Police Stations within Dorset
Officers and Staff operate from our
stations 24 hours a day (or, are on duty in the area 24 hours
a day).
Our planned opening hours for our Station Desk
Offices are listed against each station below. If you visit
the station outside these hours and the Station Desk Office is
unstaffed this normally will be because our officers and
operational staff are out on patrol or are engaged in other
operational duties. Consequently, whenever the Station Desk
Office is closed please make use of the telephone help point
outside the station which will enable you to contact us to assist
with your enquiry. In an emergency always dial ‘999’.
To report a crime or incident that is not an emergency or
to make a general enquiry if you do not have a named contact
person or extension number call 101.
If you are calling from outside Dorset, please dial 01202 22 22
22.
Please click on the town name below for details of your
nearest police station.
Blandford >
Boscombe >
Bournemouth Central >
Bridport >
Christchurch >
Dorchester >
Ferndown >
Gillingham >
Lyme Regis >
Poole >
Portland >
Shaftesbury >
Sherborne >
Swanage >
Verwood >
Wareham >
Weymouth >
Wimborne >
Winton >
Blandford Police Station
Salisbury Road, Blandford, DT11
7HR
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours
:
Monday to Friday 0900-1300hrs and
1400-1700hrs (Closed for lunch 1300-1400)
Please check with 101 Operator for accessibility to this site
due to possible short notice closures - Thank you.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours: Bournemouth (101)
E-mail Blandford Police Station by following
this link >
Map showing location of Blandford Police Station >

Boscombe Police Station
Gloucester Road, Boscombe BH7 6JA.
Telephone : 101
Currently closed to members of the
public.
Next nearest station: Bournemouth (101)
Map showing location of Boscombe Police Station.

Bournemouth Central Police Station
5 Madeira Road, Bournemouth, BH1
1QQ
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
0700hrs - Midnight, Mon - Thur ; Open 24
hrs - Fri, Sat & Sundays
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
E-mail Bournemouth Central Police
Station by following this link >
Map showing location of Bournemouth Central Police Station.

Bridport Police Station
Tannery Road, Bridport, DT6
3TP
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Tues - Sat 0900 - 1300hrs and 1400 -
1700hrs;
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours
: Weymouth West (101)
Main Station : Weymouth West (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
E-mail Bridport Police Station by following this
link >
Map showing location of Bridport Police Station >

Christchurch Police Station
Barrack Road, Christchurch, BH23
1PN
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Open every Tuesday and Thursday between 1000hrs - 1300hrs &
1400hrs - 1800hrs (Closed for lunch 1300 - 1400hrs)
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours:
Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
E-mail Christchurch Police Station by following
this link >
Map showing location of Christchurch Police
Station >

Dorchester Police Station
Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, DT1
1QZ
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Tuesday to Friday 0900-1700hrs (Closed
for lunch 1300-1400hrs).
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours : West Weymouth (101)
Main Station : West Weymouth (101)
E-mail Dorchester Police Station by following
this link >
Map showing location of Dorchester Police Station >

Ferndown Police Station
Ameysford Road, Ferndown, BH22
9HQ
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Monday to Friday 0800 - 1600hrs
(Closed for lunch 1300 - 1400hrs)
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours :
Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Ferndown Police Station by following
this link >
Map showing location of Ferndown Police Station >

Gillingham Police Station
1 School Road, Gillingham, SP8
4QR
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Wednesday & Friday 0900-1300hrs and
1400-1700hrs
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours :
Shaftesbury (101)
Main station : Blandford (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking (Across road)
- Drop kerbs
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Gillingham Police Station by
following this link >
Map showing location of Gillingham Police Station >

Lyme Regis Police Station
Hill Road, Lyme Regis, DT7
3PG
Telephone : 101
Lyme Regis Police Station is currently
closed until further notice.
Next nearest station: Bridport (101)
Map showing location of Lyme Regis Police Station >

Poole Police Station
Wimborne
Road, Poole, BH15 2BP
Telephone: 101
Opening Hours :
Monday - Friday 0800 - 1800hrs (No lunch
closure); Closed Saturday & Sunday.
Until further notice, the Poole Property Store
will only be open on Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 0900
- 1500hrs for the collection of property.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours :
Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Drop kerbs
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
Map showing location of Poole police station.

