Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre, Gravesend

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The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre is a specialist training centre for the Metropolitan Police in Gravesend, Kent. It provides both Public Disorder and Specialist Firearms training to officers drawn from the MPS, British Transport Police and City of London Police. ()

Coordinates: 51°26'30"N, 0°24'15"E

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RiversideGravesend United Kingdom

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Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tilbury Fort, Coalhouse Fort, New Tavern Fort, Gravesend Town Hall.

1.5 miNW
Georgian architecture, Military base, Park
Tilbury Fort, Gravesend
38 min walk • Tilbury Fort, also known historically as the Thermitage Bulwark and the West Tilbury Blockhouse, is an artillery fort on the north bank of the River Thames in England.
2 miNE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Coalhouse Fort
52 min walk • Coalhouse Fort is an artillery fort in the eastern English county of Essex. It was built in the 1860s to guard the lower Thames from seaborne attack.
1.2 miW
Georgian architecture, Forts and castles
New Tavern Fort, Gravesend
31 min walk • New Tavern Fort is an historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent. Dating mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries, it is an unusually well-preserved example of an 18th-century fortification and remained in use for defensive purposes until the Second World War.
1.4 miW
City hall
Gravesend Town Hall, Gravesend
37 min walk • Gravesend Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Gravesend, Kent, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Gravesend Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.
2.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Cliffe Fort
69 min walk • Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in North Kent.
1.2 miW
Museum
Milton Chantry, Gravesend
31 min walk • Milton Chantry is a former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent England. It houses the Chantry Heritage Centre, displaying a range of exhibits relating to Gravesend, Northfleet, and the nearby villages.
2.5 miS
Park
Shorne Wood Country Park
63 min walk • Shorne Wood Country Park is located between Strood and Gravesend, in the English county of Kent. It was once part of a large estate and then later passed to the county council to be used as a country park.
1.5 miE
Forts and castles
Shornemead Fort
39 min walk • Shornemead Fort is a now-disused artillery fort that was built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack.
1.6 miW
Georgian architecture, Church
St George's Church, Gravesend
40 min walk • St George's Church, Gravesend, is a Grade II*-listed Anglican church dedicated to Saint George the patriarch of England, which is situated near the foot of Gravesend High Street in the Borough of Gravesham. It serves as Gravesend's parish church and is located in the diocese of Rochester in Kent, England.
1.5 miW
Piers and boardwalks
Town Pier, Gravesend
39 min walk • The Gravesend Town Pier is located in Gravesend, Kent. It was designed by William Tierney Clark and built in 1834 on the site of the earlier Town Quay. Over 3 million passengers were served between 1835 and 1842, but around 1900, this pier fell into disuse due to the arrival of the railways.
1.3 miW
Piers and boardwalks
Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend
33 min walk • Royal Terrace Pier is owned and managed by the Port of London Authority and is located adjacent to their headquarters at London River House in Gravesend.