You can visit someone in an immigration removal centre or short term holding facility. Check with the centre: what the visiting hours are if you need to book an appointment what ID you need what items you’re allowed to take with you - you may be searched when you arrive You may be able to contact someone in a removal centre by phone, email or video call. Contact the immigration removal centre to check.

Email: gatwickirc.visitsbooking@serco.com (to arrange visits) Email: practiceplusgrp.brookhouse@nhs.net (to request medical records) Telephone: 01293 566 500 (to arrange visits) Fax: 01293 566 580 or 01293 566 581 Find out about call charges Brook House immigration removal centre Perimeter Road South London Gatwick Airport Gatwick RH6 0PQ Visiting hours are 2pm to 5:30pm and 6pm to 9pm each day. Last admission is at 8.30pm. You must book at least one day in advance, between 8am and 9pm. You must bring the following: passport or travel document driving licence (paper and photo sections) Or you can bring 2 of the following: birth or marriage certificate rail or bus pass with photo employer’s ID or student card with photo young person’s proof of age card trade union membership card older person’s bus pass benefits book application registration card (ARC) There’s a free bus service from Atlantic House to Brook House with a stop at Tinsley House . The pick-up point is in front of Atlantic House, just outside Gatwick South Terminal. You can ask about bus times or how to arrange a pick-up when you book your visit. There’s a free on-site car park. If you use a sat nav, use the street name Perimeter Road South, not the postcode.

Email: HARVisits@mitie.com (to arrange legal visits - for legal professionals only) Email: HIRCDomesticVisits@mitie.com (to arrange a social visit) Email: practiceplusgrp.healthcareheathrowirc@nhs.net (to request medical records) Telephone: 020 8607 5200 Colnbrook immigration removal centre Colnbrook Bypass Harmondsworth West Drayton Middlesex UB7 0FX Visiting hours are 2pm to 9pm each day. Last admission is at 8.30pm. You must book your visit in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address Find out how to get to the centre by train or bus

Derwentside, County Durham

Email: Derwentside.visits@serco.com (for general visits) Email: DerwentsideIRC@practiceplusgroup.com (for healthcare) Telephone: 01207 260221 Derwentside immigration removal centre Corbridge Road Consett Co Durham DH8 6QY Visiting hours are 9am to midday and 1pm to 9pm each day. You must book your visit in advance. You must bring 1 type of photo ID (passport, driving licence, European Community identity card), or 2 of the following: birth or marriage certificate rail or bus pass with photo employer’s ID or student card young person’s proof of age card trade union membership card senior citizen travel pass issued by a local authority benefits book showing you receive welfare payments Home Office application registration card There’s a free shuttle bus and taxi service from Durham bus or train station to Derwentside. Ask for further information when you book your visit.

Dungavel House, South Lanarkshire

Email: dungavel.visits@mitiecc.com (to arrange all visits - including legal visits) Email: dungavelhc@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (to request medical records) Telephone: 01698 395 000 Dungavel House immigration removal centre Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RF Legal visiting hours are 9am to midday and 1pm to 9pm each day. Social visiting hours are: 1pm to 9pm, Monday to Friday 9am to midday and 1pm to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday You must book your visit in advance. You must bring 1 type of photo ID (passport, driving licence, European Community identity card), or 2 of the following: birth or marriage certificate rail or bus pass with photo employer’s ID or student card young person’s proof of age card trade union membership card senior citizen travel pass issued by a local authority benefits book showing you receive welfare payments Home Office application registration card There’s a free taxi service from the nearest bus or train station to Dungavel House. Ask for this when you book your visit.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex

Email: HARVisits@mitie.com (to arrange legal visits - for legal professionals only) Email: HIRCDomesticVisits@mitie.com (to arrange a social visit) Email: practiceplusgrp.healthcareheathrowirc@nhs.net (to request medical records) Telephone: 020 8607 5200 Harmondsworth immigration removal centre Colnbrook-by-pass Harmondsworth West Drayton Middlesex UB7 0HB Visiting hours are 2pm to 9pm each day. Last admission is at 8.30pm. You must book your visit in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (a passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address Find out how to get to the centre by train or bus

Larne House short term holding facility, Antrim

Telephone: 028 2826 2070 Larne House short term holding facility 2 Hope Street Larne Antrim BT40 1UR Visiting hours are 2pm to 9pm each day – you must book in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address

Manchester short term holding facility

Telephone: 0161 509 2015 Manchester short term holding facility Building 302 Argosy Drive World Freight Terminal Manchester Airport M90 5PZ Visiting hours are 2pm to 9pm each day. You must book in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address Follow the signs to World Freight Terminal. Building 302 is on the right hand side of the road.

Swinderby short term holding facility

Telephone: 01522 302665 Swinderby short term holding facility Park Crescent Eagle Road Swinderby Lincoln LN6 9HU Visiting hours are 2pm to 9pm Monday to Friday. You must book in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address The nearest train station is Swinderby station. There’s also Newark Northgate (9 miles away) or Lincoln (12 miles away).

Tinsley House, Gatwick

Email: gatwickirc.visitsbooking@serco.com (to arrange visits) Email: practiceplusgrp.brookhouse@nhs.net (to request medical records) Telephone: 01293 434 800 Find out about call charges Tinsley House immigration removal centre Perimeter Road South Gatwick Airport Gatwick West Sussex RH6 0PQ Gatwick pre-departure accommodation (part of Tinsley House) Perimeter Road South Gatwick Airport Gatwick West Sussex RH6 0PQ Visiting hours are 2pm to 5.30pm and 6pm to 9pm each day. Last admission is at 8:30pm. You must book at least one day in advance, between 8am and 9pm. Everyone who visits must have ID, including children. You must bring one of the following: passport or travel document driving licence (paper and photo sections) Or you can bring 2 of the following: birth or marriage certificate rail or bus pass with photo employer’s ID or student card young person’s proof of age card trade union membership card older person’s bus pass benefits book application registration card (ARC) There’s a free bus service from Atlantic House to Tinsley House with a stop at Brook House . The pick-up point is in front of Atlantic House, just outside Gatwick South Terminal. You can ask about bus times or how to arrange a pick-up when you book your visit. There’s a free on-site car park. If you use a sat nav, use the street name Perimeter Road South, not the postcode.

Yarl's Wood, Bedfordshire

Email: yarls-wood-visitors-centre@serco.com (to arrange visits) Email: yarlswoodirc.healthcare@nhs.net (to request medical records) Telephone: 01234 821 000 Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre Twinwoods Business Park Thurleigh Road Milton Ernest Bedford MK44 2FQ Visiting hours are 2pm to 5pm and 6pm to 9pm each day. You must book at least one day in advance. You must bring the following: photo ID (passport or driving licence) utility bill showing your name and address There’s a bus service between Bedford station and Yarl’s Wood.

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