LOCATION OF POW CAMPS IN GREAT BRITAIN
LIST OF UK POW CAMPS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED NUMBERS:
This list took me absolutely ages to type in, so if you do decide to copy it, then I would be grateful if you would mention where you got it from - Thank you!
My thanks to Chris King for re-formatting my original typed list into this table format. Note how many of the camp numbers were reused.
20th February 1947
PoW Camps and their leaders
Note Major CML Clements has now replaced Major Topham
Click image to enlarge
| Number | Camp Name | Location | District | County | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grizedale Hall | Hawkshead | Ambleside | Lancashire | England |
| 2 | Toft Hall | Knutsford | Cheshire | England | |
| 4 | Scraptoft | Thurnby | Leicestershire | England | |
| 4 | Gilling Camp | Richmond | Yorkshire. | England | |
| 5 | Unknown Camp | Northern Ireland | |||
| 6 | Unknown Camp | Northern Ireland | |||
| 6 | Long Marston | Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire | England | |
| 6 | Doncaster | Yorkshire | England | ||
| 7 | Winter Quarters | Ascot | Windsor | Berkshire | England |
| 8 | Mile House | Owestry | Shropshire | England | |
| 8 | Sheriffhales | Shinfal | Shropshire | England | |
| 9 | Quorn | Loughborough | Leicestershire | England | |
| 9 | Kempton Park Race Course | Sunbury on Thames | Middlesex. | England | |
| 10 | Gosford Camp | Markethall | Armagh | Northern Ireland | |
| 11 | Island Farm Special Camp | Bridgend | (See also Camp 198) | Glamorgan | Wales |
| 11 | Trent Park Camp | Barnet | Middlesex. | England | |
| 12 | Bury | Manchester | Lancashire | England | |
| 12 | Elmfield Camp | Gilford | Portadown | Northern Ireland | |
| 13 | Shap Fells Hotel | Shap | Penrith | Westmoreland | England |
| 14 | Bun Camp | Doonfoot | Ayr | Scotland | |
| 15 | Donaldsons School | West Coates | Edinburgh | Midlothian | Scotland |
| 16 | Gosford Camp | Aberlady | Longniddry | East Lothian | Scotland |
| 17 | London W2 (GPC) | London | England | ||
| 17 | Lodge Moor Camp | Sheffield | Yorkshire | England | |
| 18 | Featherstone Park | Haltwhistle | Northumbria | England | |
| 19 | Happenden Camp | Douglas | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 20 | Bickham Camp | Yelverton | Tavistock | Devon | England |
| 21 | Comrie ("Cultybraggan") | Perth | Scotland | ||
| 22 | Pennylands Camp | Cummnock | Ayr | Scotland | |
| 23 | Sudbury | Derbyshire | England | ||
| 23 | Shrewsbury (GPC) | Shropshire | England | ||
| 23 | Le Marchant Camp | Devizes | Wiltshire | England | |
| 24 | Knutsford (MH) | Cheshire | England | ||
| 25 | Lodge Farm | Farncombe Down | Lambourn | Berkshire | England |
| 25 | Leamington (GPC) | Warwickshire | England | ||
| 26 | Barton Field Camp | Ely | Cambridgeshire | England | |
| 27 | Ledbury | Herefordshire | England | ||
| 27 | Nottingham (GPC) | Nottinghamshire | England | ||
| 28 | Knighthorpe Camp | Ashby Road | Loughborough | Leicestershire | England |
| 29 | Abergavenny (GPC) | Abergavenny | Wales | ||
| 29 | Royston Heath Camp | Royston | Hertfordshire | England | |
| 29 | Ormskirk (GH) | Lancashire | England | ||
| 30 | Aldershot (GPC) | Hampshire | England | ||
| 30 | Carpenters Road | Stratford East | London E15 | England | |
