List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom
This is a list of Prisoner of War (POW) Camps located in the United Kingdom during World War II. German POWs in England were graded as follows: "Grade A (white) were considered anti-Nazi; Grade B (grey) had less clear feelings and were considered not as reliable as the 'whites'; Grade C (black) had probable Nazi leanings; Grade C+ (also Black) were deemed ardent Nazis."
List
| Camp Number | Camp Name Brittania Barracks | Near | Town/County Norwich Norfolk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodfield Farm Camp Grizedale Hall, Grizedale |
Churchdown Satterthwaite |
Gloucestershire Cumbria | |
| 2 | Toft Hall Woodhouselee Camp, Milton Bridge Glen Mill, Wellyhole Street |
Knutsford Penicuik Oldham |
Cheshire Midlothian Lancashire | |
| 3 | Balhary Camp | Balhary | Perthshire | |
| 4 | Scraptoft Gilling Camp Windlestone Hall |
Thurnby Hartforth Lane, Gilling, Richmond Rushyford |
Leicestershire North Yorkshire County Durham | |
| 5 | Monrush | Cookstown | County Tyrone Northern Ireland | |
| 6 | Racecourse Camp Long Marston Glenbranter |
Doncaster Stratford-upon-Avon Glenbranter |
South Yorkshire Warwickshire Argyll | |
| 6a | Ashton Court | Bower Ashton | Somerset | |
| 7 | Winter Quarters Camp | Ascot | Berkshire | |
| 8 | Mile House Warth Mills |
Shrewsbury Road Oswestry Bury |
Shrewsbury, Shropshire Manchester, Lancashire | |
| 9 | Kempton Park Racecourse Quorn Camp Warth Mills |
Sunbury Quorn Bury |
Middlesex Loughborough, Leicestershire Lancashire | |
| 10 | Gosford Camp Cockfosters Camp Stamford Camp |
Gosford Castle, Market Hill Barnet, London Empingham Road, Stamford |
County Armagh . Lincolnshire | |
| 11 | Gilford Island Farm Racecourse Camp |
Elmsfield, Craigavon, Portadown Bridgend Knavesmire, York |
County Armagh Glamorgan North Yorkshire | |
| 11a | Trent Park Camp Rayner's Lane |
Bramley Road, Enfield, London Harrow-on-the Hill, London |
Middlesex Middlesex | |
| 12 | Elmfield Camp Donaldson's College |
Gilford, Portadown West Coates, Edinburgh |
Armagh Midlothian | |
| 12a | Warth Mills | Bury | Lancashire | |
| 13 | Shap Wells Hotel The Hayes |
Shap, Penrith Swanwick |
Cumbria Derbyshire | |
| 14 | Bun Camp Holywood |
Doonfoot, Ayr Jackson Road, Belfast |
Ayrshire County Down | |
| 15 | Shap Wells Hotel Donaldson's College |
Shap, Penrith West Coates, Edinburgh |
Cumbria Midlothian | |
| 16 | Gosford Camp Flaxley Green Prees Heath |
Aberlady, Longniddry Stilecop Field, Rugeley Whitchurch |
East Lothian Staffordshire Shropshire | |
| 17 | Lodge Moor camp Hyde Park Gardens |
Redmires Road, Lodge Moor 22 Hyde Park Gardens |
Sheffield . |
Yorkshire London, W2 |
| 18 | Featherstone Camp | Featherstone Castle | Haltwhistle | Northumberland |
| 19 | Happendon Camp Douglas Castle |
Douglas |
Lanarkshire Lanarkshire |
Scotland Scotland |
| 20 | Bickham Bramham No. 1 Camp Wilton Park |
Bickham Common, Bickham, Yelverton Bramham . |
Tavistock Boston Spa Beaconsfield |
Devon Yorkshire Buckinghamshire |
| 21 | Cultybraggan | Comrie | Crieff | Perthshire |
| 22 | Pennylands Camp | Cumnock | Ayr | Ayrshire |
| 23 | Le Marchant Camp Shrewsbury (GPC) Sudbury |
Devizes Shrewsbury Sudbury |
Wiltshire Shropshire Derbyshire | |
| 24 | Knutsford (MH) | . | Knutsford | Cheshire |
| 25 | Leamington (GPC) Lodge Farm |
Farncombe Down |
Leamington Spa Lambourn |
Warwickshire Berkshire |
| 26 | Barton Field | Ely | Cambridgeshire | |
| 27 | Ledbury Nottingham (GPC) |
Ledbury Nottingham |
Herefordshire Nottinghamshire | |
| 28 | Knighthorpe | Ashby Road | Loughborough | Leicestershire |
| 29 | Abergavenny (GPC) Ormskirk (GH) Royston Heath |
Abergavenny Ormskirk Royston |
Monmouthshire Lancashire Hertfordshire | |
| 30 | Aldershot (GPC) Carpenters Road |
Stratford |
Aldershot London |
Hampshire E15 |
| 31 | Ettington Park | Newbold-Upon-Stour | Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire |
| 32 | Wormwood Scrubs | Shepherds Bush | London | W12 |
| 33 | Dancers Hill Shorncliffe Bonnytown Camp, Bonnytown Farm, Working Camp[1] |
South Mimms Folkestone (GPC) Dunino |
Barnet Folkestone Kingsbarns |
Hertfordshire Kent Fife |
| 34 | Warebank Camp | . | Kirkwall | Orkney |
| 35 | Boughton Park | Boughton | Northampton | Northamptonshire |
| 36 | Darlington (GPC) Hartwell Dog Track Camp |
Stone |
Darlington Aylesbury |
County Durham Buckinghamshire |
| 37 | Bridgwater (GPC) Sudeley Castle |
Winchcombe |
Bridgwater Cheltenham |
Somerset Gloucestershire |
| 38 | Pool Park | Efenechtyd | Ruthin | Denbighshire |
| 39 | Castle Maxstoke | Maxstoke | Coleshill | Warwickshire |
