United Kingdom · Banstead
Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp
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Background
Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp was set up in 1939 in Banstead Woods in Surrey, England. The War Department requisitioned some land which was initially used as a military camp for the Canadian Army and then for the remainder of World War II as a prisoner-of-war camp for Italians and then for Germans. The camp was given the name Westonacres Camp, â 239.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1939
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
War DepartmentPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1939
Region
Banstead
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
14%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4857158)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/banstead-prisoner-of-war-camp
"Banstead Prisoner-of-War Camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/banstead-prisoner-of-war-camp.
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