• From run-ins with notorious gangsters to high-profile cases, Bow Street Police Museum looks at the fascinating history of the Metropolitan Police.
  • Museum purpose: To tell the story of the earliest police force in London, the iconic Bow Street Runners and the Metropolitan Police officers who worked at the...
  • A visit to the Bow Street Police Museum reveals a proud history of pioneering police work in this part of London.
  • Xi’an Westin Hotel & Museum. ... The Bow Street Magistrates’ Courthouse and Police Station was originally built in 1880 and utilized until 2006.
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  • ...museum manager Vicki Pipe explain that the museum tells the story of the Bow Street Runners and the Metropolitan Police officers who followed in their footsteps.
  • This tiny independent museum hidden down a side street off Bow Street occupies part of the old Bow Street police station and magistrate court.
  • The nearest station is Covent Garden Tube Station which is 0.1 miles away.
  • Bow Street Police Station was one of London’s first police stations and has become the country’s newest independent museum.