| 40 | Somerhill Camp | Tudeley | Tonbridge | Kent |
| 41 | Ganger Camp | . | Romsey | Hampshire |
| 42 | Exhibition Field Camp | Stanhope Close | Holsworthy | Devon |
| 43 | Harcourt Hall | North Hinksey | Oxford | Oxfordshire |
| 44 | Goathurst Camp | Goathurst | Bridgwater | Somerset |
| 45 | Trumpington | Trumpington | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire |
| 46 | Kingsfold Camp | Billingshurst | Horsham | West Sussex |
| 47 | Motcombe Park | Motcombe | Shaftesbury | Dorset |
| 49 | Harrington Camp | Farndon Road | Market Harborough | Leicestershire |
| 61 | Wynol's Hill | Coalway | Coleford, Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire |
| 65 | Setley Plain | . | Brockenhurst | Hampshire |
| 71 | Sheriffhales | Shifnal | Telford | Shropshire |
| 81 | Pingley Farm | Brigg | North Lincolnshire | |
| 82 | Matlaske, On RAF station | Matlaske | Sheringham | Norfolk |
| 83 | Eden Camp | Ryton | Malton | North Yorkshire |
| 93 | Harperley | Fir Tree | Crook | County Durham |
| 97 | Birdingbury Camp,[2] Working Camp | Birdingbury | Bourton-on-Dunsmore | Warwickshire |
| 103 | Moota camp | Moota | A595 Bothel | Cumbria |
| 107 | Penleigh Camp | Wells | . | Somerset |
| 108 | Thirkleby | Sandhill, Little Thirkleby | Thirsk | North Riding of Yorkshire |
| 115 | White Cross Camp | St Columb Major | . | Cornwall |
| 116 | High Hall Camp | Hatfield Heath | Epping | Essex |
| 124 | Ashton Gate Camp | Bedminster | Bristol | |
| 165 | Watten Camp | . | Thurso | Caithness |
| 155 | Hornby Hall Camp | Brougham | Penrith | Cumbria |
| 174 | Norton-Cuckney Camp | Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | |
| 186 | Berechurch Hall | Colchester | Colchester | Essex |
| 191 | Crewe Hall | Crewe Hall | Crewe Green | Cheshire |
| 198 | Island Farm | Bridgend | Glamorgan | |
| 251 | East Cams | Portchester Road | Fareham | Hampshire |
| 254 | Sutton Bridge Camp,[3] Working Camp | Holbeach | Sutton Bridge | Lincolnshire |
| 275/275a | Kinnell Camp | Friockheim | Forfar | |
| 280 | North Lynn Farm Camp,[4] Working Camp | King's Lynn | Norfolk | |
| 292 | Kirmington | North Lincolnshire | ||
| 294 | Fisher's Camp | Thedden Grange | Bentworth, Alton | Hampshire |
| 402 | Southampton | Highfield | Southampton | Hampshire |
| 403 | Brockley Camp | Brockley | Bristol | Somerset |
| 405 | Barwick House | Barwick | Yeovil | Somerset |
| 614 | Stoneham Camp | . | Eastleigh | Hampshire |
| 663 | Park House Camp "A" | Shipton Bellinger | Tidworth | Hampshire |
| 665 | Cross Keys Camp | Norton Fitzwarren | Taunton | Somerset |
| 666 | Stoberry Park | Wells | Somerset | |
| 668 | Aliwal Barracks | . | North Tidworth | Hampshire |
| 669[5] | West Ridge Gardens, | Greenford | West London | Middlesex |
| 672 | Popham | Micheldever | Winchester | Hampshire |
| 675 | Hiltingury Road | Chandler's Ford | Eastleigh | Hampshire |
| 676 | Puckride Camp | Fleet Road | Aldershot | Hampshire |
| 693 | Whitchurch | . | Andover | Hampshire |
| 1000 | Oakhangers Camp | Bordon | Farnham | Hampshire |
| 1006 | Willems Barracks | . | Aldershot | Hampshire |
| 1019 | Aldershot | . | Farnham | Hampshire |
| 1020 | Shooter's Hill | Shooter's Hill | Woolwich | London |
| Special Camp XI | Island Farm | Bridgend | Glamorgan | |
| TBA | Pitmedden Camp | Pitmedden | Aberdeenshire | |
| TBA | Monymusk Camp | . | Kemnay | Aberdeenshire |
| TBA | Sandyhillock Camp | . | Elchies, Archiestown | Moray |
Notes and references
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Bonnytown POW Camp, Working Camp, Site No. NO51SW 61.
- The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/306): '97 Working Camp, Birdingbury Camp, Bourton, Warwickshire'.
- The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/180): '254 Working Camp, Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Lincolnshire'.
- English Heritage, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939 - 1948).
- "Site of Prisoner of War camp 669, West Ridge Gardens". Greenford 365. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- There was a large amount of renaming, renumbering and reuse of camp numbers during World War II. The reason for this is unknown but speculation has it that it was to confuse the Axis powers in the event of any attempted breakouts after any potential Paratrooper attack or invasion. Example below:
No. 286 Purfleet Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
No. 654 Purfleet Camp, No.4 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
No. 655 Purfleet Camp, No.1 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex
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