LIST OF PRISONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

'List of prisons in the United Kingdom' lists all current and a number of historical prisons in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Prison services

Prisons

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Secure hospitals

England

Scotland

See also

External links

Prison services

★ England and Wales – Her Majesty's Prison Service

★ Scotland – Scottish Prison Service

★ Northern Ireland – Northern Ireland Prison Service

Prisons

A

★ Acklington, Acklington, Northumberland

★ Albany, Newport, Isle of Wight

★ Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool (Private - GSL Group)

★ Armley, Leeds

★ Ashfield, Pucklechurch, Bristol (Private - Premier Custodial Group Ltd, subsidiary of Serco Group plc)

★ Ashwell, Oakham, Rutland

★ Askham Grange, York, North Yorkshire

★ Aylesbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

B

★ Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow

★ Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire

★ Belmarsh, London

★ Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands

★ Blakenhurst, Redditch

★ Blantyre House, Horden, Kent

★ Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk

★ Bodmin, Bodmin, Cornwall ''(historic)''

★ Brinsford, Featherstone, Staffordshire

★ Bristol, Bristol

★ Brixton, London

★ Brockhill, Redditch, Worcestershire

★ Bronzefield Ashford, Surrey ''(private - United Kingdom Detention Services)''

★ Buckley Hall, Rochdale, Lancashire

★ Bullingdon, Bicester, Oxon

★ Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex

C

★ Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight

★ Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent

★ Cardiff, Cardiff

★ Castington, Morpeth, Northumberland

★ Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perth and Kinross

★ Channings Wood, Newton Abbot, Devon

★ Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Essex

★ Coldingley, Bisley, Surrey

★ Cookham Wood, Rochester, Kent

★ Cornton Vale, Stirling

★ Craiginches, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

D

★ Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon

★ Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, County Durham

★ Doncaster, Marshgate, Doncaster ''(private – Premier Prison Services)''

★ Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset

★ Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire ''(private – Premier Prison Services)''

★ Dover, Dover, Kent

★ Downview, Sutton, Surrey

★ Drake Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire

★ Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

★ Durham, Elvet, Durham

E

★ East Sutton Park, Maidstone, Kent

★ Eastwood Park, Falfield, Gloucestershire

★ Edinburgh, Edinburgh

★ Edmunds Hill, Newmarket, Suffolk

★ Elmley, Sheerness, Kent

★ Erlestoke, Devizes, Wiltshire

★ Everthorpe, Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire

★ Exeter, Exeter

F

★ Featherstone, Featherstone, Staffordshire

★ Feltham, Feltham, Middlesex ''(Young Offenders Institute)''

★ Fleet, London ''(historic)''

★ Ford, Arundel, West Sussex

★ Forest Bank, Salford ''(private – United Kingdom Detention Services)''

★ Foston Hall, Foston, Derbyshire

★ Frankland, Durham

★ Full Sutton, York, North Yorkshire

G

★ Garth, Preston, Lancashire

★ Gartree, Market Harborough, Leicestershire

★ Gatehouse , Westminster, London ''(historic)''

★ Glen Parva, Leicester

★ Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire

★ Gloucester, Gloucester

★ Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde

★ Grendon, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire

★ Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset

H

★ Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire

★ Haverigg, Haverigg, Millom

★ Hewell Grange, Redditch, Worcestershire

★ Highdown, Sutton, Surrey

★ Highpoint South, Newmarket, Suffolk

★ Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire

★ Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk

★ Holloway, London

★ Holme House, Stockton on Tees

★ Hull, Hull

★ Huntercombe, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

I

★ Inverness, Inverness, Highland

★ Inveraray Jail, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute (''historical'')

J

K

★ Magull, Liverpool L31

★ Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire ''(private – Premier Prison Services)''

★ Kingston, Portsmouth

★ Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire

★ Kirklevington, Yarm

L

★ Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire

★ Lancaster Farms, Lancaster, Lancashire

★ Latchmere House, Richmond, Surrey

★ Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire ''(formerly called ''Armley'')''

