Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre


The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre is a specialist firearms training centre for the Metropolitan Police in Gravesend, Kent.
The centre was purpose-built for the Metropolitan Police and opened in 2003.

The site

The site covers 9,250 square metres and was built by Equion. It features mock roads, shops, a pub, a bank, a nightclub, a football stadium, train and underground stations with full-size carriages and a full-size section of an aircraft. There are also classrooms and lecture theatres, accommodation for more than 300 people, stables for 10 police horses and an abseil tower.

In media

The site was photographed by James Rawlings in 2014 when he was given access to the site. It took several months of negotiations with authorities for Rawlings to get permission to photograph the site and restrictions included not showing the faces of officers who took part in training.