Royal Courts of Justice
The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in Westminster which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Courthouse
- Description: court building in London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Law Courts”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and St Clement Danes.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
St Clement Danes
Church
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London. It is now situated near the 19th-century Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in Aldwych.
Royal Opera House
Arts center
Photo: Russ London, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Opera House is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. Royal Opera House is situated 2,100 feet west of Royal Courts of Justice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Temple and St Clement Danes.
Temple
Quarter
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple is an area or precinct of the City of London surrounding Temple Church. It is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
St Clement Danes
Neighborhood
St Clement Danes was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Holborn-Clerkenwell
Photo: Matthew Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holborn-Clerkenwell is a district in central London that is in many ways a buffer zone between London's West End and the City of London financial district.
Royal Courts of Justice
- Category: government building
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Royal Courts of Justice” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўскі судны двор”
- Chinese: “皇家司法院”
- Czech: “Královský soudní dvůr”
- Danish: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Dutch: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Finnish: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- French: “Cour royale de justice”
- German: “Law Courts”
- German: “RCJ”
- German: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Hebrew: “בתי המשפט המלכותיים”
- Italian: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Japanese: “王立裁判所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Norwegian: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Romanian: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Russian: “Королевский судный двор”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Royal Courts of Justice”
- Slovenian: “Kraljevo sodišče, London”
- Spanish: “Reales Tribunales de Justicia”
- Turkish: “Kraliyet Adalet Mahkemeleri”
- Welsh: “Llysoedd Cyfiawnder Brenhinol”
- Welsh: “Y Llysoedd Cyfiawnder Brenhinol”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fleet Street and Farringdon Without.
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Explore places such as Brick Court and Chancery Lane.
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