Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard is a memorial in Westminster, Greater London, England. Scotland Yard is situated nearby to the government office Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, as well as near the pub The Clarence.- Type: Memorial
- Address: London
- Inscription: “SITE OF SCOTLAND YARD FIRST HEADQUARTERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE 1829–1890”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Palace of Whitehall.
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.
Palace of Whitehall
Archaeological site
Photo: Hendrick Danckerts, Public domain.
The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire. Palace of Whitehall is situated 680 feet southeast of Scotland Yard.
Banqueting House
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining. Banqueting House is situated 480 feet south of Scotland Yard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitehall and Westminster.
Whitehall
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.
Westminster
Quarter
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street and has many famous landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and much of the West End cultural centre including the entertainment area of West End theatre.
Covent Garden
Photo: Hamster28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Covent Garden is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of London, and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.
Scotland Yard
- Category: historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50588° or 51° 30′ 21″ northLongitude
-0.12613° or 0° 7′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C3XGV4F+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 8138263469OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Scotland Yard” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “苏格兰场”
- Japanese: “スコットランド・ヤード”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, DESNZ.
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