[4] Planning permission was obtained to convert the building, which is grade II listed, into a hotel and police museum,[5][6] both of which opened in May 2021.

[7] The museum operates as an independent charity, with initial funding provided by the Sydell Group that own the building, which also houses a hotel.

Visitors can enter a large cell called 'the tank', once used to detain overnight those arrested for drunken behaviour in Covent Garden.

[8][9][10] Famous prisoners depicted include Oscar Wilde, Dr Crippen and the Kray twins, and those facing extradition proceedings, such as Augusto Pinochet and James Earl Ray.

We have worked especially closely with officers who served at Bow Street and, as a result, the museum is rich with recollections of life at a unique place in a special part of town.