HMP/YOI Askham Grange

The booking line opens, Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Find out about call charges

Earliest arrival time is 1:45pm and latest arrival time is at the discretion of the prison.

The booking line opens, Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Find out about call charges

All visitors, aged 16 or older must prove their identity before entering the prison. Read the list of acceptable forms of ID when visiting a prison.

Visitors must enter through the front gate where they will be booked in for their visit by a member of staff at the Gate House.

Phones and other devices will need to be placed in a locker at the Gate House before progressing any further into the establishment, visitors will then be directed to visits where they will park in the spaces provided and then enter the visits hall where they will show photographic ID.

Only people on a visit will be allowed access to the prison grounds. We have no facility to allow visitors or animals to remain in cars or walk the grounds.

All visitors may to be given a pat-down search, including children. You may also be sniffed by security dogs.

Each adult visitor is allowed a reasonable amount of money to buy food and drink from the tea bar in the visiting hall.

There are strict controls on what you can take into Askham Grange. Nothing can be taken into the visit’s hall except baby food/changing equipment. Medication must be declared to staff prior to the visit commencing.

You will be told the rules by an officer at the start of your visit. If you break the rules, your visit could be cancelled, and you could be banned from visiting again.

Find Askham Grange on a map

The closest railway station is York. From there, you can take a bus to Askham Richard except on Sundays. There is also a taxi rank at the station.

There is a visitors car park at Askham Grange, including space for Blue Badge holders.

The family-friendly visitors centre at Askham Grange is run by the Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT), a national charity. Visitors are offered a warm welcome, information and support.

Family Days are held throughout the year and coincide with school holidays, these will be advertised internally. Prisoners will be able to apply to attend with their nominated family members.

Secure video calls at this prison can be requested by prisoners only.

You will receive a notification if a prisoner has requested a video call with you.

Read more about how the Prison Video app works

Prisoners do not have phones in their cells so they will generally have to call you. They have to buy phone credits to do this.

They can phone anyone named on their list of friends and family. This list is checked by security on arrival so you will be able to speak to them during their first few days.

You can also exchange voicemails using the Prison Voicemail service.

Officers may listen to phone calls as a way of preventing crime and helping keep people safe.

You can send emails to someone in Askham Grange using the Email a Prisoner service.

You might also be able to attach photos and receive replies from the prisoner, depending on the rules at Askham Grange.

Include the person’s name and prison number on the envelope.

If you do not know their prison number, contact Askham Grange.

All post apart from legal letters will be opened and checked by officers.

National Prison Radio broadcasts into prison cells across England and Wales 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Family and friends can stay connected with their loved ones in prison by sending song requests, written messages and voice recordings. They are then read and played out on weekly episodes.

You can send in a message, and hear the show, at nationalprisonradio.com