Harley Street

American  

noun

1. a street in London, England: noted for the eminent doctors who have offices there.

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Harley Street British  

/ ˈhɑːlɪ /

noun

1. a street in central London famous for its large number of medical specialists' consulting rooms

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Example Sentences

Asked about the piece following his win, Polanski said his time as a Harley Street hypnotherapist pre-dated any of his political ambitions and he had immediately apologised.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

She said it was organised for her to see Dr Ann Coxon of Harley Street, London, for a "company medical", which was sold to her as a perk of working in the chairman's office.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

London is safe, cosmopolitan, with luxury goods at Harrods, skilled doctors on Harley Street, and posh boarding schools like Johnson’s alma mater, Eton College, which costs $70,000 a year for one boy’s tuition.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2022

He had studied cosmetic dentistry at Northwestern University dental school in Chicago before setting up a practice in Harley Street, London.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2020

He drove in cabs from Harley Street to Wimpole Street, and from Wimpole Street to Brooke Street—and he saw Sir William this and Sir Henry that, and Mr. The-other-thing, the great heart specialist.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)