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 2024

No Data
United Kingdom

20,604

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

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 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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