Marlowe House is a Metropolitan Police building in

Sidcup Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of London Borough of Bromley, Bromley and Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greenwich. It was ...

in the

London Borough of Bexley The London Borough of Bexley () is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London. It has a population of 248,287. The main settlements are Sidcup, Erith, Bexleyheath, Belvedere, London, Belvedere, Crayford ...

. It houses administrative offices and training facilities, and is home to the

Metropolitan Police Museum The Metropolitan Police Museum is the museum, library and archive of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), conserving and curating documents, books, objects and uniforms relating to the organisation's history. Over the course of its existence i ...

and the

Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection The Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection (MPHVC) is a collection of motorcycles and 14 historic cars owned and used for outreach events by the Metropolitan Police. It was housed at Hampton, London, Hampton Traffic Garage until 2014, the ...

History

The 17-storey building was completed in 1966 and is the tallest building in the borough. Since 19 March 2012 its ground floor has also housed Sidcup's police station. A refurbishment was completed in 2020. The

, previously located in an annexe of the

Empress State Building The Empress State Building is a high rise building in West Brompton in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the border with Earl's Court. Its full address is Empress State Building, Empress Approach, Lillie Road, West Brompton, Lo ...

West Brompton West Brompton is an area of west London, England, that straddles the boundary between the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The centuries-old boundary traced by Counter's Creek, probably marke ...

, relocated to Marlowe House in October 2022.

References

Buildings and structures completed in 1966 Buildings and structures in Sidcup Metropolitan Police buildings {{London-struct-stub