Penally Training Camp Closed
Military · Penally, PembrokeshireFormer military training camp near Tenby used for asylum accommodation from September 2020; closed in spring 2021 and returned to the MoD after inspections found it unsuitable for long-term use. Capacity is inspectorate/press-reported.
Nearby schools
England schools register (DfE) only; not available for this nation.
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
- UK asylum seekers face £10,000 charge before they can apply to settle
- Inside the former asylum seekers' camp criticised for 'filthy' prison-like conditions
- Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough military camp is repeating dangerous mistakes
- Penally Camp can never be a ‘suitable location’ to house asylum seekers
- Penally asylum camp 'horrendous' cost to council
- Penally asylum seekers' camp plan: Welsh Secretary was not told
Recent local coverage of asylum accommodation, via Google News. Headlines and publishers shown verbatim.