This page lists all current and a number of historical prisons in the United Kingdom. See List of Prisons for prisons in other countries, and Her Majesty's Prison Service for further information on the English & Welsh Prison Service. (Scotland and Northern Ireland have discrete prison authorities.)

• Aberdeen Prison , Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
• Acklington Prison , Acklington , Northumberland
• Albany Prison , Newport, Isle of Wight
• Altcourse Prison , Fazakerley, Liverpool (Private - Group 4 Securitas )
• Ashfield Prison , Pucklechurch , Bristol (Private - Premier Custodial Group Ltd , subsidiary of Serco Group plc)
• Ashwell Prison , Oakham, Rutland
• Askham Grange Prison , York
• Aylesbury Prison, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Barlinnie , Glasgow
• Bedford Prison , Bedford, Bedfordshire
• Belmarsh Prison, south-east London
• Birmingham Prison , Birmingham, West Midlands
• Blakenhurst Prison , Redditch
• Blantyre House Prison , Horden, Kent
• Blundeston Prison , Lowestoft, Suffolk
• Brinsford Prison , Featherstone, Wolverhampton
• Bristol Prison , Bristol
• Brixton Prison , south London
• Brockhill Prison , Redditch, Worcestershire
• Bronzefield Prison (Private - United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
• Buckley Hall Prison , Rochdale, Lancashire
• Bullingdon Prison , Bicester, Oxon
• Bullwood Hall Prison , Hockley, Essex
• Camp Hill Prison , Newport, Isle of Wight
• Canterbury Prison , Canterbury, Kent
• Cardiff Prison , Cardiff
• Castington Prison , Morpeth, Northumberland
• Castle Huntly Prison , Longforgan , Perth and Kinross
• Channings Wood Prison , Newton Abbot, Devon
• Chelmsford Prison , Chelmsford, Essex
• Coldingley Prison , Bisley, Surrey
• Cookham Wood Prison, Rochester, Kent
• Cornton Vale Prison , Stirling, Stirling
• Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon
• Deerbolt Prison , Barnard Castle, County Durham
• Doncaster Prison , Marshgate , Doncaster (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd )
• Dorchester Prison , Dorchester, Dorset
• Dovegate Prison , Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
• Dover Prison , Dover, Kent
• Downview Prison , Sutton, Surrey
• Drake Hall Prison , Eccleshall, Staffordshire
• Dumfries Prison , Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
• Durham Prison , Old Elvet , Durham
• East Sutton Park Prison , Maidstone, Kent
• Eastwood Park Prison , Falfield, Gloucestershire
• Edinburgh Prison , Edinburgh
• Edmunds Hill Prison , Newmarket, Suffolk
• Elmley Prison , Sheerness, Kent
• Erlestoke Prison , Devizes, Wiltshire
• Everthorpe Prison , Brough, East Yorkshire
• Exeter Prison , Exeter
• Featherstone Prison , Featherstone, Wolverhampton
• Feltham Prison, Feltham, Middlesex (Young Offenders Institute)
• Fleet Prison, London - Historical
• Ford Prison , Arundel, West Sussex
• Forest Bank Prison, Manchester (Private - United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
• Foston Hall Prison , Foston , Derbyshire
• Frankland Prison , Durham
• Full Sutton Prison , York
• Garth Prison , Preston, Lancashire
• Gartree Prison , Market Harborough, Leicestershire
• Glen Parva Prison , Leicester
• Glenochil Prison , Tullibody , Clackmannanshire
• Gloucester Prison , Gloucester
• Greenock Prison , Greenock, Inverclyde
• Grendon Prison , Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
• Guys Marsh Prison , Shaftesbury, Dorset
• Haslar Prison , Gosport, Hampshire
• Haverigg Prison , Haverigg, Millom
• Hewell Grange Prison , Redditch, Worcestershire
• Highdown Prison , Sutton, Surrey
• Highpoint South Prison , Newmarket, Suffolk
• Hindley Prison , Wigan, Lancashire
• Hollesley Bay Prison , Woodbridge, Suffolk
• Holloway Prison, London
• Holme House Prison , Stockton on Tees
• Hull Prison , Hull
• Huntercombe Prison , Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
• Inverness Prison , Inverness, Highland
• Kilmarnock Prison, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
• Kingston Prison , Portsmouth
• Kirkham Prison , Preston, Lancashire
• Kirklevington Prison , Yarm
