HM Prison Belmarsh

His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh is a Category A men's prison located in , south-east London, England. Belmarsh Prison is run by His Majesty's Prison Service and is situated next to HMP Isis and HMP Thameside.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Prison
  • Description: men’s prison in Thamesmead, south-east London, England
  • Also known as: “Belmarsh Prison”, “Her Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh”, “His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh”, and “HMP Belmarsh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HM Prison Thameside and HM Prison Isis.

Prison
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is a Category B men's private prison in the area of the , , . Thameside Prison is operated by Serco and is situated next to Belmarsh and Isis prisons. is situated 960 feet southwest of HM Prison Belmarsh.

Prison
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His Majesty’s Prison is a Category C male Young Offenders Institution, located in the area of the , in , . is situated 880 feet northeast of HM Prison Belmarsh.

Railway station
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serves the suburb of , in the , east of . It is 10 miles 1 chain measured from London Charing Cross. is situated 3,000 feet southwest of HM Prison Belmarsh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gallions Reach and Abbey Wood.

Locality
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is a stretch of the between and . The area is named for the Galyons, a 14th-century family who owned property along this stretch of the river, and places, including street names, on both sides have been named after it.

Suburb
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is an area in southeast , England, in the and bordering the . It is located 10.6 miles east of . According to the 2021 census, has a population of 17,700.

Suburb
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is an area of south-east London, England, straddling the border between the and the . It is located 11 miles east of , north-east of and west of It mainly consists of social housing built from the mid-1960s onwards on former marshland on the south bank of the .

HM Prison Belmarsh

Latitude
51.4957° or 51° 29′ 45″ north
Longitude
0.09312° or 0° 5′ 35″ east
Open location code
9F32F3WV+76
Open­Street­Map ID
way 37711456
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q3403995
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“HM Prison Belmarsh” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Belmarş həbsxanası”
  • Catalan: “HM Prison Belmarsh”
  • Chinese: “HM貝爾馬許監獄”
  • Chinese: “英國貝爾馬什監獄”
  • Chinese: “貝爾馬許監獄”
  • Chinese: “贝尔马什监狱”
  • Czech: “Belmarsh Prison”
  • Czech: “HM Prison Belmarsh”
  • Finnish: “Belmarshin vankila”
  • Finnish: “HM Prison Belmarsh”
  • French: “Prison de Belmarsh”
  • French: “prison de haute sécurité de Belmarsh”
  • German: “HMP Belmarsh”
  • Japanese: “ベルマーシュ刑務所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Belmarsh”
  • Norwegian: “Belmarsh”
  • Polish: “HMP Belmarsh”
  • Polish: “Więzienie Belmarsh”
  • Russian: “Белмарш (тюрьма)”
  • Russian: “Белмарш”
  • Slovenian: “HM Prison Belmarsh”
  • Slovenian: “HMP Belmarsh”
  • Slovenian: “zapor Belmarsh”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Belmarsh”
  • Swedish: “Belmarsh”
  • Ukrainian: “в’язниця Белмарш”

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Highlights include Woolwich Crown Court and Asian Community Centre.

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