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Here is a complete list. If anyone wants to format it properly, feel free. --BetramMurgatroyd 20:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

BEDFORDSHIRE

No	Name	Location
72	Duck’s Cross Camp	Colmworth
261	Ampthill	------

BIRMINGHAM

No	Name	Location
54	Longbridge Camp	------

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

No	Name	Location
36	Hartwell Dog Track	Aylesbury
55	Shalstone	------
268	Norduck Farm	Aston Abbots, Aylesbury
300	Wilton Park	Beaconsfield
684	Mitcham Park	Burnham

BURY

No	Name	Location
12	Bury	------
177	Warth Mills Camp	------

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

No	Name	Location
26	Barton Field Camp	Ely
45	Trumpington	------
59	Wood Walton Lane	Sawtry
90	Friday Bridge	Wisbech
130	West Fen Militia	Ely
141	Beeson House	St. Neots
180	Trumpington	------
279	Melitia Camp	Yaxley, Farcet
1025	Milton Road (PC)	Histon

CHESHIRE

No	Name	Location
2	Toft Hall	Knutsford
24	Knutsford (MH)	------
74	Racecourse Camp	Tarporley
147	Boar’s Head	Walgherton, Nantwich
189	Marbury Hall	Northwich
191	Crewe Hall	Crewe
193	Maddleley Tile Works Camp	Maddeley, Crewe
283	WD Camp	Ledsham Hall, Ledsham
634	Alverston Camp	Nantwich

CITY OF BRISTOL

No	Name	Location
124	Bedminster Camp	Ashton Gate

CITY OF NOTTINGHAM

No	Name	Location
27	Nottingham (GPC)	------
166	Woollaton Park Camp	Nottingham

CITY OF PETERBOROUGH

No	Name	Location
265	Park Farm	Thorney

CITY OF PLYMOUTH

No	Name	Location
137	Hazledene Camp	Elburton

CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

No	Name	Location
402	Southampton	------

CORNWALL

No	Name	Location
115	White Cross Camp	St. Columb Major
257	Pennygillam Camp	Launceston
406	Scarnecross Camp	Launceston
674	Consols Mine Camp	Par

COVENTRY

No	Name	Location
667	Coventry	------

CUMBRIA

No	Name	Location
1	Grizedale Hall	Hawkshead, Ambleside
13	Shap Fells Hotel	Shap, Penrith
76	Merry Thought Camp	Calthwaite, Penrith
103	Moota Camp	Cockermouth
104	Beela River	Milnethorpe
155	Hornby Hall Camp	Penrith
692	Longtown	Carlisle
696	Carlisle	------

DARLINGTON

No	Name	Location
36	Darlington (GPC)	------

DERBYSHIRE

No	Name	Location
23	Sudbury	------
58	Belper	------
58	Swanwick	Alfreton
179	The Hayes Camp	Ripley
179	Swanwick	Alfreton
248	Belper	------
248	New Drill Hall	Clay Cross, Chesterfield
297	The Hayes Camp	Ripley
634	Weston on Trent	------
1004	Sudbury	------
1023	Sudbury (PC)	------

DEVON

No	Name	Location
20	Bickham Camp	Yelverton, Tavistock
42	Exhibition Field Camp	Holsworthy
92	Bampton Rd.	Tiverton
276	Pinhoe	Exeter
276	Dymond’s Farm	Clyst Honiton, Exeter
404	Ivybridge	------
669	Cruwys	Morchard Bishop, Tiverton
673	Bridestowe	Okehampton
694	Bideford	------

DONCASTER

No	Name	Location
6	Doncaster	------
248	Norton Camp	------
296	Racecourse Camp	Doncaster

DORSET

No	Name	Location
47	Motcombe Park	Shaftesbury
295	Cattistock	Dorchester
688	Lulworth	W. Lulworth, Wareham
1021	Merley Park (PC)	Wimbourne Minster

DURHAM

No	Name	Location
93	Oaklands Emergency Hospital	Bishop Auckland
93	Harperley	Fir  Tree, Crook

EAST SUSSEX

No	Name	Location
145	Normanhurst Camp	Battle
1017	Uckfield	------

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

No	Name	Location
73	Storwood Camp	Melbourne
136	High Hall	Bishop Bourton, Beverley
136	Welton Camp	Brough
250	Thorpe Hall	Rudston, Driffield
264	Welton House	Welton, Brough
691	Snaith	Goole

ESSEX

No	Name	Location
78	High Garret	Braintree
116	Mill Lane	Hatfield Heath
129	Ashford Lodge Camp	Halstead
180	Saffron Walden	------
186	Berechurch Hall	Colchester
204	Colchester	------
236	White House	Church Hill, Loughton
266	Hutted Camp	Laindon Hills, Laindon
670	Shaftesbury Camp	Dovercourt, Harwich
680	Shaftesbury Camp	Dovercourt, Harwich
740	Harwich Transit Camp	Harwich

