Bibby Stockholm Closed
Vessel · Portland, DorsetAccommodation barge berthed at Portland Port; the contract was not renewed, residents were relocated and the vessel decommissioned as the lease ended in January 2025. Capacity figure is press-reported.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: St George's Foundation Primary School (Primary), 1.83 miles in a straight line. There are 0 open schools within one mile and 1 within two.
Straight-line distances to open schools in the DfE Get Information About Schools register, shown as objective context. In 2026 the government said asylum accommodation should not be sited close to schools and nurseries; that guidance names no official distance, so these figures are not a measure against any threshold.
Local asylum coverage
- Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m
- Inquest opens into death of asylum seeker on Bibby Stockholm barge
- Bibby Stockholm asylum contractor wins £250m in new deals despite £118m scandal
- Britain still believes in refugees – it just doesn’t trust the system
- Bibby Stockholm one year on: The legacy of the asylum barge
- One year after Bibby Stockholm: Where are asylum seekers living in the South?
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.