List of prisons in the United Kingdom

List of prisons in the United Kingdom lists all current and a number of historical prisons in the United Kingdom.

Prison services

* England and Wales – Her Majesty's Prison Service
* Scotland – Scottish Prison Service
* Northern Ireland – Northern Ireland Prison Service

Prisons

A

*Acklington, Acklington, Northumberland
*Albany, Newport, Isle of Wight
*Altcourse, Fazakerley, Liverpool (Private - GSL Group)
*Ashfield, Pucklechurch, Bristol (Private - Premier Custodial Group Ltd, subsidiary of Serco Group plc)
*Ashwell, Oakham, Rutland
*Askham Grange, York, North Yorkshire
*Aylesbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

B

*Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow
*Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire
*Belmarsh, London
*Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands
*Blantyre House, Horden, Kent
*Blundeston, Lowestoft, Suffolk
*Bodmin, Bodmin, Cornwall "(historic)"
*Brinsford, Featherstone, Staffordshire
*Bristol, Bristol
*Brixton, London
*Brockhill, Redditch, Worcestershire
*Bronzefield, Ashford, Surrey "(private - United Kingdom Detention Services)"
*Buckley Hall, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
*Bullingdon, Bicester, Oxfordshire
*Bullwood Hall, Hockley, Essex

C

*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
*Craiginches, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

D

*Dartmoor, Princetown, Devon
*Deerbolt, Barnard Castle, County Durham
*Doncaster, Marshgate, Doncaster "(private – Premier Prison Services)"
*Dorchester, Dorchester, Dorset
*Dovegate, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire "(private – Premier Prison Services)"
*Dover, Dover, Kent
*Downview, Sutton, Surrey
*Drake Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire
*Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
*Durham, Elvet, Durham

E

*East Sutton Park, Maidstone, Kent
*Eastwood Park, Falfield, Gloucestershire
*Edinburgh, Edinburgh
*Edmunds Hill, Newmarket, Suffolk
*Elmley, Sheerness, Kent
*Erlestoke, Devizes, Wiltshire
*Everthorpe, Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire
*Exeter, Exeter

F

*Featherstone, Featherstone, Staffordshire
*Feltham, Feltham, Middlesex "(Young Offenders Institute)"
*Fleet, London "(historic)"
*Ford, Arundel, West Sussex
*Forest Bank, Salford "(private – United Kingdom Detention Services)"
*Foston Hall, Foston, Derbyshire
*Frankland, Durham
*Full Sutton, York, North Yorkshire

G

*Garth, Leyland, Lancashire
*Gartree, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
*Gatehouse , Westminster, London "(historic)"
*Glen Parva, Leicester
*Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
*Gloucester, Gloucester
*Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde
*Grendon, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
*Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset

H

*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

I

*Inverness, Inverness, Highland
*Inveraray Jail, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute ("historical")

J

K

*Kennet, Maghull, Merseyside
*Kilmarnock, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire "(private – Premier Prison Services)"
*Kingston, Portsmouth
*Kirkham, Kirkham, Lancashire
*Kirklevington, Yarm

L

*Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire
*Lancaster Farms, Lancaster, Lancashire
*Latchmere House, Richmond, Surrey
*Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire "(formerly called "Armley")"
*Leicester, Leicester
*Lewes, Lewes, East Sussex
*Leyhill, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester
*Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
*Lindholme, Doncaster
*Littlehey, Huntingdon
*Liverpool, Liverpool "(formerly called "Walton")"
*Long Lartin, Evesham, Worcestershire
*Low Moss, Glasgow
*Low Newton, Brasside, Durham
*Lowdham Grange, Lowdham, Nottingham "(private – Premier Prison Services)"

M

*Magilligan, Limavady, County Londonderry
*Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent
*Manchester, Manchester "(also called "Strangeways")"
*Marshalsea, Southwark, London "(historic)"
*Maze, County Antrim "(also called "Long Kesh" – closed 29 September 2000)"
*Millbank, Westminster, London "(historic)"
*Moorland, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
*Moorland Open, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
*Morton Hall, Swinderby, Lincoln
*Mount, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire

N

*Newgate, City of London, London "(historic)"
*New Hall, Wakefield, North Yorkshire
*Noranside, Forfar, Angus
*North Sea Camp, Boston, Lincolnshire
*Northallerton, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
*Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk
*Nottingham, Sherwood, Nottingham

O

*Onley, Rugby, Warwickshire
*Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire "(closed 1996, redeveloped as a shopping and heritage complex)"

P

*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 February 2003 – United Kingdom Detention Services)"
*Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
*Polmont, Falkirk "(Young Offenders Institute)"
*Portland, Portland, Dorset
*Prescoed, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
*Preston, Preston, Lancashire
*Princetown, Lydford, Devon

Q

R

*Ranby, Retford, Nottinghamshire
*Reading, Reading, Berkshire
*Redditch, Redditch, Worcestershire (proposed new Titan Prison)
*Risley, Warrington, Cheshire
*Rochester, Rochester, Kent
*Rye Hill, Willoughby, Warwickshire "(private – GSL Group)"

*Send, Woking, Surrey
*Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
*Shotts, Shotts, North Lanarkshire
*Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
*Slade, Cumbria
*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

T

*Thorn Cross, Warrington
*Tothill Fields Bridewell, Westminster, London "(historic)"
*Tower of London, London "(historic)"

U

*Usk, Usk, Monmouthshire

V

*Verne, Portland, Dorset

W

*Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
*Wandsworth, Wandsworth, London
*Wandsworth Gaol
*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 "(Young Offenders Institute)"
*Whatton, Whatton, Nottingham
*Whitemoor, March, Cambridgeshire
*Winchester, Winchester
*Wolds, Everthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire "(private – GSL Group)"
*Wood Street Counter Wood Street, London "(historic)"
*Woodhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
*Wormwood Scrubs, London
*Wymott, Leyland, Lancashire

X

Y

Z

ecure hospitals

Some convicts are detained in secure mental hospitals. These are run by the National Health Service rather than the prison service.

England

*Ashworth Hospital
*Broadmoor Hospital
*Rampton Secure Hospital, Retford, NottinghamshireA number of other mental hospitals have secure units.

cotland

*State Hospital Carstairs, Carstairs, South Lanarkshire [http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/tsh/]

ee also

* United Kingdom prison population

External links

* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/ Locate a Prison] section from the HM Prison Service website
* [http://www.sps.gov.uk/ Scottish Prison Service]
* [http://www.niprisonservice.gov.uk Northern Ireland Prison Service]