Talk:List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom
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[edit]Here is a complete list. If anyone wants to format it properly, feel free. --BetramMurgatroyd 20:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Also more here since: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/prisoner-of-war-camps/prisoner-of-war-camps/ Chiefsub68 (talk) 20:59, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
BEDFORDSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
72 | Duck’s Cross Camp | Colmworth |
261 | Ampthill | ------ |
BIRMINGHAM
No | Name | Location |
54 | Longbridge Camp | ------ |
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
36 | Hartwell Dog Track | Aylesbury |
55 | Shalstone | ------ |
268 | Norduck Farm | Aston Abbots, Aylesbury |
300 | Wilton Park | Beaconsfield |
684 | Mitcham Park | Burnham |
BURY
No | Name | Location |
12 | Bury | ------ |
177 | Warth Mills Camp | ------ |
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
No | Name | Location |
26 | Barton Field Camp | Ely |
45 | Trumpington | ------ |
59 | Wood Walton Lane | Sawtry |
90 | Friday Bridge | Wisbech |
130 | West Fen Militia | Ely |
141 | Beeson House | St. Neots |
180 | Trumpington | ------ |
279 | Melitia Camp | Yaxley, Farcet |
1025 | Milton Road (PC) | Histon |
CHESHIRE
No | Name | Location |
2 | Toft Hall | Knutsford |
24 | Knutsford (MH) | ------ |
74 | Racecourse Camp | Tarporley |
147 | Boar’s Head | Walgherton, Nantwich |
189 | Marbury Hall | Northwich |
191 | Crewe Hall | Crewe |
193 | Maddleley Tile Works Camp | Maddeley, Crewe |
283 | WD Camp | Ledsham Hall, Ledsham |
634 | Alverston Camp | Nantwich |
CITY OF BRISTOL
No | Name | Location |
124 | Bedminster Camp | Ashton Gate |
CITY OF NOTTINGHAM
No | Name | Location |
27 | Nottingham (GPC) | ------ |
166 | Woollaton Park Camp | Nottingham |
CITY OF PETERBOROUGH
No | Name | Location |
265 | Park Farm | Thorney |
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
No | Name | Location |
137 | Hazledene Camp | Elburton |
CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
No | Name | Location |
402 | Southampton | ------ |
CORNWALL
No | Name | Location |
115 | White Cross Camp | St. Columb Major |
257 | Pennygillam Camp | Launceston |
406 | Scarnecross Camp | Launceston |
674 | Consols Mine Camp | Par |
COVENTRY
No | Name | Location |
667 | Coventry | ------ |
CUMBRIA
No | Name | Location |
1 | Grizedale Hall | Hawkshead, Ambleside |
13 | Shap Fells Hotel | Shap, Penrith |
76 | Merry Thought Camp | Calthwaite, Penrith |
103 | Moota Camp | Cockermouth |
104 | Beela River | Milnethorpe |
155 | Hornby Hall Camp | Penrith |
692 | Longtown | Carlisle |
696 | Carlisle | ------ |
DARLINGTON
No | Name | Location |
36 | Darlington (GPC) | ------ |
DERBYSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
23 | Sudbury | ------ |
58 | Belper | ------ |
58 | Swanwick | Alfreton |
179 | The Hayes Camp | Ripley |
179 | Swanwick | Alfreton |
248 | Belper | ------ |
248 | New Drill Hall | Clay Cross, Chesterfield |
297 | The Hayes Camp | Ripley |
634 | Weston on Trent | ------ |
1004 | Sudbury | ------ |
1023 | Sudbury (PC) | ------ |
DEVON
No | Name | Location |
20 | Bickham Camp | Yelverton, Tavistock |
42 | Exhibition Field Camp | Holsworthy |
92 | Bampton Rd. | Tiverton |
276 | Pinhoe | Exeter |
276 | Dymond’s Farm | Clyst Honiton, Exeter |
404 | Ivybridge | ------ |
669 | Cruwys | Morchard Bishop, Tiverton |
