Our location

With the Headquarters at Portishead and stations throughout the area, our force covers 1,844 square miles of moorland, farmland, coastline, holiday resorts, market towns and cities including Bath and Bristol. It is intersected by the M4 and M5, major rail routes to Wales and the South West, and home to Bristol International

Airport and Bristol Port, Britain’s most centrally-located deep sea port. Glastonbury Festival, Europe’s largest music festival, and Badminton Horse Trials are two of the force’s most significant events.

A diverse, multi-cultural population of 1.65 million, swelled by large student and tourist populations, brings policing challenges, with pockets of substantial wealth contrasting deprived localities and communities. Ensuring equal access to policing for all and achieving a diverse and representative workforce are priorities for the force.

We have a number of other key business locations along with smaller working stations positioned in areas where we can best be effective. The flexibility to visit some of those locations from time to time will be essential to best understand the needs of the force, but may also provide flexible working bases for candidates.