Wrexham Prison

Tel: 01978 523000 – Bridge Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, LL13 9QA

HMP Berwyn opened in February 2017, It’s the largest prison in the UK. Plans for the prison were announced in 2013, when the Justice Secretary announced that the Firestone site on Wrexham Industrial Estate would be used as the location. It is the first prison in the area. It can hold around 2,000 prisoners and is a category C prison, designed to house adult males. If you want to visit HMP Berwyn, simply view the map on this page.

Tel: 01978 523000

Operational capacity: 2100

Bridge Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, LL13 9QA

The prison phone service can help to reduce the cost of calls from HMP Berwyn by around 55% To find out more or to sign up please click one of the buttons below.

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Here’s some facts about Wrexham Prison

FACT 1

In August 2015 the Daily post asked its reader’s for some new name ideas for the prison.

Wrexham Prison or Carchar Wrexham and Clywedog Prison were some of the suggestions, See more of them here:

Wrexham prison names

FACT 2

The completion date for the construction of the prison will reportedly be some time in 2017.

FACT 3

Although officials stated that HMP Wrexham would hold category C prisoners, it’s been speculated that it may also be designed to accommodate category B offenders too.

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