673 | Bridestowe | Okehampton |
694 | Bideford | ------ |
DONCASTER
No | Name | Location |
6 | Doncaster | ------ |
248 | Norton Camp | ------ |
296 | Racecourse Camp | Doncaster |
DORSET
No | Name | Location |
47 | Motcombe Park | Shaftesbury |
295 | Cattistock | Dorchester |
688 | Lulworth | W. Lulworth, Wareham |
1021 | Merley Park (PC) | Wimbourne Minster |
DURHAM
No | Name | Location |
93 | Oaklands Emergency Hospital | Bishop Auckland |
93 | Harperley | Fir Tree, Crook |
EAST SUSSEX
No | Name | Location |
145 | Normanhurst Camp | Battle |
1017 | Uckfield | ------ |
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
73 | Storwood Camp | Melbourne |
136 | High Hall | Bishop Bourton, Beverley |
136 | Welton Camp | Brough |
250 | Thorpe Hall | Rudston, Driffield |
264 | Welton House | Welton, Brough |
691 | Snaith | Goole |
ESSEX
No | Name | Location |
78 | High Garret | Braintree |
116 | Mill Lane | Hatfield Heath |
129 | Ashford Lodge Camp | Halstead |
180 | Saffron Walden | ------ |
186 | Berechurch Hall | Colchester |
204 | Colchester | ------ |
236 | White House | Church Hill, Loughton |
266 | Hutted Camp | Laindon Hills, Laindon |
670 | Shaftesbury Camp | Dovercourt, Harwich |
680 | Shaftesbury Camp | Dovercourt, Harwich |
740 | Harwich Transit Camp | Harwich |
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
37 | Sudeley Castle | Winchcombe, Cheltenham |
61 | Wynolls Hill | Broadwell, Coleford |
142 | Gloucester | ------ |
157 | Bourton Camp | Bourton on the Hill, Moreton in the Marsh |
185 | Springhill Lodge Camp | Blockley, Moreton in the Marsh |
232 | Northwick Park (MH) | Blockley |
263 | Leckhampton Court Camp | Leckhampton, Cheltenham |
1009 | Nothway Camp (PC) | Ashchurch, Tewkesbury |
GREATER LONDON
No | Name | Location |
11 | Trent Park Camp | Barnet |
17 | W2 (GPC) | ------ |
30 | Carpenters’ Road | Stratford East, E15 |
32 | Wormwood Scrubs | Shepherds Bush, W2 |
122 | Hatch End | Harrow on the Hill |
122 | Rayner’s Lane | Harrow on the Hill |
125 | Newlands House | SW17 Tooting Bec Road, Tooting Bec Common |
233 | Summer House | Ravensbourne, Bromley |
237 | Co-Ed-Bel Camp | Lubbock Rd., Chislehurst |
274 | Ministry of Works Camp | Oxley Lane, Uxbridge Rd., Hatch End |
669 | Ridge Camp | Greenford |
1003 | Enfield (PC) | ------ |
1020 | Shooter’s Hill | Woolwich |
1026 | Raynes Park Camp | Bushey Rd., Wimbledon |
HALTON
No | Name | Location |
290 | South Lane | Bold. Barrow’s Green, Widnes |
HAMPSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
30 | Aldershot (GPC) | ------ |
41 | Ganger Camp | Romsey |
65 | Setley Plain | Brockenhurst |
251 | East Cams | Dorchester Rd., Fareham |
294 | Fisher’s Camp | Theddon Grange, Alton |
614 | Stoneham Camp | Eastleigh |
663 | Park House Camp ‘A’ | Skipton Bellinger |
672 | Popham | Micheldever, Winchester |
675 | Hiltingbury Rd. | Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh |
676 | Puckride Camp | Fleet Rd., Aldershot |
693 | Whitchurch | Andover |
1000 | Oakhanger’s Camp (PC) | Bordon |
1006 | Willem Barracks | Aldershot |
1019 | Aldershot (PC) | ------ |
HEREFORDSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
27 | Ledbury | ------ |
29 | Royston Heath Camp | Royston |
686 | Moreton on Lugg | Hereford |
HERTFORDSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
33 | Dancer’s Hill | South Mimms |
95 | Batford Camp | Harpenden |
128 | Meesden | Buntingford |
235 | Gorhambury Park | Hemel Hempstead |
