Catterick Garrison Cancelled/never opened
Military · Catterick Garrison, North YorkshireNamed on 29 March 2023 as a potential large-scale asylum site but never developed or opened; plans were dropped in favour of other sites.
Nearby schools
Nearest school: Cambrai Primary School (Primary), 0.42 miles in a straight line. There are 6 open schools within one mile and 7 within two.
Straight-line distances to open schools in the DfE Get Information About Schools register, shown as objective context. In 2026 the government said asylum accommodation should not be sited close to schools and nurseries; that guidance names no official distance, so these figures are not a measure against any threshold.
Local asylum coverage
- Government plans to shift migrants from hotels to two military barracks in new move
- Concern over MoD plans to house more refugees in Richmondshire
- Minister reveals plan to house migrants at Army's biggest operational base | ITV News
- U-turn on PM plan to lead way with asylum accommodation in his Richmond constituency
- Catterick Garrison to be used for housing asylum seekers, minister says
- Catterick Garrison barracks will not be used for large-scale asylum site | ITV News
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.