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.
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.