New Scotland Yard
New Scotland Yard, formerly known as the Curtis Green Building and before that, Whitehall Police Station, is a building in Westminster in Central London.- Type: Police station
- Description: building in City of Westminster, London, UK
- Also known as: “Curtis Green Building”, “Scotland Yard”, and “Whitehall Police Station”
- Address: Victoria Embankment, London, SW1A 2JL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Big Ben.
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.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Big Ben is situated 750 feet south of New Scotland Yard.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
Photo: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The London Eye, originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. London Eye is situated 1,100 feet east of New 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.
London
Vibrant and truly multicultural, London is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom sits on the River Thames in South-East England.
New Scotland Yard
- Categories: architectural structure and building
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50276° or 51° 30′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.12435° or 0° 7′ 28″ westLevels
7Operator
Metropolitan Police ServiceOpen location code
9C3XGV3G+47OpenStreetMap ID
way 31117060OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=policeOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q19872443
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Walloon—“New Scotland Yard” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “New Scotland Yard (ndërtesë)”
- Albanian: “New Scotland Yard”
- Dutch: “Curtis Green Building”
- Dutch: “New Scotland Yard”
- Dutch: “Whitehall Police Station”
- French: “Curtis Green Building”
- French: “New Scotland Yard”
- French: “Whitehall Police Station”
- German: “Curtis Green Building”
- German: “New Scotland Yard”
- German: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Italian: “Curtis Green Building”
- Japanese: “カーティス・グリーン・ビル”
- Japanese: “ニュー・スコットランドヤード”
- Latin: “Curtis Green Building”
- Latin: “New Scotland Yard”
- Latin: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Limburgan: “Curtis Green Building”
- Limburgan: “New Scotland Yard”
- Limburgan: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Picard: “Curtis Green Building”
- Picard: “New Scotland Yard”
- Picard: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Slovenian: “Curtis Green Building”
- Slovenian: “New Scotland Yard”
- Slovenian: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Vlaams: “Curtis Green Building”
- Vlaams: “New Scotland Yard”
- Vlaams: “Whitehall Police Station”
- Walloon: “Curtis Green Building”
- Walloon: “New Scotland Yard”
- Walloon: “Whitehall Police Station”
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