411 | The Wynches Camp | Much Hadham |
KENT
No | Name | Location |
33 | Shorncliffe Camp (GPC) | Folkestone |
40 | Somerhill Camp | Tonbridge |
86 | Stanhope Camp | Ashford |
86 | Woodchurch | Ashford |
154 | Ministry of Works | Swanscombe |
267 | Mereworth Castle | Mereworth |
282 | Brissendean Green Camp | Nr. Ashford |
412 | Langdon Barracks | Dover |
654 | Bridging Camp | Wouldham |
670 | St. Martin’s Plain | Folkestone |
730 | Dover | ------ |
866 | Stanhope Camp | Ashford |
1002 | Mothfield Common Camp | Ashford |
KIRKLEES
No | Name | Location |
60 | Huddersfield | ------ |
LANCASHIRE
No | Name | Location |
29 | Ormskirk (GH) | ------ |
65 | Preston (GPC) | ------ |
146 | Newton Camp | Preston |
168 | Brookmill Camp | Woodlands, Kirkham |
LEEDS
No | Name | Location |
91 | Post Hill Camp | Farnley, Leeds |
164 | Weston Lane | Otley |
244 | Butcher Hill Camp | Leeds |
245 | Weston Lane | Otley |
LEICESTERSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
4 | Scraptoft | Thurnby |
9 | Quorn | Loughborough |
28 | Knighthorpe Camp | Ashby Rd., Loughborough |
49 | Harrington Camp | Farndon Rd., Market Harborough |
94 | Gaulby Rd. | Billesden |
152 | Old Liberal Club | Charnwood Rd., Shepshed |
167 | Shady Lane | Stoughton |
183 | Quorn | Loughborough |
613 | Old Dalby | Melton Mowbray |
LINCOLNSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
51 | Allington | Grantham |
79 | Moorby | Revesby |
80 | Horbling | Sleaford |
106 | Stamford | ------ |
138 | The Rectory Camp | Bassingham |
148 | Castlethorpe Hall Camp | Castlethorpe |
153 | Fulney Park Camp | Spalding |
156 | The Heath Camp | Wellingore |
254 | Sutton Bridge Camp | Holbeach, Holland Fen |
256 | Wellingham House | Market Rasen |
292 | North Somercotes | Louth |
407 | Usselby Camp | Market Rasen |
1012 | Canwick (PC) | Lincoln |
LIVERPOOL
No | Name | Location |
1008 | Allerton | ------ |
LUTON
No | Name | Location |
270 | Luton Airport | ------ |
MANCHESTER
No | Name | Location |
126 | Mellands Camp | Gorton |
MEDWAY
No | Name | Location |
117 | Walderslade Camp | Chatham |
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
No | Name | Location |
669 | Gosforth | ------ |
NORFOLK
No | Name | Location |
82 | Aldburgh | ------ |
82 | Kempton Green Camp | Fakenham |
131 | Uplands Camp | Diss |
132 | Kimberley Camp | Kimberley |
231 | Redgrave Park (MH) | Diss |
253 | Mousehold Heath Camp | Norwich |
255 | RAF Camp | Snettisham |
258 | RAF Camp | Seething |
272 | RAF Airfield | Attleborough |
280 | North Lynn Farm | King’s Lynn |
281 | Aldburgh | Norwich |
409 | Wolterton Camp | Aylsham |
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
35 | Boughton Park | Boughton |
87 | Byfield Camp | ------ |
98 | Little Addington | Kettering |
259 | Weekley | Kettering |
702 | King’s Cliffe | ------ |
1010 | Weedon Camp | Weedon Beck |
NORTH-EAST LINCOLNSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
170 | Wellesby Camp | Grimsby |
292 | Wellesby Camp | Grimsby |
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
81 | Pingley Farm | Brigg |
292 | Kirmington | ------ |
NORTH SOMERSET
No | Name | Location |
403 | Brockley | ------ |
NORTH YORKSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
4 | Gilling Camp | Richmond |
53 | Sandbeds Camp | Brayton, Selby |
60 | Overdale Camp | Skipton |
83 | Eden Camp | Old Malton, Malton |
108 | Thirkleby | Thirsk |
121 | Knaresborough | ------ |
121 | Racecourse Camp | Ripon |
159 | Butterwick | ------ |
