Police counters are closing across London as the Met Police tries to save £7m and Teddington Police Station has been closed since 2021 - but there are hopes new life can be breathed into it, according to the BBC.

Park Road GP surgery, opposite the former Teddington Police Station, has "about 25%" of the national recommended space that it should have, according to Dr Nick Grundy.

He told the BBC that moving across the road, into bigger premises, "would solve our problems at a stroke".

A spokesperson for the mayor told the BBC the police station's future was dependent on the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) Estates Strategy, due to be published before the end of the year.

Dr Grundy said Teddington's former police station was "about the size we need" to solve the Park Road Surgery's problems.

"We used to train medical students, but we had to stop that because of space concerns," he added.

He said the cramped consulting rooms and building entrance steps all created accessibility problems - and needed to be resolved.

Dr Grundy said the building would also provide enough space to work on more joined-up health outcomes.

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He added: "We would like to do a lot more with our community partners. We have really good relationships with local charities and we run a lot of services through them.

"There's a lot more we can do when people can sit in the same building and physically share that environment."

He explained that hopes for the building included some affordable housing and the option of a police front counter.

"If [the Met] want that, we would love to do that again," Dr Grundy said. "It's another community service and it makes it a building that's not just health."

Local MP, Munira Wilson, urged the Met and the mayor to accept a bid for the building that was lower than a private developer, so that it could become a new GP surgery.

Munira Wilson has been very vocal about the ruporsing of the former station since its closure (Credit: Munira Wilson MP)

She said: "Teddington Police Station has been lying derelict for about four years now, going to rack and ruin, and the community is desperate to see it turned into a much-needed, brand new state-of-the-art GP surgery and socially rented homes."

"The Met Police have been very clear they're not planning to reopen Teddington Police Station. They desperately need cash. We've got a GP surgery and local housing associations desperate to turn it into a health facility and much needed housing.

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"For me it's a no-brainer, for the community it's a no-brainer, so I'm really calling on the Met Police to finally come forward, put it on the market and don't sell it to a luxury developer."

Last year, Wilson MP wrote to Met Police Commissioner, Sir Rowley about repurposing the building.

Twickenham Police Station's front counter is among those set to close as the Met cuts costs to tackle a £260m budget gap (credit: Nub News).

In June, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) said that the future of the former police station would be revealed during the summer, but this did not happen.

Last month, the Met revealed that South West London's last remaining 24-hour police counter in Twickenham is set to close.