Neal's Yard

{{Short description|Alley in London, United Kingdom}}

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| terminus_a = Shorts Gardens

| direction_b = Northwest

| terminus_b = Monmouth Street

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File:Monty Python (4624404749).jpg blue plaque at Neal's Yard]]

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.coventgarden.uk.com/streets/neals-yard |title=In and Around Covent Garden: Neal's Yard |publisher=Covent Garden |accessdate=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421022817/http://www.coventgarden.uk.com/streets/neals-yard |archive-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In 1976, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam bought offices at 11 Neal's Yard,{{cite news |last1=Hind |first1=John |title=Terry Gilliam: 'I had a big row with John Cleese about tinned peaches' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/07/terry-gilliam-cleese-row-monty-python |access-date=17 January 2023 |work=the Guardian |date=7 December 2013 |language=en}} 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,{{cite news|title=Obituary for Nicholas Saunders|last=Albery|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Albery|newspaper=The Guardian|url=http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v08n1/08161sau.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990202161933/http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v08n1/08161sau.html|date=5 February 1998|archivedate=2 February 1999|url-status=live}}{{cite news|author=Stuart, Flora Maxwell|date=5 February 1998|title=Obituary: Nicholas Saunders|newspaper=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-nicholas-saunders-1142969.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195310/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-nicholas-saunders-1142969.html|archivedate=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://nealsyardlondon.co.uk/history/ | title=History, With love from Neal's Yard | date=25 March 2008 | publisher=Neal’s Yard | accessdate=September 2, 2017}} Monmouth Coffee Company and Neal's Yard Dairy,{{cite web |last1=Fort |first1=Matthew |title=Around Britain with a fork |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/12/foodanddrink |website=Guardian |date=12 January 2008 |access-date=9 December 2021}}

The area now contains several other health-food cafes and retailers.{{cite news |last1=Nachman |first1=Sherrie |title=The Unbeaten Path |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1998/05/03/the-unbeaten-path/fd74939d-d718-427e-8094-fd0799357183/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=3 May 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827031713/https://www.washingtonpost.com/web/20170827031713/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1998/05/03/the-unbeaten-path/fd74939d-d718-427e-8094-fd0799357183/ |archive-date=2017-08-27}}{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/05/travel/streets-of-dreams-london-monmouth-st-2-blocks-to-satisfy-any-whimsy.html|work=The New York Times|date=5 April 1998|author=Lyall, Sarah|title=Streets of Dreams; Monmouth St., 2 blocks to satisfy any whimsy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214212018/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/05/travel/streets-of-dreams-london-monmouth-st-2-blocks-to-satisfy-any-whimsy.html |archive-date=2009-12-14}}