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  Shown within Central London | |
| Length | 0.04 mi (0.064 km) |
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| Location | London Borough of Camden |
| Postal code | WC2H 9DP |
| Coordinates | 51°30′52″N 0°07′35″W / 51.5144°N 0.1265°W / 51.5144; -0.1265 |
| Southeast end | Shorts Gardens |
| Northwest end | Monmouth Street |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | late 1600s |
Neal's Yard is a small alley in London's Covent Garden between Shorts Gardens and Monmouth Street which opens into a courtyard. It is named after the 17th century developer, Thomas Neale.[1]
In 1976, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam bought offices at 11 Neal's Yard,[2] and alternative 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,[3][4][5] Monmouth Coffee Company and Neal's Yard Dairy,[6]
The area now contains several other health-food cafes and retailers.[7][8]
Media related to Neal's Yard at Wikimedia Commons
