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List of designated police stations: withdrawn

Updated 10 March 2021

This guidance was withdrawn on

The prohibitions relating to certain knives, offensive weapons and rapid firing rifles and bump stocks came into force on 14 July 2021. It is now unlawful to possess these weapons.

The Offensive Weapons Act surrender and compensation scheme ran from 10 December 2020 to 9 March 2021 and is now closed.

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This publication is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offensive-weapons-act-surrender-and-compensation-scheme/list-of-designated-police-stations

This page was archived on 10 March 2021.

Below is a list of the police stations designated by chief officers for the purposes of receiving weapons surrendered under the Offensive Weapons Act surrender and compensation scheme.

Avon and Somerset

  • Keynsham Police Centre
  • The Bridewell
  • Yeovil Police Station
  • Patchway Front Office
  • Bridgewater Police Station

Bedfordshire Police

  • Kempston Police Station

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

  • Parkside Police Station
  • Thorpe Wood Police Station
  • March Police Station
  • Sawston Police Station

Cheshire Constabulary

  • Widnes
  • Warrington
  • Ellesmere Port
  • Blacon (Chester)
  • Northwich
  • Crewe
  • Macclesfield

City of London Police

  • Bishopsgate Police Station

Cleveland Police

  • Hartlepool District Police Station
  • Middlesbrough District Police Station
  • Redcar and Cleveland Police Station
  • Stockton District Police Station

Cumbria Police

  • Carlisle Police Station
  • Workington Police Station
  • Kendal Police Station
  • Barrow Police Station

Derbyshire Constabulary

  • St Marys Wharf, Chester Green
  • Chesterfield Police Station
  • Buxton Police Station

Devon and Cornwall Police

  • Barnstaple
  • Camborne
  • Crownhill
  • Newquay
  • St Austell
  • Bodmin
  • Exeter
  • Charles Cross
  • Torquay
  • Hughtown

Dorset Police

  • Bournemouth Central
  • Poole Police Station
  • Weymouth Police Station

Durham Constabulary

  • Bishop Auckland Police Office

Dyfed-Powys Police

  • Ammanford
  • Haverfordwest
  • Newtown
  • Brecon
  • Cardigan
  • Aberystwyth

Essex Police

  • Basildon Police Station
  • Southend Police Station
  • Harlow Police Station
  • Grays Police Station
  • Colchester Police Station
  • Clacton Police Station
  • Braintree Police Station

Gloucestershire Constabulary

  • Bearlands
  • Coleford
  • Hester’s Way, Cheltenham
  • Cirencester
  • Stow on the Wold
  • Stroud

Greater Manchester Police

  • Central Park Police Station
  • Longsight Police Station
  • Stretford Police Station
  • Swinton Police Station
  • Wigan Police Station
  • Bolton Police Station
  • Bury Police Station
  • Rochdale Police Station
  • Oldham Police Station
  • Tameside Police Station
  • Cheadle Heath Police Station

Gwent Police

  • Newport Central
  • Monmouth
  • Ebbw Vale
  • Cwmbran
  • Blackwood

Hampshire Constabulary

  • Southampton Central Police Station
  • Police Investigation Centre, Portsmouth
  • Police Investigation Centre, Basingstoke
  • Newport Police Station, Isle of Wight

Hertfordshire Constabulary

  • Hatfield Police Station

Humberside Police

  • Clough Road Police Station
  • Beverley Police Station
  • Bridlington Police Station
  • Goole Police Station
  • Scunthorpe Police Station
  • Grimsby Police

Kent Police

  • Maidstone Police Station
  • Tonbridge Police Station
  • Swanley Police Station
  • North Kent Police Station
  • Medway Police Station
  • Sittingbourne Police Station
  • Margate Police Station
  • Dover Police Station
  • Folkestone Police Station
  • Canterbury Police Station
  • Ashford Police Station

Lancashire Constabulary

  • Greenbank Divisional HQ
  • Preston Police Operating Centre
  • Blackpool Police Station
  • Lancaster Police Station

