Courts and Tribunals: Closures

(asked on 25th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the courts and tribunals that his Department has listed for closure in England and Wales since 2010.


Answered by
Mike Freer Portrait
Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 1st November 2022

The table below provides a list of all courts and tribunals that have been listed for closure since 2010.

Court or Tribunal closed since 2010

Aberdare County Court

Aberdare Magistrates' Court

Abergavenny Magistrates' Court

Abertillery Magistrates' Court

Accrington County Court

Accrington Magistrates' Court

Acton Magistrates' Court

Alnwick Magistrates' Court

Alton Magistrates' Court

Amersham Magistrates' Court

Ammanford Magistrates' Court

Andover Magistrates' Court

Ashford County Court

Ashford Magistrates' Court

Aylesbury Magistrates' and County Court

Balham Youth Court Magistrates'

Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court

Barking & Dagenham Magistrates' Court

Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)

Barry Magistrates' Court

Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal

Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates' Court

Bicester Magistrates' Court

Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates' Court

Birmingham Magistrates' Youth Court

Bishop Auckland County Court

Bishop Auckland Magistrates' Court

Blackfriars Crown Court

Blandford Forum Magistrates' Court

Blaydon Magistrates' Court

Bolton Combined Court Centre (County Part Only)

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court

Bow County Court

Bracknell Magistrates' Court

Brecon Law Courts Magistrates’

Brentford Magistrates' Court

Bridgend Law Courts Magistrates'

Bridgwater Magistrates' Court

Burton Upon Trent County Court

Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court

Bury Magistrates' & County Court

Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court

Buxton Magistrates' & County Court

Caerphilly Magistrates' Court

Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court

Camborne Magistrates' Court

Cardigan Magistrates' Court

Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) Magistrates' Court

Cheltenham County Court

Cheltenham Rivershill House - Cheltenham Tribunal

Chepstow County Court

Chepstow Magistrates' Court

Chichester Combined Court

Chichester Magistrates' Court

Chippenham Magistrates' & Civil Court

Chorley County Court

Chorley Magistrates' Court

Cirencester Magistrates' Court

Coalville Magistrates' Court

Colchester County Court

Coleford Magistrates' Court

Consett County Court

Consett Magistrates' Court

Corby Magistrates' Court

Cromer Magistrates' Court

Dartford Magistrates' Court

Daventry Magistrates' Court

Denbigh Magistrates' Court

Dewsbury County Court

Didcot Magistrates' Court

Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court

Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth & Dorchester Combined)

Dover Magistrates' Court

Eastbourne Magistrates' & County Court

Ely Magistrates' Court

Epping Magistrates' Court

Epsom County Court

Epsom Magistrates' Court

Epsom Tribunal

Evesham County Court

Fareham Magistrates' Court

Feltham Magistrates' Court

Fleetwood Magistrates' Court

Flint Magistrates' Court

Frome Magistrates' Court

Gloucester Magistrates' Court

Goole County Court

Goole Magistrates' Court

Gosforth Magistrates' Court

Grantham County Court

Grantham Magistrates' Court

Gravesend County Court

Grays Magistrates' Court

Greenwich Magistrates' Court

Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates' Court

Halesowen Magistrates' Court

Halifax County Court

Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)

Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)

Hammersmith Magistrates' Court

Haringey Magistrates' Court

Harlow County Court

Harlow Magistrates' Court

Harrow Magistrates' Court

Hartlepool Magistrates' & County Court

Haywards Heath County Court

Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court

Hinckley Magistrates' Court

Hitchin County Court

Holyhead Magistrates' Court

Honiton Magistrates' Court

Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates' Court

Huntingdon County Court

Ilford County Court

Ilkeston Magistrates' Court

Keighley County Court

Kendal Magistrates' & County Court

Kettering County Court

Kettering Magistrates' Court

Kidderminster County Court

King's Lynn County Court

Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates' Court

Knowsley Magistrates' Court

Knutsford Crown Court

Lambeth County Court

Lewes Magistrates' Court

Liskeard Magistrates' Court

Llandovery Magistrates' Court

Llangefni Civil and Family Court

Llangefni Magistrates' Court

Llwynypia Magistrates' Court

Lowestoft County Court

Lowestoft Magistrates' Court

Ludlow County Court

Ludlow Magistrates' Court

Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court

Macclesfield County Court

Macclesfield Magistrates' Court

Maidenhead Magistrates' Court

Market Drayton Magistrates' Court

Market Harborough Magistrates' Court

Melton Mowbray County Court

Melton Mowbray Magistrates' Court

Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates' Court

Morpeth & Berwick County Court

Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court

Neath Magistrates' Court

Newark County Court

Newark Magistrates' Court

Newbury County Court

North Liverpool Community Justice Centre

Northallerton Magistrates' Court

Northwich County Court

Northwich Magistrates' Court

Oldham County Court

Oldham Magistrates' Court

Ormskirk Magistrates' Court

Oswestry County Court

Oswestry Magistrates' Court

Penrith County Court

Penrith Magistrates' Court

Penzance County Court

Penzance Magistrates' Court

Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre

Pontefract County Court

Pontefract Magistrates' Court

Pontypool County Court

Pontypridd Magistrates' Court

Poole County Court

Prestatyn Magistrates' Court

Pwllheli Magistrates' Court

Rawtenstall County Court

Rawtenstall Magistrates' Court

Redditch County Court

Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court

Retford Magistrates' Court

Rhyl County Court

Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court

Rochdale Magistrates' Court

Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court

Rugby County Court

Rugby Magistrates' Court

Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court

Runcorn County Court

Rutland Magistrates' Court

Salford County Court

Salford Magistrates' Court (FPC)

Sandwell Magistrates' Court

Scunthorpe Magistrates' & County Court

Selby Magistrates' Court

Shrewsbury County Court

Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court

Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court

Skegness County Court

Skegness Magistrates' Court

Solihull Magistrates' Court

Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates' Court

Southport County Court

Spalding Magistrates' Court

St Albans Crown & County Court (County part only)

St Helens Magistrates' Court

Stafford Magistrates' Court

Stoke on Trent Magistrates' Court

Stourbridge County Court

Stratford Upon Avon County Court

Stroud Magistrates' Court

Sudbury Magistrates' Court

Sutton Coldfield Magistrates' Court

Sutton Magistrates' Court

Swaffham Magistrates' Court

Tameside Magistrates' & County Court (County part only)

Tamworth County Court

Tamworth Magistrates' Court

Thetford Magistrates' Court

Torquay Magistrates' Court

Totnes Magistrates' Court

Tottenham Magistrates' Court

Towcester Magistrates' Court

Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court

Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court

Trowbridge County Court

Tunbridge Wells County Court

Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates' Court

Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court

Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court

Wandsworth County Court

Wantage Magistrates' Court

Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)

Watford Magistrates' Court

Wellingborough County Court

West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)

West Bromwich Magistrates' Court

Weston Super Mare Magistrates' Court

Whitehaven County Court

Whitehaven Magistrates' Court

Wimborne Magistrates' Court

Wisbech Magistrates' Court

Witney Magistrates' Court

Woking Magistrates' Court

Woolwich County Court

Woolwich Magistrates' Court

Worksop County Court

Worksop Magistrates' Court

Wrexham Rhyd Broughton - Wrexham Tribunal

Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)

The decision to close any court is not taken lightly, it only happens following full public consultation and only where sufficient capacity existed in other nearby courts to accommodate the work of the closing courts, and where suitable facilities are available. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.

Unsold former court buildings in Chichester, Fleetwood and Telford are being used as temporary Nightingale courts.

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