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Thames Valley Police has
a small museum at the White House, Sulhamstead
(near Reading, Berks), formerly headquarters of the Berkshire Constabulary
and now Thames Valley Police’s training centre.
The museum includes displays on the history of Thames Valley Police
and the five police forces that merged to form it: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,
Oxford City, Oxfordshire and Reading Borough.
The museum’s collections include items from the Great Train
Robbery of 1963, uniforms, equipment, medals, photographs, scenes
of crime evidence, and occurrence and charge books.
Visits to the museum are by appointment only: please email Ken
Wells, call him on (0118) 932 5748, or write to:
The Curator,
Thames Valley Police Museum
Sulhamstead House
Sulhamstead
Reading
RG7 4DU
How to find us
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To
help cover expenses, the museum makes the following charges:
Group
visits £3.00 per person
Individual research visits £6.00
School visits (by appointment) no charge
Enquiries, letter only £6.00
Enquiries, letter and photograph £10.00
Displays, photographs only £10.00
Displays, photographs and artefacts £25.00
Booking
Form (PDF)
A booklet on the history of Thames Valley Police and its predecessor forces is now available.
It contains information and photographs taken from the archives of the Force Museum at Sulhamstead.
The booklet costs £1.50. For more information please email
the Force Museum's curator or call 0118 932 5748.
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