List of United Kingdom prisons

This page lists all current and a number of historical prisons in the United Kingdom. See List of Prisons for prisons in other countries, and Her Majesty's Prison Service for further information on the English & Welsh Prison Service. (Scotland and Northern Ireland have discrete prison authorities.)

Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Acklington, Acklington, Northumberland
Albany, Newport, Isle of Wight
Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool (Private – Group 4 Securitas)
Ashfield, Pucklechurch, Bristol (Private – Premier Custodial Group Ltd, subsidiary of Serco Group plc)
Ashwell, Oakham, Rutland
Askham Grange, York
Aylesbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Barlinnie, Glasgow
Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Belmarsh, south-east London
Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands
Blakenhurst, Redditch
Blantyre House, Horden, Kent
Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Brinsford, Featherstone, Wolverhampton
Bristol, Bristol
Brixton, south London
Brockhill, Redditch, Worcestershire
Bronzefield (Private – United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
Buckley Hall, Rochdale, Lancashire
Bullingdon, Bicester, Oxon
Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex
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, Stirling
Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon
Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Doncaster, Marshgate, Doncaster (Private – Premier Prison Services Ltd)
Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset
Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (Private – Premier Prison Services Ltd)
Dover, Dover, Kent
Downview, Sutton, Surrey
Drake Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
Durham, Old Elvet, Durham
East Sutton Park, Maidstone, Kent
Eastwood Park, Falfield, Gloucestershire
Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Edmunds Hill, Newmarket, Suffolk
Elmley, Sheerness, Kent
Erlestoke, Devizes, Wiltshire
Everthorpe, Brough, East Yorkshire
Exeter, Exeter
Featherstone, Featherstone, Wolverhampton
Feltham, Feltham, Middlesex (Young Offenders Institute)
Fleet Prison, London – Historical
Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
Forest Bank, Manchester (Private – United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
Foston Hall, Foston, Derbyshire
Frankland, Durham
Full Sutton, York
Garth, Preston, Lancashire
Gartree, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Glen Parva, Leicester
Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
Gloucester, Gloucester
Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde
Grendon, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset
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
Inverness, Inverness, Highland
Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (Private – Premier Prison Services Ltd)
Kingston, Portsmouth
Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire
Kirklevington, Yarm
Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster Farms, Lancaster, Lancashire
Latchmere House, Richmond, Surrey
Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire
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 Ltd)
Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent
Manchester, Manchester Previously called ‘’Strangeways Prison’’
Marshalsea Prison, London – Historical
|Maze (also called Long Kesh), County Antrim – closed September 29, 2000
Moorland, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Moorland Open, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln
Mount, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
Newgate Prison, London – Historical
New Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Noranside, Forfar, Angus
North Sea Camp, Boston, Lincolnshire
Northallerton, Northallerton, West Yorkshire
Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk
Nottingham, Sherwood, Nottingham
Onley, Rugby, Warwickshire
Oxford Prison, Oxford, Oxfordshire – closed 1996, as of 2004 being redeveloped as a hotel
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 circa February 2003 (United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Polmont, Falkirk, Falkirk (Young Offenders Institute)
Portland, Portland, Dorset
Prescoed, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
Preston, Preston, Lancashire
Ranby, Retford, Notinghamshire
Reading, Reading, Berkshire
Risley, Warrington, Cheshire
Rochester, Rochester, Kent
Rye Hill, Willoughby, Warwickshire (Private – Group 4 Securitas)
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
Thorn Cross, Warrington
Tower of London, London – Historic
Usk, Usk, Monmouthshire
Verne, Portland, Dorset
Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Wandsworth, Wandsworth, south-west London
Warren Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Wayland, Thetford, Norfolk
Wealstun, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Weare, Portland, Dorset
Wellingborough, Wellingborough
Werrington, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent
Wetherby, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Whatton, Whatton, Nottingham
Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire
Winchester, Winchester
Wolds, Everthorpe, East Yorkshire (Private – Group 4 Securitas)
Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Wormwood Scrubs, London
Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire

External link

Locate a Prison section from the HM Prison Service website
Scottish Prison Service
Northern Ireland Prison Service

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