Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Newsflash
This is the moment North Wales Police’s towering 1974 station is demolished to make way for a new Lidl supermarket.
The controlled-demolition took place in Wrexham in North Wales on 1st November.
The North Wales Police said on Facebook: “End of an era for Wrexham and North Wales Police. We used a drone to assist in clearing the site.”
The drone was fitted with heat-sensitive cameras to make sure nobody was nearby when the demolition took place.
They were also used to record the demolition of the tower at the former station.
They continued: “We now have a fit for purpose Divisional HQ in Llay and a town centre station at the Oriel/Library.”
The local authorities set up roadblocks in the area to protect the public and stop an unwanted crowd gathering during the pandemic.
The council said in a statement prior to the demolition: “Due to the current firebreak restrictions, we’re reminding everyone to stay away from the area.”
Gavin Nicolas, project manager for Total Controlled Demolition Services, said the police station fell towards an Asda garage and that it “concertinaed at the base” allowing the rest of the tower to crumple under its weight “exactly as we planned it”.
Supermarket giant Lidl applied to have the building demolished in 2018 to make way for a plush new 1,325-square-metre store.
The local council said that the controlled-demolition was filmed for the TV show ‘Scrap Kings’.
After leaving the 1970s-style tower, North Wales Police moved into a GBP 1.9 million station in Wrexham with a GBP 21.5 million divisional facility in Llay.
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