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No	Name	Location
37	Sudeley Castle	Winchcombe, Cheltenham
61	Wynolls Hill	Broadwell, Coleford
142	Gloucester	------
157	Bourton Camp	Bourton on the Hill, Moreton in the Marsh
185	Springhill Lodge Camp	Blockley, Moreton in the Marsh
232	Northwick Park (MH)	Blockley
263	Leckhampton Court Camp	Leckhampton, Cheltenham
1009	Nothway Camp (PC)	Ashchurch, Tewkesbury

GREATER LONDON

No	Name	Location
11	Trent Park Camp	Barnet
17	W2 (GPC)	------
30	Carpenters’ Road	Stratford East, E15
32	Wormwood Scrubs	Shepherds Bush, W2
122	Hatch End	Harrow on the Hill
122	Rayner’s Lane	Harrow on the Hill
125	Newlands House	SW17  Tooting Bec Road, Tooting Bec Common
233	Summer House	Ravensbourne, Bromley
237	Co-Ed-Bel Camp	Lubbock Rd., Chislehurst
274	Ministry of Works Camp	Oxley Lane, Uxbridge Rd., Hatch End
669	Ridge Camp	Greenford
1003	Enfield (PC)	------
1020	Shooter’s Hill	Woolwich
1026	Raynes Park Camp	Bushey Rd., Wimbledon

HALTON

No	Name	Location
290	South Lane	Bold. Barrow’s Green, Widnes

HAMPSHIRE

No	Name	Location
30	Aldershot (GPC)	------
41	Ganger Camp	Romsey
65	Setley Plain	Brockenhurst
251	East Cams	Dorchester Rd., Fareham
294	Fisher’s Camp	Theddon Grange, Alton
614	Stoneham Camp	Eastleigh
663	Park House Camp ‘A’	Skipton Bellinger
672	Popham	Micheldever, Winchester
675	Hiltingbury Rd.	Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh
676	Puckride Camp	Fleet Rd., Aldershot
693	Whitchurch	Andover
1000	Oakhanger’s Camp (PC)	Bordon
1006	Willem Barracks	Aldershot
1019	Aldershot (PC)	------

HEREFORDSHIRE

No	Name	Location
27	Ledbury	------
29	Royston Heath Camp	Royston
686	Morton on Lugg	Hereford

HERTFORDSHIRE

No	Name	Location
33	Dancer’s Hill	South Mimms
95	Batford Camp	Harpenden
128	Meesden	Buntingford
235	Gorhambury Park	Hemel Hempstead
411	The Wynches Camp	Much Hadham

KENT

No	Name	Location
33	Shorncliffe Camp (GPC)	Folkestone
40	Somerhill Camp	Tonbridge
86	Stanhope Camp	Ashford
86	Woodchurch	Ashford
154	Ministry of Works	Swanscombe
267	Mereworth Castle	Mereworth
282	Brissendean Green Camp	Nr. Ashford
412	Langdon Barracks	Dover
654	Bridging Camp	Wouldham
670	St. Martin’s Plain	Folkestone
730	Dover	------
866	Stanhope Camp	Ashford
1002	Mothfield Common Camp	Ashford

KIRKLEES

No	Name	Location
60	Huddersfield	------

LANCASHIRE

No	Name	Location
29	Ormskirk (GH)	------
65	Preston (GPC)	------
146	Newton Camp	Preston
168	Brookmill Camp	Woodlands, Kirkham

LEEDS

No	Name	Location
91	Post Hill Camp	Farnley, Leeds
164	Weston Lane	Otley
244	Butcher Hill Camp	Leeds
245	Weston Lane	Otley

LEICESTERSHIRE

No	Name	Location
4	Scraptoft	Thurnby
9	Quorn	Loughborough
28	Knighthorpe Camp	Ashby Rd., Loughborough
49	Harrington Camp	Farndon Rd., Market Harborough
94	Gaulby Rd.	Billesden
152	Old Liberal Club	Charnwood Rd., Shepshed
167	Shady Lane	Stoughton
183	Quorn	Loughborough
613	Old Dalby	Melton Mowbray

LINCOLNSHIRE

No	Name	Location
51	Allington	Grantham
79	Moorby	Revesby
80	Horbling	Sleaford
106	Stamford	------
138	The Rectory Camp	Bassingham
148	Castlethorpe Hall Camp	Castlethorpe
153	Fulney Park Camp	Spalding
156	The Heath Camp	Wellingore
254	Sutton Bridge Camp	Holbeach, Holland Fen
256	Wellingham House	Market Rasen
292	North Somercotes	Louth
407	Usselby Camp	Market Rasen
1012	Canwick (PC)	Lincoln