| 31 | Ettington Park | Newbold Upon Stour | Stratford-on-Avon | Warwickshire | England |
| 32 | Wormwood Scrubs | Shepherd's Bush | London W12 | England | |
| 33 | Dancer's Hill | South Mimms | Barnet | Hertfordshire | England |
| 33 | Shorncliffe Camp | Folkestone (GPC) | Kent | England | |
| 35 | Boughton Park | Boughton | Northamptonshire. | England | |
| 36 | Hartwell Dog Track | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | England | |
| 36 | Darlington (GPC) | Durham. | England | ||
| 37 | Sudeley Castle | Winchcombe | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | England |
| 37 | Bridgewater (GPC) | Somerset | England | ||
| 38 | Pool Park | Ruthin | Denbighshire | Wales | |
| 39 | Castle Maxstoke | Coleshill | Warwickshire | England | |
| 40 | Somerhill Camp | Tonbridge | Kent | England | |
| 41 | Ganger Camp | Romsey | Hampshire. | England | |
| 42 | Exhibition Field Camp | Holsworthy | Devon | England | |
| 43 | Harcourt Hill | North Hinksey | Berkshire | England | |
| 44 | Goathurst Camp | Bridgewater | Somerset | England | |
| 45 | Trumpington | Cambridgeshire | England | ||
| 46 | Kingsfold Camp | Billinghurst | West Sussex | England | |
| 47 | Montcombe Park | Shaftesbury | Dorset. | England | |
| 48 | Greenfield Farm | Presteigne | Radnor | Wales | |
| 49 | Harrington Camp | Farndon Road | Market Harborough | Leicestershire | England |
| 50 (see next page for rare photos of this camp) | Garswood Park | Ashton-in-Markerfield | Wigan | Lancashire | England |
| 51 | Allington | Grantham | Kesteven | Lincolnshire | England |
| 52 | Nether Headon Camp | Retford | Nottinghamshire | England | |
| 52 | Colderton (GPC) | Amesbury | Wiltshire | England | |
| 53 | Sandbeds Camp | Brayton | Selby | Yorkshire | England |
| 54 | Longbridge Camp | Hampton Lovett | Droitwich | Worcestershire | England |
| 55 | Shalstone | Buckinghamshire | England | ||
| 56 | Botesdale | Botesdale | East Suffolk. | England | |
| 57 | Merrow Downs Camp | Guildford | Surrey | England | |
| 58 | Nether Heage Camp | Near Belper | Derbyshire | England | |
| 58 | Swanwick | Derbyshire | England | ||
| 59 | Wood Walton Lane | Sawtry | Huntingdonshire | England | |
| 60 | Overdale Camp | Skipton | Yorkshire | England | |
| 60 | Huddersfield | Bradford | Yorkshire | England | |
| 61 | Wynolls Hill | Broadwell | Coleford | Gloucestershire | England |
| 62 | The Moor Camp | Thankerton | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
| 63 | Balhary East | Camp | Alyth | Perth | Scotland |
| 64 | Castle Rankine | Denny | Stirling | Scotland | |
| 65 | Setley Plain | Brokenhurst | Hampshire | England | |
| 65 | Preston (GPC) | Lancashire. | England | ||
| 66 | Dundee | Angus | Scotland | ||
| 66 | Calvine | Blair Atholl | Perth | Scotland | |
| 67 | Sandyhillock Camp | Craigellachie | Banffshire | Scotland | |
| 68 | Halmuir Farm | Lockerbie | Dumfries | Scotland | |
| 69 | Darras Hall | Ponteland | Newcastle Upon Tyne | Northumbria | England |
| 70 | Henllan Bridge Camp | Henllan | Llandyssil | Cardigan | Wales |
| 71 | Sheriff Hales | Shifnal | Shropshire | England | |
| 71 | Newmarket (GPC) West | Suffolk | England | ||
| 72 | Duck's Cross Camp | Colmworth | Bedfordshire | England | |
| 73 | Storwood Camp | Melbourne | Yorkshire | England | |