163 | Butterwick | ------ |
178 | Ure Bank Camp | Ripon |
244 | Butterwick | ------ |
247 | Ure Bank Camp | Ripon |
250 | Old Malton | Malton |
288 | Hartforth Grange Camp | Gilling West, Richmond |
631 | Stadium Camp | Catterick |
662 | Stadium Camp | Catterick |
664 | Stadium Camp | Catterick |
690 | Selby | ------ |
1007 | Burn (PC) | Selby |
1015 | Tadcaster (PC) | ------ |
NORTHUMBERLAND
No | Name | Location |
18 | Featherstone Park | Haltwhistle |
69 | Darras Hall | Ponteland |
105 | Brewery Rd | Wooler |
291 | Kitty Brewster Farm | Blyth |
667 | Byrness | Redeshale, Otterburn |
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
52 | Nether Headon Camp | Retford |
143 | Carlton Hall | Carlton, Worksop |
169 | Tollerton | ------ |
174 | Norton Camp | Cuckney, Mansfield |
181 | Carburton | Worksop |
249 | Carburton | Worksop |
262 | RAF Camp | Langer, Barnstone |
613 | Tollerton Hall | Tollerton, Plumtree |
633 | Boughton Camp | New Ollerton, Newark on Trent |
698 | Tollerton | ------ |
OLDHAM
No | Name | Location |
168 | Glen Mill Camp | Oldham |
176 | Glen Mill Camp | Oldham |
OXFORDSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
43 | Harcourt Hall | North Hinksley |
246 | Working Men’s Club | Nettlebed, Henley on Thames |
632 | Old Windmills Camp | Blackthorn Arncot, Bicester |
652 | Magazine Camp | Didcot |
653 | Old Windmills Camp | Blackthorn Arncot, Bicester |
657 | No 9 Tented Camp | Arncot, Bicester |
661 | Eynsham Park | Eynsham, Witney |
683 | Arncot Depot | Bicester |
693 | Didcot | ------ |
695 | Bergard Barracks | Shrivenham |
1011 | D30 Bicester Garrison | Bicester |
ROTHERHAM
No | Name | Location |
269 | Rotherham | ------ |
296 | Ravenfield Park | Rotherham |
SEFTON
No | Name | Location |
678 | Fort Crosby | Hightown |
SHEFFIELD
No | Name | Location |
17 | Lodge Moor Camp | ------ |
127 | Potter’s Hill Camp | High Green |
SHROPSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
8 | Mile House | Oswestry |
8 | Sheriffhales | Shifnal |
23 | Shrewsbury (GPC) | ------ |
71 | Sheriffhales | Shifnal |
84 | Sheet Camp | Ludlow |
100 | St. Martin’s | Oswestry |
192 | Adderley Hall | Adderley, Market Drayton |
240 | Shrewsbury | ------ |
240 | Adderley Hall | Adderley, Market Drayton |
240 | Hawkstone Park | Weston, Wem |
272 | Davenport House | Warfield, Bridgnorth |
285 | Hawkstone Park | Weston, Wem |
651 | ‘S’ Camp | Donnington |
657 | Donnington | ------ |
659 | ‘S’ Camp | Donnington |
679 | 83 OSD | Weston, Wem |
1018 | Kinnerley (PC) | Oswestry |
SOMERSET
No | Name | Location |
37 | Bridgewater (GPC) | ------ |
44 | Goathurst | Bridgewater |
107 | Penleigh | Wookey Hole, Wells |
405 | Barwick House | Barwick, Yeovil |
665 | Cross Keys Camp | Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton |
666 | Stoberry Park | Wells |
1022 | Norton Fitzwarren (PC) | Taunton |
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
124 | Wapley Camp | Yate |
STAFFORDSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
96 | Wolseley Rd. | Rugeley |
99 | Shugborough Park (GH) | Great Haywood |
134 | Loxley Hall | Uttoxeter |
151 | Pendeford hall | Codsall |
151 | Coven | ------ |
151 | Halfpenny Green | ------ |
175 | Flaxley Green Camp | Rugeley |
194 | Council House | Penkridge |
STOCKTON ON TEES
No | Name | Location |
139 | Wolviston Hall | Billingham |
SUFFOLK
No | Name | Location |
56 | Botesdale | ------ |
71 | Newmarket West (GPC) | ------ |
85 | Victoria Camp | Brandon Rd., Mildenhall |