LIVERPOOL

No	Name	Location
1008	Allerton	------

LUTON

No	Name	Location
270	Luton Airport	------

MANCHESTER

No	Name	Location
126	Mellands Camp	Gorton

MEDWAY

No	Name	Location
117	Walderslade Camp	Chatham

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

No	Name	Location
669	Gosforth	------

NORFOLK

No	Name	Location
82	Aldburgh	------
82	Kempton Green Camp	Fakenham
131	Uplands Camp	Diss
132	Kimberley Camp	Kimberley
231	Redgrave Park (MH)	Diss
253	Mousehold Heath Camp	Norwich
255	RAF Camp	Snettisham
258	RAF Camp	Seething
272	RAF Airfield	Attleborough
280	North Lynn Farm	King’s Lynn
281	Aldburgh	Norwich
409	Wolterton Camp	Aylsham

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

No	Name	Location
35	Boughton Park	Boughton
87	Byfield Camp	------
98	Little Addington	Kettering
259	Weekley	Kettering
702	King’s Cliffe	------
1010	Weedon Camp	Weedon Beck

NORTH-EAST LINCOLNSHIRE

No	Name	Location
170	Wellesby Camp	Grimsby
292	Wellesby Camp	Grimsby

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

No	Name	Location
81	Pingley Farm	Brigg
292	Kirmington	------

NORTH SOMERSET

No	Name	Location
403	Brockley	------

NORTH YORKSHIRE

No	Name	Location
4	Gilling Camp	Richmond
53	Sandbeds Camp	Brayton, Selby
60	Overdale  Camp	Skipton
83	Eden Camp	Old Malton, Malton
108	Thirkleby	Thirsk
121	Knaresborough	------
121	Racecourse Camp	Ripon
159	Butterwick	------
163	Butterwick	------
178	Ure Bank Camp	Ripon
244	Butterwick	------
247	Ure Bank Camp	Ripon
250	Old Malton	Malton
288	Hartforth Grange Camp	Gilling West, Richmond
631	Stadium Camp	Catterick
662	Stadium Camp	Catterick
664	Stadium Camp	Catterick
690	Selby	------
1007	Burn (PC)	Selby
1015	Tadcaster  (PC)	------

NORTHUMBERLAND

No	Name	Location
18	Featherstone Park	Haltwhistle
69	Darras Hall	Ponteland
105	Brewery Rd	Wooler
291	Kitty Brewster Farm	Blyth
667	Byrness	Redeshale, Otterburn

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

No	Name	Location
52	Nether Headon Camp	Retford
143	Carlton Hall	Carlton, Worksop
169	Tollerton	------
174	Norton Camp	Cuckney, Mansfield
181	Carburton	Worksop
249	Carburton	Worksop
262	RAF Camp	Langer, Barnstone
613	Tollerton Hall	Tollerton, Plumtree
633	Boughton Camp	New Ollerton, Newark on Trent
698	Tollerton	------

OLDHAM

No	Name	Location
168	Glen Mill Camp	Oldham
176	Glen Mill Camp	Oldham

OXFORDSHIRE

No	Name	Location
43	Harcourt  Hall	North Hinksley
246	Working Men’s Club	Nettlebed, Henley on Thames
632	Old Windmills Camp	Blackthorn Arncot, Bicester
652	Magazine Camp	Didcot
653	Old Windmills Camp	Blackthorn Arncot, Bicester
657	No 9 Tented Camp	Arncot, Bicester
661	Eynsham Park	Eynsham, Witney
683	Arncot Depot	Bicester
693	Didcot	------
695	Bergard Barracks	Shrivenham
1011	D30 Bicester Garrison	Bicester

ROTHERHAM

No	Name	Location
269	Rotherham	------
296	Ravenfield Park	Rotherham

SEFTON

No	Name	Location
678	Fort Crosby	Hightown

SHEFFIELD

No	Name	Location
17	Lodge Moor Camp	------
127	Potter’s Hill Camp	High Green

SHROPSHIRE

No	Name	Location
8	Mile House	Oswestry
8	Sheriffhales	Shifnal
23	Shrewsbury (GPC)	------
71	Sheriffhales	Shifnal
84	Sheet Camp	Ludlow
100	St. Martin’s	Oswestry
192	Adderley Hall	Adderley, Market Drayton
240	Shrewsbury	------
240	Adderley Hall	Adderley, Market Drayton
240	Hawkstone Park	Weston, Wem
272	Davenport  House	Warfield, Bridgnorth
285	Hawkstone Park	Weston, Wem
651	‘S’ Camp	Donnington
657	Donnington	------
659	‘S’ Camp	Donnington
679	83 OSD	Weston, Wem
1018	Kinnerley (PC)	Oswestry

