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Bull Inn Court is a narrow court and passage in the southern part of Covent Garden, running between Maiden Lane and the Strand in the tight block behind the main frontages. Its name preserves the memory of a former inn once standing on the site, a common origin among the old courts of this district where coaching and tavern trade shaped the street pattern. It is a compact, sheltered passage of the kind that survives from Covent Garden's earlier fabric, with a modest scale and a quiet, enclosed feel. Present use runs to a public house and small premises drawing on the passing trade between the Strand and Maiden Lane, and the court functions mainly as a pedestrian short-cut and a pocket of older character. Bull Inn Court carries little through-traffic and serves those with business along it or seeking a brief detour off the busier routes. For visitors, it is one of the small historic courts that reward a closer look, giving a sense of the layered service spaces behind the grand streets. Its position in the southern block ties it to the everyday working history of the market quarter near the river.
