New Scotland Yard, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JL
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Accessibility
"New Scotland Yard at Victoria Embankment in London (SW1A 2JL) has been designed with accessibility in mind, including features like a new glass-fronted pavilion and a pavilion atop the building, according to a document from Westminster City Council. The building also features a new wing and an extension to the rear to increase floor space.
Here's a more detailed look at the accessibility features:
Accessibility Focus:
The building's design aims to provide a more welcoming public space and to present a more contemporary image of the police to the public.
New Pavilions:
The inclusion of a glass-fronted pavilion and another pavilion on the rooftop, with views of London, suggests a focus on accessibility for both staff and visitors.
Increased Space:
The new wing and extension to the rear provide additional floor space, which could potentially be utilized for accessible facilities and layouts.
Architectural Shading:
The new west-facing glazed façade is designed with architectural shading to bring in daylight and create a more accessible interior environment.
Landscaped Setting:
The intent is to create a more welcoming public/private space that encourages visitors to enjoy the landscaped setting."
Brief description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard
"Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs. Its name derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had its main public entrance on the Westminster street called Great Scotland Yard.[1] The Scotland Yard entrance became the public entrance, and over time "Scotland Yard" came to be used not only as the common name of the headquarters building, but also as a metonym for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) itself and police officers, especially detectives, who serve in it.[2] The New York Times wrote in 1964 that, just as Wall Street gave its name to New York's financial district, Scotland Yard became the name for police activity in London.[3]
The force moved from Great Scotland Yard in 1890, to a newly completed building on the Victoria Embankment, and the name "New Scotland Yard" was adopted for the new headquarters.[4] An adjacent building was completed in 1906. A third building was added in 1940. In 1967 the MPS consolidated its headquarters from the three-building complex to a tall, newly constructed "New Scotland Yard" building on Broadway in nearby Victoria. In 2013, it was announced that the force would move again to the Victoria Embankment at Westminster's Curtis Green Building, which following tradition was renamed "New Scotland Yard".[5] This move to the latest New Scotland Yard was completed in 2016.[6][7] In May 2013, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that the New Scotland Yard building on Broadway would be sold and the force's headquarters would be moved back to the Curtis Green Building on the Victoria Embankment. A competition was announced for architects to redesign the building prior to the Metropolitan Police moving to it in 2015.[15] This building previously housed the Territorial Policing headquarters and is adjacent to the original New Scotland Yard (Norman Shaw North Building).
In December 2015, construction work on the exterior of the Curtis Green building was completed.[16] On 31 October 2016, the Metropolitan Police staff left the building at 10 Broadway and moved to their new headquarters.[6] The new New Scotland Yard building was to have been opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 23 March 2017, but that same day it was announced that the Royal opening would be postponed, due to the preceding day's terrorist attack at Westminster.[7] The opening was re-arranged for 13 July 2017.[17] Like all three of its predecessors it houses the Met's Crime Museum (formerly known as the Black Museum), founded in 1874, a collection of criminal memorabilia not open to the public.[18]"Address
New Scotland Yard Public Sign
Victoria Embankment
London
SW1A 2JL
https://www.met.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us-beta/contact-us/
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Amenities
Crime Museum 2025: https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/met-museums-archives/visit-us/
New Scotland Yard
London
SW1A 2JL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_Museum + https://web.archive.org/web/20181227051820/http://www.themuseumofcrime.com/
"The Crime Museum is a collection of criminal memorabilia kept at New Scotland Yard, headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service in London, England. Known as the Black Museum until the early 21st century, the museum came into existence at Scotland Yard sometime in 1874, arising out of the collection of prisoners' property gathered as a result of the Forfeiture Act 1870 and intended as an aid to the police in their study of crime and criminals. Initially unofficial, it had become an official if private museum by 1875, with a police inspector and a police constable assigned to official duty there. Not open to the public, it was used as a teaching collection for police recruits and was only ever accessible by those involved in legal matters, royals and other VIPs.[1]
Now sited in the basement of the Curtis Green Building (the present New Scotland Yard), the museum remains closed to the public but can be visited by officers of the Metropolitan Police and any of the country's police forces by prior appointment."
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This started on 8 April 2019 in the Central London Congestion Charge Zone, and will extend to the whole of the London area within the
M25 Motorway from 25 October 2021.
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Vehicles registered with a 'disabled' or 'disabled passenger vehicles' tax class will benefit from a grace period after the ULEZ starts until 26 October 2025 as long as their vehicle doesn't change tax class, and this also applies to a 'disabled' vehicle registered outside the UK.
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270 metres*
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