★ Leicester, Leicester

★ Lewes, Lewes, East Sussex

★ Leyhill, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester

★ Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

★ Lindholme, Doncaster

★ Littlehey, Huntingdon

★ Liverpool, Liverpool

★ Long Lartin, Evesham, Worcestershire

★ Low Moss, Glasgow

★ Low Newton, Brasside, Durham

★ Lowdham Grange, Lowdham, Nottingham ''(private – Premier Prison Services)''

M

★ Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent

★ Manchester, Manchester ''(also called ''Strangeways'')''

★ Marshalsea, Southwark, London ''(historic)''

★ Maze, County Antrim ''(also called ''Long Kesh'' – closed September 29, 2000)''

★ Millbank, Westminster, London ''(historic)''

★ Moorland, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

★ Moorland Open, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

★ Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln

★ Mount, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

N

★ Newgate, City of London, London ''(historic)''

★ New Hall, Wakefield, North Yorkshire

★ Noranside, Forfar, Angus

★ North Sea Camp, Boston, Lincolnshire

★ Northallerton, Northallerton, North Yorkshire

★ Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk

★ Nottingham, Sherwood, Nottingham

O

★ Onley, Rugby, Warwickshire

★ Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire ''(closed 1996, redeveloped as a shopping and heritage complex)''

P

★ Parc, Bridgend, South Wales ''(private – Securicor Justice Services)''

★ Parkhurst, Newport, Isle of Wight

★ Pentonville, London

★ Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross

★ Peterborough ''(new private jail for 840 inmates, commissioned February 2003 – United Kingdom Detention Services)''

★ Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

★ Polmont, Falkirk ''(Young Offenders Institute)''

★ Portland, Portland, Dorset

★ Prescoed, Pontypool, Monmouthshire

★ Preston, Preston, Lancashire

★ Princetown, Lydford, Devon

Q

R

★ Ranby, Retford, Nottinghamshire

★ Reading, Reading, Berkshire

★ Risley, Warrington, Cheshire

★ Rochester, Rochester, Kent

★ Rye Hill, Willoughby, Warwickshire ''(private – GSL Group)''

S

★ Send, Woking, Surrey

★ Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

★ Shotts, Shotts, North Lanarkshire

★ Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

★ Spring Hill, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire

★ Stafford, Stafford

★ Standford Hill, Isle of Sheppey, Kent

★ Stocken, Oakham, Rutland

★ Stoke Heath, Market Drayton, Shropshire

★ Styal, Wilmslow, Cheshire

★ Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

★ Swaleside, Isle of Sheppey, Kent

★ Swansea, Swansea

★ Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, Staffordshire

T

★ Thorn Cross, Warrington

★ Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster, London ''(historic)''

★ Tower of London, London ''(historic)''

U

★ Usk, Usk, Monmouthshire

V

★ Verne, Portland, Dorset

W

★ Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

★ Wandsworth, Wandsworth, London

★ Wandsworth Gaol

★ Warren Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk

★ Wayland, Thetford, Norfolk

★ Wealstun, Wetherby, North Yorkshire

★ Weare, Portland, Dorset

★ Wellingborough, Wellingborough

★ Werrington, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent

★ Wetherby, Wetherby, North Yorkshire ''(Young Offenders Institute)''

★ Whatton, Whatton, Nottingham

★ Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire

★ Winchester, Winchester

★ Wolds, Everthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire ''(private – GSL Group)''

★ Wood Street Counter Wood Street, London ''(historic)''

★ Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

★ Wormwood Scrubs, London

★ Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire

X

Y

Z

Secure hospitals

Some convicts are detained in secure mental hospitals. These are run by the National Health Service rather than the prison service.

England

★ Ashworth Hospital

★ Broadmoor Hospital

★ Rampton Secure Hospital, Retford, Nottinghamshire
A number of other mental hospitals have secure units.

Scotland

★ State Hospital Carstairs, Carstairs, South Lanarkshire [1]

See also

★ United Kingdom prison population

External links

★ Locate a Prison section from the HM Prison Service website

★ Scottish Prison Service

★ Northern Ireland Prison Service