Other Residents
Current residents of Connaught Square:
- Paul Oakenfold
- Claudia Winkleman
- Nina de Roy
- Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair
As well as houses, the square also contains other enterprises including a very small primary school and doctor’s surgery:
- Dr R. O'Hare — National Health Service medical practice
- Connaught House School
- John Outram — Architects
- Ravn Systems — IT consulting company
There is also a garage specialising in classic cars on Connaught Street to the north of the square. To the west on Connaught Street are the shops of 'Connaught Village' which include Markus Coffee, one of the first specialist coffee roasters in London founded by Hungarian refugees in 1956, which supplies many of the best London hotels with freshly roasted coffee, roasted on the premises, and the Chinese restaurant which was the location of dealings during the Grobbelaar football bungs scandal.
In fiction, Lionel Holland lives at '242 Connaught Square' in the film "Kind Hearts and Coronets".
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