Travel with Angela Lansbury: Sherlock Holmes Hotel and Pub And Murder Mystery For You To Solve

Sherlock Holmes Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Problem
After you've seen the Sherlock Holmes Museum in Baker Street, London and the nearby statue, where next?

Sherlock Holmes Hotel
The Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes Hotel is around the corner near Baker Street.
When I went there I didn't see anything on the theme but things have changed with new ownership. According to a reviewer in Tripadvisor the hotel has Sherlock Holmes key rings and other items on sale. One bedroom shows two giant pipes on the wall but in case you got the wrong idea a there's no smoking sign on the table.

The hotel organizes murder mystery events with a murder for you to solve. I went on a murder mystery weekend when they first started in England and wrote about it in my book, Unforgettable British Weekends.

I went on a second Murder Mystery Weekend in Wales when I was the surprise mystery guest. To my amazement, despite being mystified until the moment at the end when we were handed our Guess the Murderer form, I solved the murder. Process of elimination. So many characters. Cross out the ones who could not do all the murders it because they were murdered later. Finally I was left with three. Would anybody murder their next of kin?

It sounds a daft idea. But you can get into conversation at the dinner table or the corridor with strangers about this total fiction, so I found it rather jolly. And if you fancy yourself aas a Sherlock, a special event for you.

Sherlock Holmes Pub
The Sherlock Holmes pub near Charing Cross station has memorabilia downstairs at the bar and upstairs.

The Sherlock Holmes pub in London.