Medway Police Station is the main Kent Police facility for the Medway towns, located on Purser Way in Gillingham, Kent. It serves all Medway divisions and replaced several older local stations in Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester and Rainham.
Rochester Police Station (Cazeneuve Street, Rochester)[6]
Rainham Police Station (Birling Avenue, Rainham)[7]
Infrastructure investor HICL reports that the project reached financial close in July 2004 and had a capital expenditure of £23 million, with construction by Norwest Holst (Vinci) completed in November 2006.[8] The new station was formally opened in March 2007.[9]
Location and access
Medway Police Station sits at the western end of Purser Way, off Pier Road in Gillingham.[10] Nearby bus stops include “Purser Way”[11] (about a 1–2 minute walk) and “Gillingham Gate” (about 4 minutes’ walk).[12] These are served by local bus routes such as the 1, 101, 116, 176, 177 and 683 (among others).[13]Gillingham railway station – on the Southeastern and Thameslink lines – is about a 10-minute walk away, providing frequent services to London and the Kent coast. (The Southeastern and Thameslink networks serve this area, with trains stopping at Gillingham station.)
Facilities
The station includes extensive custody and support facilities. Its custody suite is reported to have 40 cells – the largest in Kent – along with dedicated interview and medical rooms. All 12 prosecutors and 4 associates of Kent’s Medway and North Kent Crown Prosecution Service moved into offices at the station in late 2008 to work closely with Kent Police.[14] The building also provides modern amenities such as holding cells and administrative offices, and has space for victim support; for example a special suite for vulnerable victims (with photo-ID and interview facilities) was part of the station’s design.[15]
Recent developments
In November 2023, Medway’s police-led Community Safety Unit (funded by the Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit) installed an anonymous knife-surrender bin outside the station. The week-long “Save a Life” campaign allowed residents to discard knives and bladed weapons anonymously, aiming to reduce violence.[16] Earlier, in December 2008 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for Medway and North Kent moved its prosecution team into the Purser Way station, so that prosecutors and police could collaborate more closely on case preparation and charging decisions.[14]
↑ "Medway Police Station, UK - HICL". HICL. Archived from the original on 2025-06-28. Retrieved 2025-06-28. The project reached financial close in July 2004. Construction was carried out by Norwest Holst (part of the Vinci group), with capital expenditure of £23 million, and was completed in November 2006.
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