Portland Police Station
Portland Police Station, Victoria Building, Osprey Quay,
Portland, DT5 1BL
PLEASE
NOTE: From the 4 July 2012, access to the
Dorset Police Counter Service within the Victoria Building will no
longer be available to the public for general
enquiries. We would like to reassure our
communities that police will remain patrolling in your local
area.
Next nearest open station: West Weymouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled Parking
- Disabled toilet

Shaftesbury Police Station
Granville Gardens, Shaftesbury, SP7
8DF
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Tues, Thurs & Sat : 0900-1300hrs and
1400-1700hrs
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours :
Blandford (101)
Main station : Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
E-mail Shaftesbury Police Station by
following this link >
Map showing location of Shaftesbury Police
Station >

Sherborne Police Station
Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9
3NL
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Tuesday to Saturday 0900 - 1300hrs and
1400 - 1700hrs.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest : Dorchester (101)
Main Station : West Weymouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Sherborne Police Station by following this
link >
Map showing location of Sherborne Police Station >

Swanage
Swanage Pathway - Annex, Swanage Town Hall, High Street,
Swanage, BH19 2NZ
Dorset Police and Swanage Town Council have teamed up to offer
public services at a new joint premises in the town. Swanage
Pathway will house the Swanage Safer Neighbourhood Team and contain
a reception area staffed by both a police receptionist and a
council receptionist.
Opening Hours:
From April to September - Monday to Friday
10am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.
Between October and March - Monday to Friday
10am-1pm and 2pm-3pm.
Please note: Document
production, court and police bail registration, sex offenders
registration, and the surrender of firearms is not available
at Swanage Pathway. For these services, please visit an alternative
police station. Police services available are: Handing in of found
property, reporting of crime and incidents via 101 facility at the
reception, SNT
and Response Officer interviews and liaison with SNT officers .
Next nearest open outside these hours : Wareham (101)
Main station : Bournemouth (101)
For non-urgent enquiries via e-mail please contact enquiries@dorset.pnn.police.uk
and please state in your e-mail that this is in relation to the
Swanage area.
News release announcing the opening of Swanage
Pathway >

Verwood Police Station
Station Road, Verwood, BH31
7PU
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Open every Thursday 0900hrs - 1200hrs & 1300hrs -
1600hrs.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours : Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Verwood Police Station by following this
link >
Map showing location of Verwood Police Station >

Wareham Police Station
Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PW
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Tuesday - Saturday 0900-1300hrs and 1400-1700hrs
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours : Poole (101)
Main station : Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Wareham Police Station by following this
link >
Map showing location of Wareham Police Station >

Weymouth West Police Station
Radipole Lane Chickerell, Weymouth,
DT4 9WW
Telephone :
101
Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri 0900 - 1800hrs; Sat 0900 - 1700hrs. Closed Sunday.
Please check site or contact 101 to enquire about opening
times and counter service accessibility outside of these core
opening hours.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Weymouth West Police Station
by following this link >
Map showing location of Weymouth West Police
Station >

Wimborne Police Station
Hanham Road, Wimborne, BH21
1AS
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
Open every Wednesday 0900hrs - 1300hrs & 1400hrs &
1700hrs and every Friday 0900hrs - 1230hrs.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours :
Poole (101)
Main station : Bournemouth (101)
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Ramps
- Induction loop
E-mail Wimborne Police Station by following
this link >
Map showing location of Wimborne Police Station >

Winton Police Station
599 Wimborne Road, Winton,
Bournemouth, BH9 2AS
Telephone : 101
Opening Hours :
1000-1800hrs Monday - Friday. (Closed for
lunch 1330 - 1430hrs). Closed Saturday & Sunday.
(Opening hours are subject to change)
Next nearest open outside these hours:
Bournemouth (101) enquiries
forwarded through call divert
Facilities:
- Disabled parking
- Drop kerbs
- Ramps
- Automatic door opening
- Induction loop
- Disabled toilet
E-mail Winton Police Station by following this
link >
Map showing location of Winton Police Station.
