Paddington Green Police Station

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Paddington Green Police Station in Paddington, west central London, England, is a station operated by the Metropolitan Police Service. It is a conventional police station, open to the public 24 hours a day, but also serves as the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom. The building is a typical 1960s office block, except for the 16 high-security cells located in the floors below ground level, which have a separate custody suite from the building's other cells.

High-profile terrorist suspects arrested across the UK are often taken to Paddington Green for interrogation and holding until escorted to a Court of Law. Suspects who have been held there include members of the IRA, the British nationals released from Guantanamo Bay and the 21 July 2005 London bombers.

A small IRA bomb was detonated in the telephone box outside Paddington Green station early on the morning of October 10, 1992, as a demonstration aimed at the British Security Services.^[1]

In 2007, a joint parliamentary human rights committee stated that the old and decrepit mid-1960s police station was "plainly inadequate". Lord Carlile, the official reviewer of the government's terrorism laws, has said the Metropolitan Police needs a new custody suite suitable for up to 30 terrorism suspects. A new maximum-security facility is being prepared to replace it. ^[2]