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.[1] 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		 Elmfield, 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[2]		 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 Hill 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
52 Nether Headon Nether Headon Retford Nottinghamshire
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
95 Batford Harpenden Hertfordshire
97 Birdingbury Camp,[3] 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
143 Carlton Hall Carlton-in-Lindrick Worksop Nottinghamshire
165 Watten Camp . Thurso Caithness
155 Hornby Hall Camp Brougham Penrith Cumbria
174 Norton-Cuckney Camp Norton Mansfield Nottinghamshire
181 Carburton Camp Carburton Worksop Nottinghamshire
186 Berechurch Hall Colchester Colchester Essex
189 Dunham Massey Bowdon Altrincham Greater Manchester
191 Crewe Hall Crewe Hall Crewe Green Cheshire
198 Island Farm Bridgend Glamorgan
251 East Cams Portchester Road Fareham Hampshire
254 Sutton Bridge Camp,[4] Working Camp Holbeach Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire
275/275a Kinnell Camp Friockheim Forfar
280 North Lynn Farm Camp,[5] 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[6] 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
  • 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

References
  1. Rogers, Simon (2010-11-08). "Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Bonnytown POW Camp, Working Camp, Site No. NO51SW 61.
  3. The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/306): '97 Working Camp, Birdingbury Camp, Bourton, Warwickshire'.
  4. The National Archives (The National Archives document reference No.: FO 939/180): '254 Working Camp, Sutton Bridge Camp, Holbeach, Lincolnshire'.
  5. English Heritage, Roger JC Thomas, 2003, Prisoner of War Camps (1939 - 1948).
  6. "Site of Prisoner of War camp 669, West Ridge Gardens". Greenford 365. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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