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
- Oppose Labour’s plans to turn army barracks into camps for refugees
- 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
- Inquest opens into death of asylum seeker on Bibby Stockholm barge
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.