History
The Police Station was built in 1937 and In December 2015 it was announced by Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston, that 15 police stations were to be closed to the public in Essex as part of a £63million spending cut. Brentwood Police Station was one of the 9 Police Stations closing completely. He stated that the buildings were buildings were no longer fit for purpose.
"Police officers, not buildings, fight crime," Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh said.
"We spend too much on too many police buildings, many of which are either no longer fit for policing or are hardly used by the public to report crime.
Bentwood Police station was eventually closed to the public in April 2016, and was finally fully vacated by the Police in December 2017.
Police Operations have now moved to the local Town Hall. The building was closed as it cost £10million per year in running costs, and would have cost a further £30million in maintenance to bring it to modern standards.
Explore
So after seeing a lot of people posting about this place, I realised I had a small window of spare time to try and check it out today. As I approached I was slightly worried as I saw four cars parked outside the site (Not pictured but were to the right)
Undeterred I pressed on and found the way onto the site
I had a little walk around and realised that access was still ridiculously easy. I think the only reason the place hasn't been fully wrecked is because it's not really near anything yet is still near a busy road. Anyway I made my way in and was undisturbed for the 45 minutes or so I was in there
I only had a few minutes in the court so didn't get too many shots there but loved the wooden staircase
This was a nice little explore! Thanks for reading
The Police Station was built in 1937 and In December 2015 it was announced by Police and Crime Commissioner Nick Alston, that 15 police stations were to be closed to the public in Essex as part of a £63million spending cut. Brentwood Police Station was one of the 9 Police Stations closing completely. He stated that the buildings were buildings were no longer fit for purpose.
"Police officers, not buildings, fight crime," Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh said.
"We spend too much on too many police buildings, many of which are either no longer fit for policing or are hardly used by the public to report crime.
Bentwood Police station was eventually closed to the public in April 2016, and was finally fully vacated by the Police in December 2017.
Police Operations have now moved to the local Town Hall. The building was closed as it cost £10million per year in running costs, and would have cost a further £30million in maintenance to bring it to modern standards.
Explore
So after seeing a lot of people posting about this place, I realised I had a small window of spare time to try and check it out today. As I approached I was slightly worried as I saw four cars parked outside the site (Not pictured but were to the right)
Undeterred I pressed on and found the way onto the site
I had a little walk around and realised that access was still ridiculously easy. I think the only reason the place hasn't been fully wrecked is because it's not really near anything yet is still near a busy road. Anyway I made my way in and was undisturbed for the 45 minutes or so I was in there
I only had a few minutes in the court so didn't get too many shots there but loved the wooden staircase
This was a nice little explore! Thanks for reading