List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom

This is an incomplete 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."

Some camps were classed as General Processing Camps (abbreviated GPC in the table).

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. Examples:No. 286 Purfleet Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, EssexNo. 654 Purfleet Camp, No.4 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, EssexNo. 655 Purfleet Camp, No.1 Transit Camp, Beacon Hill, Purfleet, Essex

List Camp NumberCamp NameNearCounty1Woodfield Farm CampChurchdownGloucestershire1Grizedale HallGrizedale, SatterthwaiteCumbria2Toft HallToft, KnutsfordCheshire2Woodhouselee CampMilton Bridge, PenicuikMidlothian2Glen MillWellyhole Street, OldhamLancashire3Balhary CampBalhary, AlythPerthshire4ScraptoftThurnbyLeicestershire4Gilling CampHartforth Lane, Gilling, RichmondNorth Yorkshire4Windlestone HallRushyfordCounty Durham5MonrushCookstownCounty Tyrone Northern Ireland6Racecourse CampDoncasterSouth Yorkshire6Long MarstonStratford-upon-AvonWarwickshire6GlenbranterGlenbranterArgyll6aAshton CourtBower AshtonSomerset7Winter Quarters CampAscotBerkshire8Mile HouseShrewsbury Road, Oswestry, ShrewsburyShropshire8Warth MillsBuryLancashire9Kempton Park RacecourseSunburyMiddlesex9Quorn CampQuorn, LoughboroughLeicestershire9Warth MillsBuryLancashire10Gosford CampGosford Castle, MarkethillCounty Armagh10Cockfosters CampBarnetLondon10Stamford CampEmpingham Road, StamfordLincolnshire11GilfordElmfield, Craigavon, PortadownCounty Armagh11Racecourse CampKnavesmire, YorkNorth Yorkshire11aTrent Park Enfield, LondonMiddlesex11aRayner's LaneHarrow-on-the Hill, LondonMiddlesex12Elmfield CampGilford, PortadownArmagh12Donaldson's CollegeWest Coates, EdinburghMidlothian12aWarth MillsBuryLancashire13Shap Wells HotelShap, PenrithCumbria13The HayesSwanwickDerbyshire14Bun CampDoonfoot, AyrAyrshire14HolywoodJackson Road, BelfastCounty Down15Shap Wells HotelShap, PenrithCumbria15Donaldson's CollegeWest Coates, EdinburghMidlothian16Gosford CampAberlady, LongniddryEast Lothian16Flaxley GreenStilecop Field, RugeleyStaffordshire16Prees HeathWhitchurchShropshire17Lodge Moor campRedmires Road, Lodge Moor, SheffieldSouth Yorkshire17Hyde Park Gardens22 Hyde Park GardensLondon W218Featherstone CampFeatherstone Castle, HaltwhistleNorthumberland19Happendon CampDouglas Castle, DouglasLanarkshire Scotland20BickhamBickham Common, Bickham, Yelverton, TavistockDevon20Bramham No. 1 CampBramham, Boston SpaWest Yorkshire20Wilton ParkBeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire21CultybragganComrie, CrieffPerthshire22Pennylands CampCumnock, AyrAyrshire23Le Marchant CampDevizesWiltshire23Shrewsbury (GPC)ShrewsburyShropshire23SudburySudburyDerbyshire24Knutsford (MH)KnutsfordCheshire25Leamington (GPC)Leamington SpaWarwickshire25Lodge FarmLodge Farm 2014 lambourn.info (archived copy checked 18 October 2023)Farncombe Down, LambournBerkshire26Barton FieldElyCambridgeshire27LedburyLedburyHerefordshire27Nottingham (GPC)NottinghamNottinghamshire28KnighthorpeAshby Road, LoughboroughLeicestershire29Abergavenny (GPC)AbergavennyMonmouthshire29Ormskirk (GH)OrmskirkLancashire29Royston HeathRoystonHertfordshire30Aldershot (GPC)AldershotHampshire30Carpenters RoadStratfordLondon E1531Ettington ParkNewbold-Upon-Stour, Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire32Wormwood ScrubsShepherds BushLondon W1233Dancers HillSouth Mimms, BarnetHertfordshire33ShorncliffeFolkestone (GPC), FolkestoneKent33Bonnytown Camp, Bonnytown Farm, Working CampRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Bonnytown POW Camp, Working Camp, Site No. NO51SW 61.Dunino, KingsbarnsFife34Warebank CampKirkwallOrkney35Boughton ParkBoughton, NorthamptonNorthamptonshire36Darlington (GPC)DarlingtonCounty Durham36Hartwell Dog Track CampStone, AylesburyBuckinghamshire37Bridgwater (GPC)BridgwaterSomerset37Sudeley CastleWinchcombe, CheltenhamGloucestershire38Pool ParkEfenechtyd, RuthinDenbighshire39Castle MaxstokeMaxstoke, ColeshillWarwickshire40Somerhill CampTudeley, TonbridgeKent41Ganger CampRomseyHampshire42Exhibition Field CampStanhope Close, HolsworthyDevon43Harcourt HillNorth Hinksey, OxfordOxfordshire44Goathurst CampGoathurst, BridgwaterSomerset45TrumpingtonTrumpington, CambridgeCambridgeshire46Kingsfold CampBillingshurst, HorshamWest Sussex47Motcombe ParkMotcombe, ShaftesburyDorset49Harrington CampFarndon Road, Market HarboroughLeicestershire52Nether HeadonNether Headon, RetfordNottinghamshire61Wynol's HillCoalway, ColefordGloucestershire65Setley PlainBrockenhurstHampshire71SheriffhalesShifnal, TelfordShropshire81Pingley FarmBriggNorth Lincolnshire82Matlaske, On RAF stationMatlaske, SheringhamNorfolk83Eden CampRyton, MaltonNorth Yorkshire93HarperleyFir Tree, CrookCounty Durham95BatfordHarpendenHertfordshire97Birdingbury Camp,The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/306): '97 Working Camp, Birdingbury Camp, Bourton, Warwickshire'. Working CampBirdingbury, Bourton-on-DunsmoreWarwickshire103Moota campMoota, A595 BothelCumbria107Penleigh CampWellsSomerset108ThirklebySandhill, Little Thirkleby, ThirskNorth Riding of Yorkshire115White Cross CampSt Columb MajorCornwall116High Hall CampHatfield Heath, EppingEssex124Ashton Gate CampBedminsterBristol143Carlton HallCarlton-in-Lindrick, WorksopNottinghamshire165Watten CampThursoCaithness155Hornby Hall CampBrougham, PenrithCumbria174Norton-Cuckney CampNorton, MansfieldNottinghamshire181Carburton CampCarburton, WorksopNottinghamshire186Berechurch HallColchesterEssex189Dunham MasseyBowdon, AltrinchamGreater Manchester191Crewe HallCrewe Hall, Crewe GreenCheshire198/11Island Farm/Special Camp XIBridgendGlamorgan251East CamsPortchester Road, FarehamHampshire254Sutton Bridge Camp,The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/180): '254 Working Camp, Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Lincolnshire'. Working CampHolbeach, Sutton BridgeLincolnshire275/275aKinnell CampKinnell Camp canmore.rcahms.gov.ukFriockheimForfar280North Lynn Farm Camp,English Heritage, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939 - 1948). Working CampKing's LynnNorfolk292KirmingtonNorth Lincolnshire294Fisher's CampThedden Grange, Bentworth, AltonHampshire402SouthamptonHighfield, SouthamptonHampshire403Brockley CampBrockley, BristolSomerset405Barwick HouseBarwick, YeovilSomerset614Stoneham CampEastleighHampshire663Park House Camp "A"Shipton Bellinger, TidworthHampshire665Cross Keys CampNorton Fitzwarren, TauntonSomerset666Stoberry ParkWellsSomerset668Aliwal BarracksNorth TidworthHampshire669West Ridge Gardens,Greenford, West LondonMiddlesex672PophamMicheldever, WinchesterHampshire675Hiltingury RoadChandler's Ford, EastleighHampshire676Puckride CampFleet Road, AldershotHampshire693WhitchurchAndoverHampshire1000Oakhangers CampBordon, FarnhamHampshire1006Willems BarracksAldershotHampshire1019AldershotFarnhamHampshire1020Shooter's HillShooter's Hill, WoolwichLondonTBASt Erth CampSt ErthCornwallTBAPitmedden CampPitmeddenAberdeenshire111"Deer Park" Monymusk CampKemnayAberdeenshireTBASandyhillock CampElchies, ArchiestownMorayTBAPlymyard CampEasthamCheshire

References

External links Prisoner of War Camps 1939-1948, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, English Heritage (accessed September 18, 2007). theguardian.com: Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed list Churchill's Unexpected Guests (History Press, 2013) The Forgotten History of Yorkshire's WWII Prisoner of War Camps Ganger Camp 41 at Woodley, Romsey, Hampshire Island Farm Prisoner of War Camp: No. 198 Lodge Farm POW Camp No. 25 British Pathé Video showing a model of Salzburg at Dancers Hill. Camp No. 33

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