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New Scotland Yard

headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster, Greater London from October 2016
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Summary

New Scotland Yard is a police station[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of police station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,311 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Westminster[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Named after: Scotland[5], yard[6]
  • Location: New Scotland Yard[7]
  • Commons category: Scotland Yard[8]
  • Inception: January 1, 1829[9]
  • Streaming media URL: https://www.bam.co.uk/how-we-do-it/case-study/metropolitan-police-headquarters[10]
  • Official name: New Scotland Yard[11]
  • Native label: Scotland Yard[12]
  • Different from: Scotland Yard[13]
  • Historic county: Middlesex[14]

Why It Matters

New Scotland Yard has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

City of Westminster Scotland The Day of the Jackal United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). New Scotland Yard. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scotland-yard
MLA “New Scotland Yard.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scotland-yard.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scotland-yard_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{New Scotland Yard}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scotland-yard}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → scotland-yard
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: scotland-yard, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962368|scotland yard (#289962368)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 12w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Instance of → police station
    Different from → Scotland Yard
    Coordinates → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb keyword: 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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