A contracted women’s prison by the airport towns
HMP Bronzefield, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford TW15 3JZ, opened in 2004 as a purpose-built women’s prison. It is operated by Sodexo. It takes remand and sentenced women and has a mother-and-baby unit in the public description of the estate — confirm current unit status on GOV.UK, because those details change.
Inspectors and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman have published heavily scrutinised reports on Bronzefield. Those documents are about treatment and safety, not a directory of prisoners.
Find a prisoner
GOV.UK locator, consent required. If the result says Bronzefield, book Bronzefield — not Downview, not Send, not Peterborough.
Visits
Follow GOV.UK’s Bronzefield guidance. Private prisons still sit inside HMPPS visiting rules, but the desk and the visitors’ centre are Bronzefield’s. Ashford (Surrey) station is not Ashford International in Kent. Say “Ashford, Middlesex / Surrey, Woodthorpe Road” to anyone booking your train.
Woodthorpe Road, Ashford (TW15)
Ashford (Surrey) station on the Waterloo line, then a short bus or taxi. Heathrow is close on a map and a bad place to explain a prison visit from. Go to the station named Ashford (Surrey), not Kent.
Questions about HMP Bronzefield
- Is Bronzefield in Kent?
- No. It is in Ashford, Surrey/Middlesex (TW15), near Staines — not Ashford International in Kent.