Bromborough police station hits market for £1.6m

Merseyside Police are looking to sell the two-acre site off New Chester Road, with the goal of using the receipts to build a new hub in Wirral.

The plot of land includes the 26,900 sq ft police station, a 5,300 sq ft garage, and two homes totalling 3,500 sq ft. The houses are currently used as offices.

The police station was built in the 1930s and has been deemed no longer fit for purpose by Merseyside police and crime commissioner Emily Spurrell.

Selling it for the guide price of £1.6m would enable the first responders to invest in a more accessible and modern police hub elsewhere in the borough.

The police are working with Wirral Council to find the perfect site for the facility, with goals of exchanging on a plot of land in the next 18 months and to complete the build in five years.

“We’re taking the right steps to ensure the buildings we occupy right across Merseyside are in the best possible position to serve our communities,” Spurrell said.

“While Bromborough police station is no longer fit to serve the force, it is a prime residential site and has real potential to be a valuable development for local people.”

According to Merseyside Police’s 12-year estates strategy, the Bromborough police station is one of 11 sites to be sold to make way for new buildings that are set to be more cost-effective. The goal is for these sales to generate £21.6m for the force.

Also on the market is the police’s former Canning Place headquarters in Liverpool. Colliers is marketing the Canning Place site, while Eddisons is charged with finding a buyer for the Bromborough station.