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.

List

Camp Number	Camp Name	Near	Town	County
1	Woodfield Farm Camp	Churchdown		Gloucestershire
2	Toft Hall	Knutsford	.	Cheshire
3	Balhary Camp	Balhary	Balhary	Perthshire
4	Scraptoft Gilling Camp Windlestone Hall	.	Thurnby 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	Yorkshire Warwickshire Argyll
6a	Ashton Court	.	Bower Ashton	Somerset
7	Winter Quarters Camp	Ascot	Windsor	Berkshire
8	Mile House Warth Mills	Shrewsbury Road Oswestry Bury	Shrewsbury Manchester	Shropshire Lancashire
9	Kempton Park Racecourse Quorn Camp Warth Mills	. Quorn Bury	Sunbury Loughborough Manchester	Middlesex Leicestershire Lancashire
10	Gosford Camp Cockfosters Camp Stamford Camp	Gosford Castle . Empingham Road	Market Hill Barnet, London Stamford	County Armagh Middlesex Lincolnshire
11	Gilford Island Farm Racecourse Camp	Elmsfield . Knavesmire	Craigavon, Portadown Bridgend York	County Armagh Glamorgan North Yorkshire
11a	Trent Park Camp Rayner's Lane	Trent Park, Bramley Road .	Enfield, London Harrow-on-the Hill, London	Middlesex Middlesex
12	Elmfield Camp Donaldson's College	Gilford West Coates	Portadown Edinburgh	Armagh Midlothian
12a	Warth Mills	Bury	Manchester	Lancashire
13	Shap Wells Hotel [The Hayes]	Shap .	Penrith Swanwick	Westmoreland Derbyshire
14	Bun Camp Holywood	Doonfot Jackson Road	Ayr Belfast	Ayrshire County Down
15	Shap Wells Hotel Donaldson's College	Shap West Coates	Penrith Edinburgh	Westmoreland Midlothian
16	Gosford Camp Flaxley Green Prees Heath	Aberlady Stilecop Field .	Longniddry Rugeley Whitchurch	East Lothian Staffordshire Shropshire
17	Lodge Moor 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	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	Epping	Essex
124	Ashton Gate Camp	Bedminster	Bristol
165	Watten Camp	.	Thurso	Caithness
155	Hornby Hall Camp	Brougham	Penrith	Cumbria
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
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
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).

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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