Leicestershire

  • Mansfield House
  • Beaumont Leys
  • Keyham Lane
  • Wigston
  • Braunstone Police Station
  • Melton
  • Hinckley
  • Harborough
  • Spinney Hill

Lincolnshire

  • Lincoln Police Station
  • Grantham Police Station
  • Boston Police Station
  • Skegness Police Station

Merseyside Police

  • Admiral Street Police Station
  • Kirkby Police Station
  • Southport Police Station
  • Wallasey Police Station

Metropolitan Police

  • Twickenham Police Station
  • Lewisham Police Station
  • Croydon Police Station
  • Brixton Police Station
  • Hammersmith Police Station
  • Islington Police Station
  • Stoke Newington Police Station
  • Forest Gate Police Station
  • Wembley Police Station
  • Tottenham Police Station
  • Acton Police Station
  • Romford Police Station

Norfolk Constabulary

  • Norwich
  • Kings Lynn
  • Gt Yarmouth

North Wales Police

  • Wrexham Town Police Station
  • Rhyl Police Station
  • Bangor Police Station

North Yorkshire Police

  • Alverton Court Police HQ
  • Harrogate Police Station
  • York Fulford Road Police Station
  • Scarborough Police Station
  • Skipton
  • Richmond Police Station
  • Malton

Northamptonshire Police

  • Wellingborough Police Station
  • Weston Favell Police Station
  • Daventry Police Station

Northumbria Police

  • Middle Engine Lane Police Station
  • Forth Banks Police Station
  • Southwick Police Station

Nottinghamshire Police

  • Radford Road Police Station
  • Mansfield Police Station

South Wales Police

  • Swansea Central Police Station
  • Neath Police Station
  • Merthyr Police Station
  • Pontypridd Police Station
  • Bridgend Police Station
  • Cardiff Bay Police Station
  • Barry Police Station

South Yorkshire Police

  • Barnsley Police Station
  • Doncaster Police Station
  • Sheffield Snig Hill Police Station
  • Rotherham Police Station
  • South Yorkshire Police Headquarters (firearms only)

Staffordshire Police

  • Leek Police Station
  • Longton Police Station
  • Cannock Police Station
  • Burton Police Station

Suffolk Constabulary

  • Lowestoft
  • Bury St. Edmunds
  • Ipswich

Surrey Police

  • Reigate Police Station
  • Guildford Police Station
  • Staines Police Station

Sussex Police

  • Hastings Police Station
  • Eastbourne Customer Contact Point
  • Uckfield Police Station
  • Brighton Police Station
  • Crawley Police Station
  • Worthing Police Station
  • Chichester Police Station

Thames Valley Police

  • Milton Keynes Police Station
  • Aylesbury Police Station
  • Slough Police Station
  • St Aldates (Oxford) Police Station
  • Reading Police Station

Warwickshire Police

  • Stratford-upon-Avon Police Station
  • Leamington Spa Police Station
  • Nuneaton Police Station
  • Rugby Police Station

West Mercia

  • Worcester Police Station
  • Kidderminster Police Station
  • Redditch Police Station
  • Malinsgate Police Station
  • Monkmoor Police Station
  • Hereford Police Station

West Midlands Police

  • West Bromwich Police Station

West Yorkshire

  • Bradford District
  • Halifax District
  • Wakefield District
  • Leeds District
  • Kirklees District

Wiltshire

  • Gablecross Police Station, Swindon
  • Bourne Hill, Salisbury
  • Trowbridge
  • Melksham Police Station
  • Monkton Park, Chippenham
  • Marlborough

Police Service of Northern Ireland

  • Newtownabbey
  • Carrickfergus
  • Antrim
  • Larne
  • Ballymoney
  • Strabane
  • Londonderry
  • Ballymena
  • Limavady
  • Waterside
  • Coleraine
  • Antrim Rd
  • Lisburn Rd
  • Bangor
  • Lisburn
  • Banbridge
  • Maydown
  • Armagh St
  • Dungannon
  • Cookstown
  • Ardmore
  • Crossmaglen
  • Lurgan
  • Lisnaskee
  • Enniskillen
  • Omagh
  • Magherafelt
  • Downpatrick
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