171 | Bungay Base Camp | Bungay, Beccles |
260 | Hardwicke House | Bury St. Edmunds |
273 | Flixton Airfield | Flixton, Bungay |
273 | Debach Airfield | Debach, Woodbridge |
SURREY
No | Name | Location |
9 | Kempton Park Racecourse | Sunbury on Thames |
57 | Merrow Downs Camp | Guildford |
239 | Westonacres Camp | Woodmansterne, Banstead |
275 | Topsite Camp | Thames Ditton |
674 | Camberley | Bagshot |
681 | Kempton Park Racecourse | Sunbury on Thames |
1016 | Camberley (PC) | Bagshot |
SWINDON
No | Name | Location |
674 | Stratton Factory | Swindon |
TELFORD & WREKIN
No | Name | Location |
1004 | Wellington | ------ |
THURROCK
No | Name | Location |
286 | Purfleet & Romford | ------ |
654 | No 4 POW Transit Camp | Purfleet |
655 | No 4 POW Transit Camp | Purfleet |
TRAFFORD
No | Name | Location |
189 | Dunham Park | Altrincham |
WARWICKSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
6 | Long Marston | Stratford on Avon |
25 | Leamington Spa (GPC) | ------ |
31 | Ellington Park | Newbold Upon Stour, Stratford on Avon |
39 | Castle Maxstoke | Coleshill |
97 | Birdingbury | ------ |
140 | Racecourse Camp | Warwick |
195 | Merevale Hall | Atherstone |
196 | Arbury Hall | Nuneaton |
241 | Merevale Hall | Atherstone |
685 | Long Marston | Stratford on Avon |
1005 | Willoughby (PC) | Rugby |
WEST BERKSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
25 | Lodge Farm | Farncombe Down, Lambourne |
88 | Mortimer | ------ |
246 | Pangbourne | ------ |
1001 | Thatcham (PC) | Newbury |
WEST SUSSEX
No | Name | Location |
46 | Kingsfold Camp | Billingshurst |
238 | Brookhouse | Ardingly, Hayward’s Heath |
658 | Barn House Farm | Shipley, Horsham |
WIGAN
No | Name | Location |
50 | Garswood Park | Ashton in Makersfield |
WILTSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
23 | Le Marchant Camp | Devizes |
52 | Colderton (GPC) | Amesbury |
89 | Easton Grey Camp | Malmesbury |
114 | Eden Vale Camp | Westbury |
160 | Lydiard Park | Purton |
289 | Lydiard House | Lydiard Millicent |
402 | Lopscombe Corner Camp | Salisbury |
410 | Le Marchant Camp | Devizes |
658 | Westbury | ------ |
668 | Aliwal Barracks | North Tidworth |
671 | Salisbury | ------ |
671 | Largo Camp | Larkhill, Salisbury |
WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD
No | Name | Location |
7 | Winter Quarters | Ascot, Windsor |
WOKHAM
No | Name | Location |
135 | Stanbury House | Spencer’s Wood |
WORCESTERSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
277 | South Littleton | Evesham |
277 | Fladbury Golf Course | Fladbury, Pershore |
287 | Perdiswell Hall | Worcester |
687 | Shotover House | Worcester |
689 | Great Malvern | ------ |
YORKSHIRE
No | Name | Location |
162 | Naeburn (MH) | ------ |
KEY
PC- Processing Camp
GPC- General Processing Camp
MH-Main Holding Camp
GH-General Holding Camp
CHC- Command Holding Cage
iSome derelict huts may still exist.
iiOne concrete ablutions hut remains at NS79186 81914
iiiA single hut, converted into a chapel and decorated by Italian prisoners, survives.
ivAlso known as Cowden Camp, this site survives as Cultybraggan Training Camp at NN7680 1980.
vHut No. 9 survives as a visitor attraction.
viNone of these camps were established until after the islands were liberated by the British Army in May 1945.
viiPartly survives as a visitor attraction.
viiiSurvives completely intact as a major visitor attraction.
ixExact location uncertain.
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