What HMP Hindley is
HMP Hindley is a men’s Category C prison. It has also held young adults at points in its life; take the current GOV.UK description as the live function, not a 2000s memory.
It is not Hindley Green as a shopping pin. Gibson Street, WN2 5TH, is the address to match against a booking.
Locating someone at HMP Hindley
HMP Hindley 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 Hindley
Book HMP Hindley 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 Wigan
Wigan North Western or Wigan Wallgate, then a bus towards Bickershaw / Platt Bridge. Drivers who only hear “Hindley” may drop you in Hindley town, which is not the gate.
Questions about HMP Hindley
- Is Hindley still a young-offender jail?
- Check GOV.UK’s live Hindley page. The site has shifted function over the years; the current category and age group are on that page, not on a forum post.
- Can I search who is in HMP Hindley online?
- No public UK inmate roster exists. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner, which requires the prisoner’s consent.