THE WORLD'S SMALLEST POLICE STATION

Britain’s smallest police Station : Did you know that located rather surreptitiously at the south - east corner of Trafalgar Square is a rather peculiar and often overlooked world record holder ; world record holder ; Britain’s Smallest Police Station . Apparently this tiny box can accommodate up
To two prisoners at a time , although it’s main purpose was to hold a single police officer….think of it as a CCTV camera. Built in 1926 so that the Metropolitan Police could keep an eye on the more troublesome demonstrators, the story behind its construction is also rather secretive . At the end of WWl , a temporary police box just outside of the Trafalgar Square tube station was due to be renovated and made more permanent. However , due to public objections this was scrapped and instead it was decided to build a less “objectionable “ police box . The venue? Inside an ornamental light fitting !
Once the light fitting was hollowed out it was then installed with a set of narrow windows in order to provide a vistas across the main square. Also installed was a direct phone line back to Scotland Yard in case reinforcements were needed in times of trouble. In fact , whenever the police phone was picked up , the ornamental light fitting at the top of the box started to flash , alerting any nearby officers on duty that trouble was near .
Today the box is no longer used by the Police and is instead used as a broom cupboard for Westminster Council cleaners !