Venue

Central Criminal Court

Crown Court

Location codes

The internal HMCTS references. No other public site surfaces these alongside the venue’s contact details.

Crown Court code413

Addresses

Visit or contact us: , London EC4M 7EH

Contacts

Telephone: 020 7192 2739
Telephone: 0300 332 1160
Telephone: 46700 Old Bailey

Email

Enquiries: [email protected]

Opening times

Counter open: 10am to 5pm
Court open: 8am to 7pm. Public access from 9:30am to 3:30pm.

Areas of law

Facilities

Disabled access: Disabled access, toilet and parking facilities available with prior notification.
Wireless network connection: This court has wireless internet access available within some parts of the building
Refreshments: Refreshments are available to court users, no refreshment facilities to the public.
Video facilities: Video conference and Prison Video Link facilities.
Interview room: Some private waiting rooms are available which can also be used for court video link as well as interview rooms.
Hearing Loop: The building has a portable hearing enhancement system available by prior arrangement. Please contact the court by telephone or email to let us know of your requirements.
Assistance dogs: Assistance dogs are welcome
Security arch: No large bags or rucksacks are allowed in the building, though handbags are acceptable. Also no electronic devices, food or drink are allowed. There are no facilities for the safekeeping of such items available at the entrance to the public galleries.
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network: Lanyards available on request.
Witness service: www.witnessservice.org.uk

Guidance naming this venue 17

Judicial guidance and court guides that name this venue explicitly.

About the Crown Courtupdated 2026-08-19
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ated in over 70 court centres across England and Wales, including the Central Criminal Court, more commonly known as the Old Bailey. It deals with: cases se…
Coroners: appointments and how to contact their officesupdated 2026-08-11
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ty of London Alison Hewitt City of London Coroner's Court, 4th Floor, Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EH 020 7332 1598 [email protected].…
Resident Judgesupdated 2026-08-03
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…anterbury Combined Court Centre HHJ Simon James 25-01-19 South East Central Criminal Court HHJ Mark Lucraft KC 14-04-20 South East Chelmsford Crown Court HHJ…
Anonymity of witnesses and reporting restrictionsupdated 2026-06-25
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ctions: Inquest) (external link) [2019] EWHC 1668 (QB) §24 [24] R v Central Criminal Court exp Godwin and Crook [1995] 1 WLR 139 CA [25] A copy of any order m…
Examples of modern court dressupdated 2025-09-29
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ing with certain types of High Court business, or when sitting at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) in London - circuit judges wear a short wig and black si…
What do I call a judge?updated 2024-11-28
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…es Some Circuit Judges – for example, The Recorder of Liverpool or Central Criminal Court judges – are referred to as “My Lord” or “My Lady”. Address (in cor…
Lord Justice Edisupdated 2024-10-01
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…mbers at Atlantic Chambers, Liverpool. Senior Treasury Counsel at the Central Criminal Court between 2008 and 2014. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 19…
Circuit judgesupdated 2024-09-23
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…y wear a short wig, wing collars with bands or a collarette. At the Central Criminal Court in London (The Old Bailey), the gown worn is a black one. In the ci…
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.25 Coroners and the Mediaupdated 2023-03-01
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…stice and Courts Act 2015 (from 13 April 2015). [xxvii] JC and RT v Central Criminal Court and others [2014] EWCA 1041 (QB). [xxviii] Rules 17 and 18. [xxix…
Crown Courtupdated 2022-10-07
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ated in over 70 court centres across England and Wales, including the Central Criminal Court, more commonly known as the Old Bailey. It deals with: cases sent…
Overview of the judiciaryupdated 2022-09-20
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…brought into the general circuit system. Shortly afterwards, the new Central Criminal Court – the Old Bailey – was set up, unifying the administration of justice…
History of Court Dressupdated 2022-09-14
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…sory; judges could choose to wear a black gown instead. Judges at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) still wear their black gowns. The Court of Appeal…
History of the Admiralty Courtupdated 2022-09-14
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ide of the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court was transferred to the Central Criminal Court. This was followed 10 years later by an Act of Parliament giving simi…
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Annual Report 2006/07updated 2022-07-20
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…sentence by those convicted at Quarter Sessions, the Assizes and the Central Criminal Court. In 1966 the Court became the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, and…
What do I call a judge?updated 2022-06-27
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…ges Some Circuit Judges – for example, The Recorder of Liverpool or Central Criminal Court judges – are referred to as "My Lord" or "My Lady". Address (…
Mental Health Tribunal decisionsupdated 2022-06-27
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…- Wednesday 3 April 2013 Background On 4 November 1994, at the Central Criminal Court, Jared Britton was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily har…
About the Judiciaryupdated 2022-06-16
cited asCentral Criminal Court
…brought into the general circuit system. Shortly afterwards, the new Central Criminal Court was set up, unifying the administration of justice in London and surr…