SOMERSET

No	Name	Location
37	Bridgewater (GPC)	------
44	Goathurst	Bridgewater
107	Penleigh	Wookey Hole, Wells
405	Barwick House	Barwick, Yeovil
665	Cross Keys Camp	Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton
666	Stoberry Park	Wells
1022	Norton Fitzwarren (PC)	Taunton

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

No	Name	Location
124	Wapley Camp	Yate

STAFFORDSHIRE

No	Name	Location
96	Wolseley Rd.	Rugeley
99	Shugborough Park (GH)	Great Haywood
134	Loxley Hall	Uttoxeter
151	Pendeford hall	Codsall
151	Coven	------
151	Halfpenny Green	------
175	Flaxley Green Camp	Rugeley
194	Council House	Penkridge

STOCKTON ON TEES

No	Name	Location
139	Wolviston Hall	Billingham

SUFFOLK

No	Name	Location
56	Botesdale	------
71	Newmarket West (GPC)	------
85	Victoria Camp	Brandon Rd., Mildenhall
171	Bungay Base Camp	Bungay, Beccles
260	Hardwicke House	Bury St. Edmunds
273	Flixton Airfield	Flixton, Bungay
273	Debach Airfield	Debach, Woodbridge

SURREY

No	Name	Location
9	Kempton Park Racecourse	Sunbury on Thames
57	Merrow Downs Camp	Guildford
239	Westonacres Camp	Woodmansterne, Banstead
275	Topsite Camp	Thames Ditton
674	Camberley	Bagshot
681	Kempton Park Racecourse	Sunbury on Thames
1016	Camberley (PC)	Bagshot

SWINDON

No	Name	Location
674	Stratton Factory	Swindon

TELFORD & WREKIN

No	Name	Location
1004	Wellington	------

THURROCK

No	Name	Location
286	Purfleet & Romford	------
654	No 4 POW Transit Camp	Purfleet
655	No 4 POW Transit Camp	Purfleet

TRAFFORD

No	Name	Location
189	Dunham Park	Altrincham

WARWICKSHIRE

No	Name	Location
6	Long Marston	Stratford on Avon
25	Leamington Spa (GPC)	------
31	Ellington Park	Newbold Upon Stour, Stratford on Avon
39	Castle Maxstoke	Coleshill
97	Birdingbury	------
140	Racecourse Camp	Warwick
195	Merevale Hall	Atherstone
196	Arbury Hall	Nuneaton
241	Merevale Hall	Atherstone
685	Long Marston	Stratford on Avon
1005	Willoughby (PC)	Rugby

WEST BERKSHIRE

No	Name	Location
25	Lodge Farm	Farncombe Down, Lambourne
88	Mortimer	------
246	Pangbourne	------
1001	Thatcham (PC)	Newbury

WEST SUSSEX

No	Name	Location
46	Kingsfold Camp	Billingshurst
238	Brookhouse	Apringly, Hayward’s Heath
658	Barn House Farm	Shipley, Horsham

WIGAN

No	Name	Location
50	Garswood Park	Ashton in Makersfield

WILTSHIRE

No	Name	Location
23	Le Marchant Camp	Devizes
52	Colderton (GPC)	Amesbury
89	Easton Grey Camp	Malmesbury
114	Eden Vale Camp	Westbury
160	Lydiard Park	Purton
289	Lydiard House	Lydiard Millicent
402	Lopscombe Corner Camp	Salisbury
410	Le Marchant Camp	Devizes
658	Westbury	------
668	Aliwal Barracks	North Tidworth
671	Salisbury	------
671	Largo Camp	Larkhill, Salisbury

WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD

No	Name	Location
7	Winter Quarters	Ascot, Windsor

WOKHAM

No	Name	Location
135	Stanbury House	Spencer’s Wood

WORCESTERSHIRE

No	Name	Location
277	South Littleton	Evesham
277	Fladbury Golf Course	Fladbury, Pershore
287	Perdiswell Hall	Worcester
687	Shotover House	Worcester
689	Great Malvern	------

YORKSHIRE

No	Name	Location
162	Naeburn (MH)	------

KEY
PC- Processing Camp
GPC- General Processing Camp
MH-Main Holding Camp
GH-General Holding Camp
CHC- Command Holding Cage

ⁱSome derelict huts may still exist.
ⁱⁱOne concrete ablutions hut remains at NS79186 81914
ⁱⁱⁱA single hut, converted into a chapel and decorated by Italian prisoners, survives.
^ivAlso known as Cowden Camp, this site survives as Cultybraggan Training Camp at NN7680 1980.
^vHut No. 9 survives as a visitor attraction.
^viNone of these camps were established until after the islands were liberated by the British Army in May 1945.
^viiPartly survives as a visitor attraction.
^viiiSurvives completely intact as a major visitor attraction.
^ixExact location uncertain.