• Lancaster Prison , Lancaster, Lancashire
• Lancaster Farms Prison , Lancaster, Lancashire
• Latchmere House Prison , Richmond, Surrey
• Leeds Prison , Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Leicester Prison , Leicester
• Lewes Prison , Lewes, East Sussex
• Leyhill Prison , Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester
• Lincoln Prison , Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Lindholme Prison , Doncaster
• Littlehey Prison , Huntingdon
• Liverpool Prison , Liverpool
• Long Lartin Prison , Evesham, Worcestershire
• Low Moss Prison , Glasgow
• Low Newton Prison , Brasside , Durham
• Lowdham Grange Prison , Lowdham , Nottingham (Private - Premier Prison Services Ltd)
• Maidstone Prison , Maidstone, Kent
• Manchester Prison , Manchester Previously called ‘’Strangeways Prison’’
• Marshalsea Prison, London - Historical
• Maze (also called Long Kesh), County Antrim - closed September 29, 2000
• Moorland Prison , Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Moorland Open Prison , Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Morton Hall Prison , Swinderby , Lincoln
• Mount Prison , Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• Newgate Prison, London - Historical
• New Hall Prison , Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Noranside Prison , Forfar, Angus
• North Sea Camp Prison , Boston, Lincolnshire
• Northallerton Prison , Northallerton, West Yorkshire
• Norwich Prison , Norwich, Norfolk
• Nottingham Prison , Sherwood, Nottingham
• Onley Prison , Rugby, Warwickshire
• Oxford Prison, Oxford, Oxfordshire - closed 1996, as of 2004 being redeveloped as a hotel
• Parc Prison , Bridgend, South Wales (Private - Securicor (Justice Services))
• Parkhurst Prison , Newport, Isle of Wight
• Pentonville Prison, London
• Perth Prison , Perth, Perth and Kinross
• Peterborough Prison - New private jail for 840 inmates commissioned circa February 2003 (United Kingdom Detention Services (UKDS))
• Peterhead Prison , Aberdeenshire
• Polmont Prison , Falkirk, Falkirk (Young Offenders Institute)
• Portland Prison , Portland, Dorset
• Prescoed Prison , Pontypool, Monmouthshire
• Preston Prison , Preston, Lancashire
• Ranby Prison , Retford, Notinghamshire
• Reading Prison , Reading, Berkshire
• Risley Prison , Warrington, Cheshire
• Rochester Prison , Rochester, Kent
• Rye Hill Prison , Willoughby, Warwickshire (Private - Group 4 Securitas)
• Send Prison , Woking, Surrey
• Shepton Mallet Prison , Shepton Mallet, Somerset
• Shotts Prison , Shotts , North Lanarkshire
• Shrewsbury Prison , Shrewsbury, Shropshire
• Spring Hill Prison , Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
• Stafford Prison , Stafford
• Standford Hill Prison , Isle of Sheppey, Kent
• Stocken Prison , Oakham, Rutland
• Stoke Heath Prison , Market Drayton, Shropshire
• Styal Prison , Wilmslow, Cheshire
• Sudbury Prison , Ashbourne, Derbyshire
• Swaleside Prison , Isle of Sheppey, Kent
• Swansea Prison , Swansea
• Swinfen Hall Prison , Lichfield, Staffordshire
• Thorn Cross Prison , Warrington
• Tower of London, London - Historic
• Usk Prison , Usk, Monmouthshire
• Verne Prison , Portland, Dorset
• Wakefield Prison , Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• Wandsworth Prison, Wandsworth, south-west London
• Warren Hill Prison , Woodbridge, Suffolk
• Wayland Prison , Thetford, Norfolk
• Wealstun Prison , Wetherby, West Yorkshire
• Weare Prison , Portland, Dorset
• Wellingborough Prison , Wellingborough
• Werrington Prison , Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent
• Wetherby Prison , Wetherby, West Yorkshire
• Whatton Prison , Whatton , Nottingham
• Whitemoor Prison, March, Cambridgeshire
• Winchester Prison , Winchester
• Wolds Prison , Everthorpe , East Yorkshire (Private - Group 4 Securitas)
• Woodhill Prison , Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
• Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London
• Wymott Prison , Leyland, Lancashire

External link

• Locate a Prison section from the HM Prison Service website
• Scottish Prison Service
• Northern Ireland Prison Service