A new Bath police station is being developed at Plymouth House. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Work to start on new dedicated police station in Bath

Paul JonesJune 20, 20250 Comment0

WORK is set to begin on a new police station in Bath this summer.

Avon & Somerset Police has confirmed work to refurbish Plymouth House, in Monmouth Street, to create a new base in the city will begin in August.

The work is expected to take nine months, with the building becoming the new home of policing in Bath next summer.

Plymouth House will replace current police stations at the One Stop Shop in Lewis House, Manvers Street, with the Bath City Council offices, and at Redbridge House, in Lower Bristol Road.

“Until the new station is ready, our officers and staff will continue to work from those locations,” a police spokesperson said.

The former police station in Manvers Street was sold off in 2015 due to high “ongoing maintenance costs and its suitability for modern policing”, the force said, with teams relocated to Redbridge House and Lewis House.

Plymouth House will create a single dedicated police station in Bath, with all policing teams based at the site, as well as an enquiry office open to the public.

Area Commander for Bath and North East Somerset, Chief Inspector Scott Hill, said: “Our priority is to provide the best service we can for the community, and that means ensuring our officers and staff have the most efficient and suitable facilities.

“This is what the new station at Plymouth House will give us. It will bring our neighbourhood and response teams under one roof, providing them with a modern, fit-for-purpose and productive place to work together in the heart of the city, enabling us to deliver outstanding policing in Bath.”

Police and Crime Commissioner, Clare Moody, said: “One of my key priorities is to strengthen neighbourhood policing. I have strongly supported the commitment to ensure Bath has a dedicated police site, enabling community focussed policing and welcome this announcement.”

For details of the current opening times of the police Enquiry Office at Lewis House, Bath, visit www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact/police-stations/bath-police-station and to contact the Bath City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team, see www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/your-area/bath-city-centre.