| 74 | Racecourse Camp | Tarporley | Cheshire | England | |
| 75 | Northern Hill Camp | Laurencekirk | Kincardineshire | Scotland | |
| 76 | Merry Thought Camp | Calthwaite | Penrith | Cumberland | England |
| 77 | Aunsmuir Camp | Ladybank | Fife | Scotland | |
| 78 | High Garrett | Braintree | Essex | England | |
| 79 | Moorby | Revesby, Boston | Lindesy | Lincolnshire | England |
| 80 | Horbling | Sleaford | Kesteven | Lincolnshire | England |
| 81 | Pingley Farm | Brigg | Lindsey | Lincolnshire | England |
| 82 | Aldborough | Norfolk | England | ||
| 82 | Hempton Green Camp | Fakenham | Norfolk | England | |
| 83 | Eden Camp | Old Malton | Malton | Yorkshire | England |
| 84 | Sheet Camp | Ludlow | Shropshire | England | |
| 85 | Victoria Camp | Brandon Road | Mildenhall | Suffolk | England |
| 86 | Stanhope Camp | Ashford | Kent | England | |
| 86 | Woodchurch | Ashford | Kent | England | |
| 87 | Byfield Camp | Rugby | Northamptonshire | England | |
| 88 | Mortimer | Reading | Berkshire | England | |
| 89 | Easton Grey Camp | Malmesbury | Wiltshire | England | |
| 90 | Friday Bridge | Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | England | |
| 91 | Post Hill Camp | Farnley | Leeds | Yorkshire | England |
| 92 | Bampton Road | Tiverton | Devon | England | |
| 93 | Oaklands Emergency Hospital | Bishop Auckland | Durham | England | |
| 93 | Harperley Camp | Fir Tree | Crook | County Durham | England |
| 94 | Gaulby Road | Billesdon | Leicestershire | England | |
| 95 | Batford Camp or Betford Camp | Harpenden | Hertfordshire | England | |
| 96 | Wolseley Road | Rugeley | Staffordshire | England | |
| 97 | Birdingbury | Bourton | Rugby | Warwickshire | England |
| 98 | Little Addington | Kettering | Northamptonshire | England | |
| 99 | The Military Hospital Shugborough Park | Shugborough | Great Haywood (GH) | Staffordshire | England |
| 100 | St Martins Camp | St Martins | Oswestry | Shropshire | England |
| 101 | Glandulas Camp | Newton | Montgomery | Wales | |
| 102 | Llanddarog | Carmarthen | Wales | ||
| 103 | Moota Camp | Cockermouth | Cumberland | England | |
| 104 | Beela River | Milnthorpe | Westmoreland | England | |
| 105 | Colinton Camp | Edinburgh (GPC) | Midlothian | Scotland | |
| 105 | Brewery Road | Wooler | Northumbria | England | |
| 106 | Stamford | Kesteven | Lincolnshire | England | |
| 107 | Penleigh Camp | Wookey Hole | Wells | Somerset. | England |
| 108 | Thirkleby | Thirsk | Yorkshire | England | |
| 109 | Brahan Castle | Dingwall | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | |
| 110 | Stuartfield | Mintlaw | Aberdeen | Scotland | |
| 111 | Deer Park Camp | Monymusk | Aberdeen | Scotland | |
| 112 | Doonfoot | Ayr | Scotland | ||
| 112 | Kingendengh Camp | Mauchline | Ayr | Scotland | |
| 113 | Holm Park Camp | Newton Stewart | Wigtown. | Scotland | |
| 114 | Eden Vale Camp | Westbury | Wiltshire | England | |
| 115 | White Cross Camp | St Columb Major | Cornwall | England | |
| 116 | Mill Lane | Hatfield Heath | Bishop's Stortford | Essex | England |
| 117 | Walderslade Camp | King George Street | Chatham | Kent | England |
| 118 | Mardy | Abergavenny | Wales | ||
| 119 | Pabo Hall Camp / Bryn Estyn, Albert Drive | Llandudno Junction | Caernarvon | Wales | |
| 120 | Sunlaws Camp | Kelso | Roxburgh | Scotland | |
