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Official Asylum Large Sites

Military bases, RAF stations, barracks and vessels the government has named for asylum accommodation. Source: gov.uk factsheets.
The government's alternative to hotels is a set of large sites. 12 have been officially named, of which 2 are currently open. This page lists only sites named in official factsheets; individual hotels are not listed. See them geographically on the map.
Open (2)

RAF Wethersfield Open

Raf · Wethersfield, Essex · 1,245 capacity

Crowborough Training Camp Open

Military · Crowborough, East Sussex · 540 capacity
Planned (3)

MoD Linton-on-Ouse Planned

Raf · Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire

MoD Barnham Planned

Military · Barnham, Suffolk

MoD Bicester (Site A) Planned

Military · Bicester, Oxfordshire
Closed (3)

Bibby Stockholm Closed

Vessel · Portland, Dorset · 500 capacity (reported)

Napier Barracks Closed

Barracks · Folkestone, Kent · 328 capacity (reported)

Penally Training Camp Closed

Military · Penally, Pembrokeshire · 250 capacity (reported)
Cancelled/never opened (4)

Cameron Barracks Cancelled/never opened

Barracks · Inverness, Highland · 300 capacity

RAF Scampton Cancelled/never opened

Raf · Scampton, Lincolnshire

Catterick Garrison Cancelled/never opened

Military · Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire

Northeye Cancelled/never opened

Large site · Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex

About this list

  • Officially named only. Every site here appears in a gov.uk factsheet or official statement. Individual hotels, which are not officially mapped, are excluded by design.
  • Capacity. Marked official only where the factsheet states a number; other figures are press or inspectorate reported and labelled as such.
  • Status reflects the latest position: open, planned (proposed, subject to planning/feasibility), closed, or cancelled/never opened.
  • School distances on each site page are objective straight-line distances to DfE-registered schools; the government's "not near schools" guidance states no official distance.