Force confirm Bath is to get a new police station

Bath is to get a new police station following a public campaign.

The new police station will be based in Monmouth Street in the city centre and is due to open in autumn of next year.

Mark Shelford, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset Police, has been campaigning for the new police station.

Plymouth House will replace current bases at Redbridge House on Lower Bristol Road and the One Stop Stop in Lewis House on Manvers Street.

Mr Shelford added: “This new station will provide reassurance to residents and businesses in the area as part of our commitment to delivering an efficient and effective police force for everyone in Avon and Somerset.”

Sarah Crew, Avon and Somerset’s chief constable, added: “This is a move our staff and our community have been asking for, and I’m delighted to be delivering it for them.

“The feedback we’ve received is that our teams work most effectively when they are together day to day and under one roof.

“Plymouth House will allow the Bath Neighbourhood Policing and Response teams to work together and be joined by some of our specialist teams such as intel.

“We will also have opportunities at this new base for cross agency working, which will include working with Bath and North East Somerset Council and the violence reduction units.

“I know that the community also want a visible policing presence in the heart of the city.

“Plymouth House will be designed sustainably, with quality facilities suitable for modern and future ways of working, and staff wellbeing at the core of the plans.”