HMP Bullingdon

You can book your visit online, by phone or by email to, [email protected]

Telephone: 01869 353 176 Monday to Friday (except public holidays), 9:30am to 11:30am, 1:30pm to 4pm. Find out about call charges

To cancel a visit, call 01869 353 176 or email [email protected]

We only guarantee maximum of 1 hour but will give more, if possible.

Visitors can arrive at the visits centre from 12:15pm.

Official face to face visits:

Find Bullingdon on a map

Bullingdon is about 5 miles from Bicester Village station and about 6 miles from Bicester North station. A regular bus runs from both stations to the prison.

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

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.

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

Bullingdon has a family-friendly dress code policy which means visitors should dress appropriately. You may be turned away if you are wearing see-through or revealing clothing like vests, low-cut tops, high-cut shorts or dresses or ripped jeans. Additionally, you cannot wear hoodies or anything with offensive patterns or slogans. You will be asked to remove jackets, gloves, scarves and headwear other than that worn for religious reasons.

Each group of visitors are allowed to take in a maximum of £30 in coins (bank notes are not allowed). The money can be used to buy food and drink in the visit’s hall.

There are strict controls on what you can take into Bullingdon. You will have to leave most of the things you have with you in a locker or with security. This includes pushchairs and car seats.

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.

The admission of guide dogs for the blind will be subject to a risk assessment and approved by the Governing Governor. All other assistance dog requests will only be considered in exceptional circumstances, with final approval also resting with the Governing Governor. Application forms can be requested by email, [email protected].

There is a visitors centre run by the Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT) charity.

There are refreshments available in the visit’s hall.

Family day visits/celebration days will take place monthly at HMP Bullingdon as part of the prisons’ children and family strategy and wider reducing reoffending strategy.

They are designed to help prisoners and their families cope with the pressures that long term separation may have on the relationships between family units in particular the relationship between the children and their Father.

They will give a better quality of interaction between men and their children to help develop closer bonds with their children and help realise how criminality impacts upon them both.

In order to ensure that prisoners and their families are able to enjoy the day in a relaxed atmosphere there is a criteria that the men must meet, this will be made to clear to the men in the application phase.

The relaxed regime of family day visits is to allow prisoners to develop and maintain closer relationships with their children, grandchildren or nieces / nephews.

There must be a credible relationship to the child (ren) however each application will be judged on its own individual merit.

That said the children of prisoners will always be given priority.

Therefore, all prisoners attending the family day should have children visit otherwise there is no difference to a normal social visit.

The maximum number of visitors to attend is three adults (children over 10 are classed as adults for the purpose of visits) and three children under 10.

Applications for numbers outside of these limits will be taken on an individual basis.

How to book a secure video call

You can request a secure video call with someone in this prison via the Prison Video app.

You will receive a notification when your request has been accepted.

Read more about how Prison Video works

Prisoners have phones in their cells but these do not accept incoming calls. They are able to make calls every day between 7:30am and 11pm. 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 when they first arrive so it may take a few days before they are able to call.

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 Bullingdon 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 Bullingdon.

You can write at any time.

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

If you do not know their prisoner number, contact Bullingdon.

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