Neal's Yard is a small
alley
An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, footpath, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, w ...
in London's
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist sit ...
between
Shorts Gardens and
Monmouth Street which opens into a courtyard. It is named after the 17th century developer,
Thomas Neale
Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies.
Neale was a Member of Parliament for thirty years, Mas ...
.
In 1976,
Michael Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knig ...
and
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance Gilliam ( ; born 22 November 1940) is an American-British filmmaker, comedian, collage film, collage animator, and actor. He gained stardom as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe alongside John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Pa ...
bought offices at 11 Neal's Yard,
and
alternative
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Arts, entertainment and media
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activist and entrepreneur
Nicholas Saunders established the bulk Whole Food Warehouse; he had bought 2 Neal's Yard, a derelict warehouse previously used by the former
Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, for £7,000 a few years earlier. From this success, grew other enterprises in other buildings such as Neal's Yard Apothecary (now known as
Neal's Yard Remedies), Neal's Yard Bakery,
Monmouth Coffee Company and
Neal's Yard Dairy,
The area now contains several other health-food cafes and retailers.
Gallery
NealsYardCoventGarden.jpg
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Covent Garden Neal's Yard in December 2011.JPG
References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline, Neal's Yard
Shopping streets in London
Streets in the London Borough of Camden
Covent Garden
Alleys in England