 countries. The company employs 15,500 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, England and Costa Mesa, California, US...

 are located here, as is the Matlock Bank, Mayfair Conference Centre, The Victory Services Club, and various marketing and sales companies such as Jacobs Consultancy, Spencer Stuart, and ZS Associates

ZS Associates

ZS Associates is a privately owned American consulting company, founded on September 21, 1983, by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. Zoltners and Prabhakant Sinha. The company, which has grown to over 1,500 employees, has provided primarily sales and marketing consulting...

.

A blue plaque at number 2 records the residence there of Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...

 from 1883 to 1892. Idina Sackville

Idina Sackville

Lady Myra Idina Sackville was a British aristocrat and member of the infamous Happy Valley set. Her deviant behaviour and promiscuous lifestyle scandalised upper class society.-Life and marriages:...

was living in Connaught Place in 1914.