Cheshire's Museum of Policing to open its doors for final Open Wednesday of the year

The Museum of Policing in Cheshire will be opening its doors for the final Open Wednesday event of the year this week.

Over the course of the last month, over a thousand people have paid a visit to the cells of Cheshire's Policing Museum for the free Open Wednesday events.

This week, the Museum will open its doors for the final Open Wednesday event of the year on Wednesday 28 August from 10am to 3pm.

Based at Warrington Police Station on Arpley Street, Cheshire’s Museum of Policing is home to a large collection of exhibits and artefacts spanning a long history of policing in the county.

As has been tradition for a number of years, the museum will be opening its doors this week to allow visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in the history of their police force, from its conception​ right up to today. 

A trip to the Museum includes a chance to hop aboard one of the force's former squad cars and motorbikes, as well as an opportunity to try on a number of helmets and uniforms previously used by officers. Visitors can expect to find a number of policing artefacts including vehicles, weapons, investigative tools used to tackle crime in Cheshire over the force’s 150-year-plus history.

The Open Wednesdays have also provided an opportunity for visitors to experience what life was like for criminals behind bars, locked up in Victorian-era cells, and hear the story of how one daring criminal even managed to escape them.

For those unable to attend the final Open Wednesday, a Family Open Day will be held on Saturday 14 September, which will include displays by the Search Dogs and the Drone Unit, the Police Band and a range of vehicles to explore.

The museum is an independent charity run by volunteers in cooperation with Cheshire Constabulary and regularly hosts a number of events for everyone including local schoolchildren from across the region to the force’s newest recruits and even retired senior officers.

For more information about the museum, which is funded through public donations, you can visit the Museum of Policing website or call 01606 365803.

Pictured - Len Cotterell (left) as a Victorian/Edwardian Police Officer and John Brownbill as Sherlock Holmes.