What HMP/YOI Cookham Wood is
HMP/YOI Cookham Wood holds young people in closed conditions. Swaleside and Elmley are Sheppey adults; Maidstone is the county local.
Medway has several gates; match ME1 on your visit letter to Cookham Wood, not Rochester’s other YOI entrance.
Locating someone at HMP/YOI Cookham Wood
HMP/YOI Cookham Wood 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/YOI Cookham Wood
Book HMP/YOI Cookham Wood 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 Rochester
Rochester or Strood, then a bus or taxi towards Sir Evelyn Road / Warren Wood.
Questions about HMP/YOI Cookham Wood
- Is Cookham Wood on the Isle of Sheppey?
- No. Sheppey holds Elmley and Swaleside. Cookham Wood is at Rochester (ME1).
- Can I search who is in HMP/YOI Cookham Wood online?
- No public UK inmate roster exists. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner, which requires the prisoner’s consent.