List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United Kingdom facts for kids
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, 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
List
| Camp Number | Camp Name | Near | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woodfield Farm Camp | Churchdown | Gloucestershire |
| 1 | Grizedale Hall | Grizedale, Satterthwaite | Cumbria |
| 2 | Toft Hall | Toft, Knutsford | Cheshire |
| 2 | Woodhouselee Camp | Milton Bridge, Penicuik | Midlothian |
| 2 | Glen Mill | Wellyhole Street, Oldham | Lancashire |
| 3 | Balhary Camp | Balhary, Alyth | Perthshire |
| 4 | Scraptoft | Thurnby | Leicestershire |
| 4 | Gilling Camp | Hartforth Lane, Gilling, Richmond | North Yorkshire |
| 4 | Windlestone Hall | Rushyford | County Durham |
| 5 | Monrush | Cookstown | County Tyrone Northern Ireland |
| 6 | Racecourse Camp | Doncaster | South Yorkshire |
| 6 | Long Marston | Stratford-upon-Avon | Warwickshire |
| 6 | Glenbranter | Glenbranter | Argyll |
| 6a | Ashton Court | Bower Ashton | Somerset |
| 7 | Winter Quarters Camp | Ascot | Berkshire |
| 8 | Mile House | Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, Shrewsbury | Shropshire |
| 8 | Warth Mills | Bury | Lancashire |
| 9 | Kempton Park Racecourse | Sunbury | Middlesex |
| 9 | Quorn Camp | Quorn, Loughborough | Leicestershire |
| 9 | Warth Mills | Bury | Lancashire |
| 10 | Gosford Camp | Gosford Castle, Markethill | County Armagh |
| 10 | Cockfosters Camp | Barnet | London |
| 10 | Stamford Camp | Empingham Road, Stamford | Lincolnshire |
| 11 | Gilford | Elmfield, Craigavon, Portadown | County Armagh |
| 11 | Racecourse Camp | Knavesmire, York | North Yorkshire |
| 11a | Trent Park Camp | Bramley Road, Enfield, London | Middlesex |
| 11a | Rayner's Lane | Harrow-on-the Hill, London | Middlesex |
| 12 | Elmfield Camp | Gilford, Portadown | Armagh |
| 12 | Donaldson's College | West Coates, Edinburgh | Midlothian |
| 12a | Warth Mills | Bury | Lancashire |
| 13 | Shap Wells Hotel | Shap, Penrith | Cumbria |
| 13 | The Hayes | Swanwick | Derbyshire |
| 14 | Bun Camp | Doonfoot, Ayr | Ayrshire |
| 14 | Holywood | Jackson Road, Belfast | County Down |
| 15 | Shap Wells Hotel | Shap, Penrith | Cumbria |
| 15 | Donaldson's College | West Coates, Edinburgh | Midlothian |
| 16 | Gosford Camp | Aberlady, Longniddry | East Lothian |
| 16 | Flaxley Green | Stilecop Field, Rugeley | Staffordshire |
| 16 | Prees Heath | Whitchurch | Shropshire |
| 17 | Lodge Moor camp | Redmires Road, Lodge Moor, Sheffield | South Yorkshire |
| 17 | Hyde Park Gardens | 22 Hyde Park Gardens | London W2 |
| 18 | Featherstone Camp | Featherstone Castle, Haltwhistle | Northumberland |
| 19 | Happendon Camp | Douglas Castle, Douglas | Lanarkshire Scotland |
| 20 | Bickham | Bickham Common, Bickham, Yelverton, Tavistock | Devon |
| 20 | Bramham No. 1 Camp | Bramham, Boston Spa | West Yorkshire |
| 20 | Wilton Park | Beaconsfield | Buckinghamshire |
| 21 | Cultybraggan | Comrie, Crieff | Perthshire |
| 22 | Pennylands Camp | Cumnock, Ayr | Ayrshire |
| 23 | Le Marchant Camp | Devizes | Wiltshire |
| 23 | Shrewsbury (GPC) | Shrewsbury | Shropshire |
| 23 | Sudbury | Sudbury | Derbyshire |
| 24 | Knutsford (MH) | Knutsford | Cheshire |
| 25 | Leamington (GPC) | Leamington Spa | Warwickshire |
| 25 | Lodge Farm | Farncombe Down, Lambourn | Berkshire |
| 26 | Barton Field | Ely | Cambridgeshire |
| 27 | Ledbury | Ledbury | Herefordshire |
| 27 | Nottingham (GPC) | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire |
| 28 | Knighthorpe | Ashby Road, Loughborough | Leicestershire |
| 29 | Abergavenny (GPC) | Abergavenny | Monmouthshire |
| 29 | Ormskirk (GH) | Ormskirk | Lancashire |
| 29 | Royston Heath | Royston | Hertfordshire |
| 30 | Aldershot (GPC) | Aldershot | Hampshire |
| 30 | Carpenters Road | Stratford | London E15 |
| 31 | Ettington Park | Newbold-Upon-Stour, Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire |
| 32 | Wormwood Scrubs | Shepherds Bush | London W12 |
| 33 | Dancers Hill | South Mimms, Barnet | Hertfordshire |
| 33 | Shorncliffe | Folkestone (GPC), Folkestone | Kent |
| 33 | Bonnytown Camp, Bonnytown Farm, Working Camp | Dunino, Kingsbarns | Fife |
| 34 | Warebank Camp | Kirkwall | Orkney |
| 35 | Boughton Park | Boughton, Northampton | Northamptonshire |
| 36 | Darlington (GPC) | Darlington | County Durham |
| 36 | Hartwell Dog Track Camp | Stone, Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire |
| 37 | Bridgwater (GPC) | Bridgwater | Somerset |
| 37 | Sudeley Castle | Winchcombe, Cheltenham | 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 |
| 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, 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 | Essex |
| 189 | Dunham Massey | Bowdon, Altrincham | Greater Manchester |
| 191 | Crewe Hall | Crewe Hall, Crewe Green | Cheshire |
| 198/11 | Island Farm/Special Camp XI | Bridgend | Glamorgan |
| 251 | East Cams | Portchester Road, Fareham | Hampshire |
| 254 | Sutton Bridge Camp, Working Camp | Holbeach, Sutton Bridge | Lincolnshire |
| 275/275a | Kinnell Camp | Friockheim | Forfar |
| 280 | North Lynn Farm Camp, 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 | 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 |
| TBA | St Erth Camp | St Erth | Cornwall |
| TBA | Pitmedden Camp | Pitmedden | Aberdeenshire |
| 111 | "Deer Park" Monymusk Camp | Kemnay | Aberdeenshire |
| TBA | Sandyhillock Camp | Elchies, Archiestown | Moray |
| TBA | Plymyard Camp | Eastham | Cheshire |
bridgend Island Farm POW camp
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