List of prisons in the United Kingdom
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List of prisons in the United Kingdom lists all current and a number of historical prisons in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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[edit] Prisons
[edit] England and Wales (Her Majesty's Prison Service)
- Acklington, Acklington, Northumberland
- Albany, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Altcourse, Liverpool, Merseyside (private - G4S)
- Ashfield, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire (private - Serco)
- Ashwell, Ashwell, Rutland
- Askham Grange, Askham Richard, North Yorkshire
- Aylesbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
- Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Belmarsh, Thamesmead, South London
- Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Blantyre House, Goudhurst, Kent
- Blundeston, Blundeston, Suffolk
- Bodmin, Bodmin, Cornwall (historic)
- Brinsford, Featherstone, Staffordshire
- Bristol, Horfield, Bristol
- Brixton, Brixton, South London
- Bronzefield, Ashford, Surrey (private - Kalyx)
- Buckley Hall, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- Bullingdon, Arncott, Oxfordshire
- Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex
- Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales (Not yet constructed)
- Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent
- Cardiff, Adamsdown, Cardiff
- Castington, Acklington, Northumberland
- Channings Wood, Denbury, Devon
- Chelmsford, Chelmsford, Essex
- Coldingley, Bisley, Surrey
- Cookham Wood, Borstal, Kent
- Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon
- Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, County Durham
- Doncaster, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (private – Serco)
- Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset
- Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (private – Serco)
- Dover, Dover, Kent
- Downview, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
- Drake Hall, Yarnfield, Staffordshire
- Durham, Durham, County Durham
- East Sutton Park, Sutton Valence, Kent
- Eastwood Park, Falfield, Gloucestershire
- Edmunds Hill, Stradishall, Suffolk
- Elmley, Eastchurch, Kent
- Erlestoke, Erlestoke, Wiltshire
- Everthorpe, Everthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Exeter, Exeter, Devon
- Featherstone, Featherstone, Staffordshire
- Feltham, Feltham, West London (Young Offenders Institution)
- Fleet, London (historic)
- Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
- Forest Bank, Salford, Greater Manchester (private – Kalyx)
- Foston Hall, Foston, Derbyshire
- Frankland, Brasside, County Durham
- Full Sutton, Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Garth, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire
- Gartree, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
- Gatehouse, Westminster, London (historic)
- Glen Parva, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Grendon, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
- Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset
- Haslar, Haslar, Hampshire
- Haverigg, Haverigg, Cumbria
- Hewell, Tardebigge, Worcestershire
- High Down, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey
- Highpoint, Stradishall, Suffolk
- Hindley, Bickershaw, Greater Manchester
- Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Holloway, Holloway, North London
- Holme House, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
- Hull, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Huntercombe, Nuffield, Oxfordshire
- Kennet, Maghull, Merseyside
- Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire
- Kirkham, Kirkham, Lancashire
- Kirklevington Grange, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire
- Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire
- Lancaster Farms, Lancaster, Lancashire
- Latchmere House, Ham, South London
- Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire (formerly called Armley)
- Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Lewes, Lewes, East Sussex
- Leyhill, Tortworth, Gloucestershire
- Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Lindholme, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire
- Littlehey, Perry, Cambridgeshire
- Liverpool, Liverpool Merseyside (formerly called Walton)
- Long Lartin, South Littleton, Worcestershire
- Low Newton, Brasside, Durham
- Lowdham Grange, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire (private – Serco)
- Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester (also called Strangeways)
- Marshalsea, Southwark, London (historic)
- Millbank, Westminster, London (historic)
- Moorland Closed, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire
- Moorland Open, Hatfield Woodhouse, South Yorkshire
- Morton Hall, Morton Hall, Lincolnshire
- Newgate, City of London, London (historic)
- New Hall, Flockton, West Yorkshire
- North Sea Camp, Freiston, Lincolnshire
- Northallerton, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
- Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk
- Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Onley, Barby, Northamptonshire
- Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire (closed 1996, redeveloped as a shopping and heritage complex)
- Parc, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan (private – G4S)
- Parkhurst, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Pentonville, Barnsbury, North London
- Peterborough (private – Kalyx)
- Portland, Easton, Dorset
- Prescoed, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
- Preston, Preston, Lancashire
- Ranby, Ranby, Nottinghamshire
- Reading, Reading, Berkshire
- Redditch, Redditch, Worcestershire (proposed new Titan Prison)
- Risley, Warrington, Cheshire
- Rochester, Rochester, Kent
- Rye Hill, Barby, Northamptonshire (private – G4S)
- Send, Send, Surrey
- Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
- Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Spring Hill, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
- Stafford, Stafford, Staffordshire
- Standford Hill, Eastchurch, Kent
- Stocken, Stretton, Rutland
- Stoke Heath, Stoke Heath, Shropshire
- Styal, Styal, Cheshire
- Sudbury, Sudbury, Derbyshire
- Swaleside, Eastchurch, Kent
- Swansea, Sandfields, Swansea
- Swinfen Hall, Swinfen, Staffordshire
- The Mount, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire
- The Verne, Tophill, Dorset
- Thorn Cross, Appleton Thorn, Cheshire
- Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster, London (historic)
- Tower of London, London (historic)
- Usk, Usk, Monmouthshire
- Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
- Wandsworth, Wandsworth, South London
- Wandsworth Gaol
- Warren Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Wayland, Griston, Norfolk
- Wealstun, Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire
- Weare, Portland, Dorset
- Wellingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
- Werrington, Werrington, Staffordshire
- Wetherby, Wetherby, West Yorkshire (Young Offenders Institute)
- Whatton, Whatton, Nottinghamshire
- Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire
- Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire
- Wolds, Everthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire (private – G4S)
- Wood Street Counter Wood Street, London (historic)
- Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
- Wormwood Scrubs, Wormwood Scrubs, West London
- Wymott, Ulnes Walton, Lancashire
[edit] Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Prison Service)
- Maghaberry, Lisburn
- Magilligan, Limavady, County Londonderry
- Maze, County Antrim (also called Long Kesh – closed 29 September 2000)
[edit] Scotland (Scottish Prison Service)
- Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
- Addiewell, Addiewell, West Lothian {private - Kalyx}
- Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow
- Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perth and Kinross
- Cornton Vale, Stirling
- Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh
- Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
- Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde
- Inverness, Inverness, Highland
- Inveraray Jail, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute (historical)
- Jedburgh Castle Jail, Jedburgh, The Scottish Borders (historic)
- Kilmarnock, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (private – Serco)
- Low Moss, Glasgow
- Noranside, Forfar, Angus
- Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross
- Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
- Polmont, Falkirk (Young Offenders Institute)
- Shotts, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
[edit] Secure hospitals
Some convicts are detained in secure mental hospitals. These are run by the National Health Service rather than the prison service.
[edit] England
A number of other mental hospitals have secure units.
[edit] Scotland
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Locate a Prison section from the HM Prison Service website
- Scottish Prison Service
- Northern Ireland Prison Service
