What HMP Fosse Way is
HMP Fosse Way holds adult men under contract. It opened to add Leicester-area training capacity.
Welford Road local and Nottingham’s local are remand names; Fosse Way is mid-sentence Category C.
Locating someone at HMP Fosse Way
HMP Fosse Way does not publish a landing list. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner with name and date of birth. HMPPS only confirms the prison if the person consents. If they were in court today, wait until the next working day before you decide the form is wrong.
Visiting HMP Fosse Way
Book HMP Fosse Way through the national prison-visits service and the official GOV.UK page. You must already be on the visitor list. Session times change; we only reprint a timetable when we have fetched it from that page.
Getting to Leicester
Leicester station, then a bus towards Western Park or a taxi along Fosse Way (A46 corridor).
Questions about HMP Fosse Way
- Is Fosse Way the same as HMP Leicester?
- No. Leicester is the local on Welford Road. Fosse Way is the contracted Category C at LE3.
- Can I search who is in HMP Fosse Way online?
- No public UK inmate roster exists. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner, which requires the prisoner’s consent.