Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing 's 32 boroughs, and several additional authorities throughout the United Kingdom.
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  • Type: Police post
  • Description: headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster, Greater London from October 2016
  • Also known as: “New Scotland Yard” and “New Scotland Yard (Metropolitan Police)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Westminster Abbey.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Church
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, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the , London, England. is situated 1,400 feet east of Scotland Yard.

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is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the that stands at the north end of the in London, England. is situated 2,100 feet east of Scotland Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westminster and Victoria.

Quarter
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is the main settlement of the in , England. It extends from the to and has many famous landmarks, including the , , , , and much of the cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.

Suburb
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is an area of , , in the . It is named after , which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Street, opened 1851.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Scotland Yard

Latitude
51.49866° or 51° 29′ 55″ north
Longitude
-0.13341° or 0° 8′ 0″ west
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9C3XFVX8+FJ
Geo­Names ID
6930642
Wiki­data ID
Q184619
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Scotland Yard” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Arabic: “سكوتلاند يارد”
  • Armenian: “Սկոտլանդ յարդ”
  • Armenian: “Սքոթլանդ Յարդ”
  • Basque: “Scotland Yard Berria”
  • Basque: “Scotland Yard”
  • Bengali: “স্কটল্যান্ড ইয়ার্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Скотланд Ярд”
  • Catalan: “Scotland Yard”
  • Central Kurdish: “سکۆتلاند یارد”
  • Chinese: “新蘇格蘭場”
  • Chinese: “苏格兰场”
  • Chinese: “蘇格蘭場”
  • Chinese: “蘇格蘭警場”
  • Croatian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Czech: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Czech: “Scotland Yard”
  • Czech: “The Yard”
  • Danish: “Met”
  • Danish: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Danish: “NSY”
  • Danish: “Scotland Yard”
  • Dutch: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Dutch: “Scotland Yard”
  • Esperanto: “Metropola Polico”
  • Esperanto: “Scotland Yard”
  • Estonian: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Estonian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Finnish: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Finnish: “Scotland Yard”
  • French: “New Scotland Yard”
  • French: “Scotland Yard”
  • Georgian: “ახალი სკოტლანდ იარდი”
  • Georgian: “სკოტლანდ იარდი”
  • German: “New Scotland Yard”
  • German: “Scotland Yard”
  • Greek: “Σκότλαντ Γιαρντ”
  • Hebrew: “סקוטלנד יארד”
  • Hungarian: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Hungarian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Icelandic: “Scotland Yard”
  • Indonesian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Italian: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Italian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Japanese: “スコットランド・ヤード”
  • Japanese: “スコットランドヤード”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・スコットランド・ヤード”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・スコットランドヤード”
  • Kazakh: “Skotland-YArd”
  • Kazakh: “Скотланд-Ярд”
  • Kazakh: “سكوتلاند-يارد”
  • Korean: “뉴 스코틀랜드 야드”
  • Korean: “스코틀랜드 야드”
  • Latin: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Latin: “Scotland Yard”
  • Limburgan: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Limburgan: “Scotland Yard”
  • Malay: “Scotland Yard”
  • Malayalam: “Scotland Yard”
  • Malayalam: “ദ മെട്രോപൊലീസ് ഇം‌പ്രൂവ്മെന്റ് ബിൽ”
  • Malayalam: “സ്കോട്ട്‌ലന്റ് യാർഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “സ്കോട്‌ലന്റ് യാർഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “സ്കോട്‌ലാൻഡ് യാർഡ്”
  • Nepali: “स्कटल्याण्ड यार्ड”
  • Nepali: “स्कटल्यान्ड यार्ड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Scotland Yard”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Scotland Yard”
  • Norwegian: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Persian: “اسکاتلندیارد”
  • Picard: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Picard: “Scotland Yard”
  • Piemontese: “Scotland Yard”
  • Polish: “Scotland Yard”
  • Portuguese: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Portuguese: “Scotland Yard”
  • Romanian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Russian: “Полиция Лондона”
  • Russian: “Скотланд Ярд”
  • Russian: “Скотланд-Ярд”
  • Russian: “Скотленд-Ярд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Sindhi: “اسڪاٽ لينڊ يارڊ”
  • Slovak: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Slovak: “Scotland Yard”
  • Slovenian: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Slovenian: “Scotland Yard”
  • Spanish: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Spanish: “Scotland Yard”
  • Swedish: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Swedish: “Scotland Yard”
  • Thai: “สกอตแลนด์ยาร์ด”
  • Turkish: “Scotland Yard”
  • Ukrainian: “Скотланд-Ярд”
  • Ukrainian: “Скотленд-Ярд”
  • Uzbek: “Scotland Yard”
  • Vietnamese: “Scotland Yard”
  • Vlaams: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Vlaams: “Scotland Yard”
  • Walloon: “New Scotland Yard”
  • Walloon: “Scotland Yard”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Scotland Yard”
  • Western Frisian: “Scotland Yard”

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