Bow Street Magistrates' Court
Bow Street Magistrates' Court became one of the most famous magistrates' court in England. Over its 266-year existence it occupied various buildings on Bow Street in Central London, immediately north-east of Covent Garden. It closed in 2006 and its work moved to a set of four magistrates' courts: Westminster, Camberwell Green, Highbury Corner and the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. The senior magistrate at Bow Street until 2000 was the Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate.
19th-century depiction of Bow Street Magistrates' Court, to which the Bow Street Runners were attached.
The Court in 1895
The court in 2006
Redevelopment, October 2018
Bow Street is a thoroughfare in Covent Garden, Westminster, London. It connects Long Acre, Russell Street and Wellington Street, and is part of a route from St Giles to Waterloo Bridge.
Bow Street looking north. The former Bow Street Magistrates' Court building is top right.
A plaque on Bow Street, showing some notable former residents
Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the late 19th century
Bow Street entrance to the Royal Opera House