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Police building in Sidcup, London

LocationSidcup, London, England

Coordinates51°26′01″N 0°06′07″E / 51.4337°N 0.1019°E / 51.4337; 0.1019

Topped-out22 June 1966

Marlowe House
Marlowe House (centre) in 2022
Interactive map of the Marlowe House area
General information
Location	Sidcup, London, England
Coordinates	51°26′01″N 0°06′07″E / 51.4337°N 0.1019°E / 51.4337; 0.1019
Topped-out	22 June 1966
Owner	Metropolitan Police

Marlowe House is a Metropolitan Police building in Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley. It houses administrative offices and training facilities, and is home to the Metropolitan Police Museum and the Metropolitan Police Historic Vehicle Collection.

The 17-storey building was completed in 1966 and is the tallest building in the borough.^[1]

The building was purchased by the Metropolitan Police in 2005 at a cost of £34.6 million. At the time the Met occupied around 45% of the building, with the rest leased to other tenants.^[2]

Since 19 March 2012 its ground floor has also housed Sidcup's police station.^[3] A refurbishment was completed in 2020.^[4]

The Metropolitan Police Museum, previously located in an annexe of the Empress State Building in West Brompton, relocated to Marlowe House in October 2022.^[5]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marlowe House.

↑ "Local Plan building heights technical paper" (PDF). Bexley London Borough Council.
↑ "Met Police buys Sidcup office as part of property shake-up". Property Week. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
↑ Woods, Alan (9 March 2012). "Protesters 'disappointed' Sidcup police station set to close".
↑ "Cops take a shine to Willmott Dixon". 12 March 2020.
↑ "Metropolitan Police Museum". Metropolitan Police. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

Metropolitan Police

History

Bow Street Runners
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Governance

Commissioner (Sir Mark Rowley)
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Assistant Commissioners
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Mayor of London (Sadiq Khan)
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Organisation and structure

Met Operations	Dog Support Unit Marine Policing Unit Mounted Branch Specialist Firearms Command Roads & Transport Policing Command Territorial Support Group Specialist, Organised & Economic Crime Command Contact Centre Human Exploitation and Organised Crime Command Operation Trident
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Buildings

Empress State Building
Marlowe House
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Stations (notable)

Current	Charing Cross Hammersmith Lewisham
Former	Arbour Square Canon Row Paddington Green West End Central

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Hendon Police College
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