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Great Scotland Yard Hotel

Great Scotland Yard Hotel

Westminster, London

Opened 2019   $$$

“Storied police headquarters”

Heritage Design Social
Central
Great Scotland Yard Hotel — vibe

Vibe

The Grade II-listed former police headquarters is reimagined with criminal intrigue, displaying archival artifacts beneath a dramatic glass-shard chandelier.

“Storied police headquarters”

Heritage

The Grade II-listed former Metropolitan Police headquarters filled with curated criminal history artifacts and memorabilia.

Design

Bespoke walnut carpentry, secret bookcase wardrobes, and six hundred curated artworks exploring historic British intrigue.

Social

A clandestine whisky speakeasy concealed behind a bookcase and cocktails beneath a glass-shard chandelier.

Central

Just off Whitehall and Trafalgar Square, steps from Covent Garden and the Thames.

Great Scotland Yard Hotel — rooms

Rooms

Custom walnut and blue-veneer carpentry conceals hidden bookcase wardrobes, paired with key-shaped robe hooks and marble-clad bathrooms.

Great Scotland Yard Hotel — backstory

Backstory

The building served as the Metropolitan Police's original 1829 headquarters, inspiring detective fiction by Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Great Scotland Yard Hotel — eat & drink

Eat & drink

Niklas Ekstedt cooks over open flames, while rare whiskies flow behind a concealed bookcase door in the clandestine Síbín speakeasy.

The neighborhood

Tucked just off Whitehall, the hotel puts the National Gallery, the River Thames, and Covent Garden within a ten-minute walk.

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