| 121 | Scriven Hall | Knaresborough | Yorkshire | England | |
| 121 | Racecourse Camp | Ripon | Yorkshire | England | |
| 122 | Hatch End | Harrow-on-the Hill | Middlesex. | England | |
| 122 | Oxhey Lane Camp | Uxbridge Road | Hatch End | Middlesex | England |
| 122 | Rayners Lane | Harrow-on-the-Hill | Middlesex. | England | |
| 122G | Dancers Hill | South Mimms | Herts | England | |
| 123 | Dalmahoy Camp | Kirknewton | Midlothian | Scotland. | |
| 124 | Bedminster Camp | Ashton Gate | Bristol | England | |
| 124 | Wapley Camp | Yate | Bristol | England | |
| 125 | Newlands House | Tooting Bec Road | Tooting Bec Common | London SW17 | England |
| 126 | Mellands Camp | Gorton | Manchester | Lancashire | England |
| 127 | Potters Hill | High Green | Sheffield | Yorkshire | England |
| 128 | Meesden | Buntingford | Hertfordshire | England | |
| 129 | Ashford Lodge Camp | Halstead | Essex | England | |
| 130 | West Fen Militia | Ely | Cambridgeshire | England | |
| 131 | Uplands Camp | Diss | Norfolk | England | |
| 132 | Kimberley Park | Kimberley | Norfolk | England | |
| 134 | Loxley Hall | Uttoxeter | Staffordshire | England | |
| 135 | Stanbury House | Spencer's Wood | Reading | Berkshire | England |
| 136 | High Hall | Bishop Bourton | Beverly | Yorkshire | England |
| 136 | Welton Camp | Brough | Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire | England |
| 137 | Hazledene Camp | Elburton | Plymouth | Devon | England |
| 137 | Chaddlewood House | Plympton | Devon | England | |
| 138 | The Rectory Camp | Bassingham | Kesteven | Lincolnshire | England |
| 139 | Wolviston Hall | Wolviston | Billingham | Durham | England |
| 140 | Racecourse Camp | Warwick | Warwickshire | England | |
| 141 | Beeson House | St Neots | Huntingdonshire | England | |
| 142 | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | England | ||
| 143 | Carlton Hall | Carlton | Worksop | Nottinghamshire | England |
| 144 | Ruskin Avenue | Kew | Richmond | Surrey | England |
| 145 | Normanhurst Court Camp | Battle | East Sussex | England | |
| 146 | Newton Camp | Preston | Lancashire | England | |
| 147 | Boar's Head | Walgherton | Nantwich | Cheshire | England |
| 148 | Castlethorpe Hall Camp | Castlethorpe; Brigg | Lindley | Lincolnshire | England |
| 151 | Pendeford hall | Codsall | Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | England |
| 151 | Lawne Camp | Coven | Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | England |
| 151 | Halfpenny Green | Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | England | |
| 152 | Old Liberal Club | Charnwood Road | Shepshed; Loughborough | Leicestershire | England |
| 153 | Fulney Park Camp | Spalding | Lincolnshire | England | |
| 154 | Minister of Works Camp | Swanscombe | Dartford | Kent | England |
| 155 | Hornby Hall Camp | Penrith | Cumberland | England | |
| 156 | The Heath Camp | Wellingore | Kesteven | Lincolnshire | England |
| 157 | Bourton Camp | Bourton-on-the-Hill | Moreton-in-Marsh | Gloucestershire | England |
| 159 | Butterwick | Yorkshire | England | ||
| 160 | Military Hospital, Lydiard Park | Purton | Swindon | Wiltshire | England |
| 161 | Grangefield | Gloucester (MH) | Belfast | Northern Ireland | |
| 162 | Military Hospital | Naeburn | Yorkshire | England | |
| 163 | Butterwick | Yorkshire | England |