Swinderby, Lincoln

Swinderby Short-Term Holding Facility (STHF)

United Kingdom

Status

In use

2026

Type: Immigration detention centre (Administrative)

Custodial Authority: UK Visas and Immigration

Management: Mitie (Private Not-For-Profit)

Detains: Not Available

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
39
5

31 December 2025

No Data
United Kingdom

22,996

Migration Detainee Entries

7,332

Detained Asylum Seekers

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FACILITY NAMES
Swinderby Short-Term Holding Facility (STHF)
Location

Country: United Kingdom

City & Region: Swinderby, Lincoln, Europe

Latitude, Longitude: 53.16813842973509, -0.6891125585513024

Contact Information
Swinderby short term holding facility
Park Crescent
Eagle Road
Swinderby
Lincoln
LN6 9HU

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2024
In use
2023
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Administrative
Immigration detention centre
2023
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Short-Term Holding Facility
2023
Management
Management
Type
Year
Mitie
Private Not-For-Profit
2023
Custodial Authorities
Agency
Ministry
Ministry type
Year
UK Visas and Immigration
Home Office
Interior or Home Affairs
2023

DETAINEES

Countries of Origin

Country #1 Albania

Country #2 Romania

Country #3 Turkey

2023

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 39

2025

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 39

2024

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 39

2023

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 37

2023
Migration Detainee Entries

Number 871

2023
Reported Single-Day Migration Detainee Population at Facility (day)
Number
Date
5
31 December 2025
5
31 December 2024
7
30 September 2024
9
30 June 2024
4
31 March 2024
3
31 December 2023
Number of men detained on single day
Number
Date
6
31 March 2023
3
31 December 2022

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Medium-term (4-20 days)

Maximum Legal Length of Detention (days)
Days
Year
7
2023

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