Shropshire's new justice centre to open next month
Shrewsbury's former magistrates court has been renovated and will re-open next month as a Justice Centre.
Months of remodelling work has been undertaken at the building in Preston Street and is now ready to open.
The move follows concerns that the current crown court at Shirehall is outdated and not fit for purpose.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: "The new court, which will be based in the former magistrates court, is due to open on February 5. It will be a Justice Centre which will have two crown court rooms and a tribunal hearing room."
In 2016 the custody suites at the crown court were found to be ‘dirty, oppressive and contained substantial amount of graffiti’ during an inspection.
It is part of HM Courts and Tribunals' £1 billion court transformation programme which will provide improved facilities for jurors, victims and witnesses and all other court users.
The town's magistrates court, which opened in October 1994, closed in 2016, and all cases were transferred to Telford - the county's only magistrates' court.
