Bath’s new police station has been promised for years by politicians across the spectrum.

Work finally got underway in 2021 to expand the enquiry desk in Lewis House in Manvers Street and is expected to be

finished by the spring.

Once completed, the neighbourhood policing team currently based at Redbridge House in Lower Bristol Road will move in, making them more visible and accessible.

The number of officers and opening hours of the enquiry desk will be unaffected.

The city’s police station was previously a stone’s throw away across Manvers Street in a building sold by Avon and Somerset Police in 2015 for £7 million that is now occupied by the University of Bath.