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Bedford Court is a small court in the western part of Covent Garden, set off the streets between St Martin's Lane and Chandos Place. Like several nearby names, it recalls the Bedford estate, the family whose landholding governed the growth of the district for centuries. It is a compact, low-traffic space of the type that grew up behind the principal frontages, with a modest scale and a sheltered feel distinct from the busier lanes around it. Present use runs to small offices, service premises and mixed occupation, and the court carries little through-footfall, serving mainly those with addresses along it. Spaces of this kind form part of the fine-grained pattern of yards and courts that characterises the older parts of Covent Garden, preserving the layered history of building behind the main streets. For those walking the district, Bedford Court is a quiet pocket rather than a destination, giving a sense of the secondary spaces that supported the market quarter's daily working life.