We’ve created a welcoming, fit-for-purpose station that brings all three blue light emergency services together. Enhancing collaboration, response times and community access, while supporting the wellbeing of our frontline workers.
Crowthorne Community Tri-Service Station
- Client: Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service
- Location: Crowthorne, Reading
- Value: £1 million
Services
- Architecture
- Interior design
- Landscape architecture
- Social value
- Sustainability
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We led an expansive redevelopment of Crowthorne Community Tri-Service Station, which serves as a shared location for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Thames Valley Police and South-Central Ambulance Service.
HLM’s architecture, landscape, interior design and masterplanning teams collaborated closely to create a cohesive, future-ready tri-service station.
Our design balances functionality with openness, ensuring operational efficiency, community accessibility and a strong visual identity aligned with other Royal Berkshire stations. Our landscape and interiors teams worked hand-in-hand to enhance wellbeing and support the emergency services’ unique needs. Every decision – from the layout to material choices – was shaped by our shared vision: to serve Crowthorne’s frontline teams and the wider community with pride.
We’re always delighted to work with Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service to develop leading fire stations in keeping with contemporary developments in the emergency services. Crowthorne Community Tri-Service Station will become a strong focal point, focusing on the technology requirements and response times for firefighters, and also considering the needs of the local community.
Steven Lennon Head of Justice and Emergency Services
A design approach rooted in social value
The design of the new station ensures that operational requirements and processes have been incorporated into the building with an operationally-led design approach.
This station, alongside Theale and Hungerford, also serves as a public asset – working closely with our client, we designed a station that goes beyond emergency response – a space that actively supports community wellbeing.
We created a socially responsive environment, from accessible landscaping to flexible interiors. Long term, the station strengthens local identity, encourages civic pride and supports frontline teams with facilities that promote health, collaboration and resilience. It’s a place designed to serve and grow with the community it’s rooted in.
