New Scotland Yard

headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster, Greater London from October 2016
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New Scotland Yard

Summary

New Scotland Yard is a police station[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of police_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,653 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Scotland Yard is located in City of Westminster[3].
  • New Scotland Yard is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • New Scotland Yard's instance of is recorded as police station[5].
  • Scotland is named after New Scotland Yard[6].
  • yard is named after New Scotland Yard[7].
  • The location of New Scotland Yard was New Scotland Yard[8].
  • New Scotland Yard's Commons category is recorded as Scotland Yard[9].
  • January 1, 1829 marks the founding of New Scotland Yard[10].
  • New Scotland Yard's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.50183, 'lon': -0.12446}[11].
  • New Scotland Yard's streaming media URL is recorded as https://www.bam.co.uk/how-we-do-it/case-study/metropolitan-police-headquarters[12].
  • New Scotland Yard's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'New Scotland Yard'}[13].
  • New Scotland Yard's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Scotland Yard'}[14].
  • New Scotland Yard's different from is recorded as Scotland Yard[15].
  • New Scotland Yard's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[16].

Body

Geography

New Scotland Yard is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in City of Westminster[3].

Designation and Status

New Scotland Yard's instance of is recorded as police station[5].

History and Context

January 1, 1829 marks the founding of New Scotland Yard[10]. Things named after include Scotland[6], a constituent country of the United Kingdom[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 0843[19] and yard[7], an unit of length[20].

Why It Matters

New Scotland Yard ranks in the top 3% of police_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,653 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . osm4wiki.toolforge.org. osm4wiki.toolforge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . bam.co.uk. Retrieved . bam.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). New Scotland Yard. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scotland-yard
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  1. 4d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Instance of police station
    Different from Scotland Yard
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    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11924]]: scotland-yard, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193889660|scotland yard (#193889660)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 "
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