Hanover Square, London, is a square

Town square

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 in Mayfair

Mayfair

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, London

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 W1, England

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, situated to the south west of Oxford Circus

Oxford Circus

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, the major junction where Oxford Street

Oxford Street

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 meets Regent Street

Regent Street

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The streets which converge at Hanover Square are [in alphabetical order]: Brook Street

Brook Street

Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. It was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. The continuation from Grosvenor Square to Park Lane is called Upper...

, Dering Street, Hanover Street, Harewood Place and Princes Street.

Hanover Square was developed in the early 18th century as a fashionable residential address, and was initially occupied mainly by Tory

Tory

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 aristocrats. While a few of the 18th century houses remain largely intact, most of the square has been reconstructed in a variety of periods. It is now almost entirely occupied by offices, including the head office of Knight Frank LLP

Knight Frank LLP

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, the London office of Vogue, MVA Consultancy and the UK headquarters of the head-hunting company - Odgers Berndtson.

St George's, Hanover Square is a short distance to the south of the square at the junction of St George Street and Maddox Street.