Uncovering The Hidden Mysteries Of Abandoned Prison - HMP Camp Hill Isle Of Wight
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- We scaled razor-wire fences and dodged security exploring inside a huge abandoned prison - HMP Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight...
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Camp Hill Prison is located on the outskirts of Newport on the Isle of Wight.
The former category C prison had capacity to hold over 500 inmates and has remained vacant held in reserve capacity by the MOJ since shutting down back in 2013.
Filmed over several undetected visits this ambitious explore takes a look inside this well guarded and huge 16 acre site for the first time since closing.
Filmed with Sony a7sii and DJI Phantom 3.
Edited and graded in Adobe Premiere Pro 2017 and I also create all my own music 🤓 (my own covers of the Escape from New York and Folsom Prison Blues were used).
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I was a resident of Camp Hill from 1977 until 1979 and worked on the farm. The screws were brilliant
I served my 5 year sentence in HMP Camp Hill... brings back many memories watching this video.
Ridiculously well planned, executed and documented mate. Another one ticked off, looking forward to whatever you can get out next.
Thanks very much😁
Try & do Dorchester prison, that is now closed down. Good vid.
I spent over 2 years in Camp Hill, (St Thomas wing) I loved watching the thousands of starlings putting on a magnificent show!
BRILLIANT VID !!! 👍🏻I was a cleaner on st Patrick’s wing back in 2010/1012 and I’m from Manchester served 12 yrs for armed robbery and was probably the best jail I’d been in the staff on st pats were fantastic and very kind, a brilliantly run jail such a shame they shut this jail down however a brilliant vid and a lot of hard work getting this done and out to us thanks guys this really made my day 👍🏻😊
Nice to see a fella out of prison and talking sense, keep on the straight path brother💯✌️
Common_Cal thanks for the kind words been out 4 yrs next month spent 16 away all over the country waste of a life it really was BUT you have to move forward and keep trying best wishes 👍🏻
You were in with my ex partner so , he was there from 2009 for a 5 stretch..again! Wayne Cannon , londoner , but we lived in Portsmouth ...tall bald headed light skinned fella . everybody knew him as he was going back there every few years for 20yrs . All the screws knew him well, he always had the best jobs as he was a funny friendly nice guy , just institutionalized from a kid and I had to give up after 23yrs when he went back in on that 5....but we are still good friends. You must have known him if you were a cleaner, he was always an orderly orca cleaner.. .or in the kitchen.
His sister told me recently that hes back inside again @ 50yrs old now!! Sad.
Fiona Cahill hi Fiona and yep remember Wayne with very happy memories he lived facing me on pats wing for a long time and me and him and a Scouse lad and another guy called fred all hung about together when on the wing had some very very funny times in camphill prison staff on there were just the kindest people ever literally do anything for us and yep Wayne always had the best paying jobs (old silver tongue) haha Carnt believe he’s back in at 50 it’s just not a place for him at his age but yeh I only have good memories of Wayne made me laugh so much and vice versa seems like you put up with quite a lot with him must be hard cos you can see the potential in him just other things or people pull him back in the game as the call it ,
@@Dannydawson537 Hey Danny, I knew you would know him. He was like the furniture in Pat's, he was there so much.
Yes its very sad after all I, he and my brother had been through for 23yrs that he couldn't pull himself together no matter what we did for him... we were together from kids in our teens but I just had to give up and cut him out and I never visited him in Camphill that stretch.
He and I are still very close but I have not seen him apart from face timing since he landed on my doorstep about 6yrs ago with his bags, even though I was years with another fella, and he thought I'd let him move back in!! 😂 Hes a fucker and still thinks we are getting back together! 😄 He stayed the night on the sofa and our daughter took him back to his mothers in Margate.
He was back at it all and his sister sent his address and asked me to write to him just recently, he is in Stocken In Rutland.
Silly man , gave up his life to prison and I spent my youth visiting everywhere from YOI Feltham, to Camphill and looking after him and my brother.
I know my brother being killed in Dublin 18mths ago.hit him hard...but I cant believe he put himself back inside . Hes not a good criminal I always told him...😄
Anyway lad can you post a link to or tell me which podcast you were on with Shaun Attwood as I looked yesterday through a few and I cant find you?
Nice talking to you Danny, I'll write to Wayne soon and I will tell him I found you ! 😊😊 Mind yourself
Wow this brought an unexpected tear to my eye as I spent 20+ yrs of my life visiting my ex partner and my brother in Camphill. Been inside many times....but of course I've never seen their cell blocks before.
My brother was killed 18mths ago and watching this and thinking of all his wasted years in there & other such Institutions is breaking my heart.
Great video though. I appreciate seeing this "Bad Boys" prison. I hated it for so much of my life, it's odd to feel nostalgic about the place but I shared many treasured times with my loved ones inside those gates. It was very corrupt though. I have stories galore about the goings on between staff and inmates , I even had an officer call me at home asking me out after he looked up my details having met me on a visit to my man! Outrageous.
That wasn't unusual,they'd do that particulary if you gave the screws aggro.
Sorry about brother.
I didn't like be stuck on an island but it was always the case. IOS too.
Take care Fiona. God bless 🙏
Fiona,when was your brother there and your ex,cos I'd know them if are years where the same. I just watched it again. Mad,like you said the nostalgia is Big...... ATB to you.no drama if u don't feel like replying.. ✊
@@Nick-fy1zp I bet ypu know Wayne Cannon, he was there so often always worked as an orderly or in the kitchens. A tall light skinned fella , that was my partner for 23yrs Hes actually in Stocken at tbe moment , hes never learned his lesson.
My brother was Michael Cahill and I honestly cant remember when he was in Camphill exactly,..but definitely he done a couple of stretches in there between late 1990 & 2000..he was in Wandsworth Winchester & Brixton more often.
Wayne on the other hand was there too regularly.from 1991..the last stretch he done in there was a 5 that he started in 2009. Thats when I left him..but we are still close and he wrote me recently from Stocken where hes doing a 6. Sad waste of lives.
Theres another guy I met chatting on here about Camphill , who was also in there with Wayne , Danny Dawson..do you know them?
Both chatty friendly guys most people know Wayne well.
@@FIONA21ful Hello ,I've just seen your reply.
I don't remember them tbh.
I was there 99 -2001 I think.
I don't know the other fellas but I think I've seen something about Dan Dawson on UA-cam.
I'm glad you're out too eh.
Not nice all them ferries and security stuff , month in month out. I finished off at camphill and been home 19odd years now. Have a good week Fiona
All the very best to you
@@Nick-fy1zp 99-2001 You just missed him! He was in Winchester from 1998 til 2001 but stayed out of Camphill that time.
Thank You, im very glad to be out of it all too. I should have got out years before I did, but when you love people its hard eh!
I can only imagine the hours of reconnaissance that were spent gathering intel on the guards, staffing, shift changes, breaks, etc. In addition to the various layers of electronic surveillance and security - cameras, motion detectors - dogs! Thanks for allowing me to enjoy the fruits of your labor, mates! Much respect for pulling this caper off...undetected! You have earned a tip of my brim and a nod for a job well done.
Thanks very much Ron!
What you've done there is create probably one of the best urban exploration videos to date. This is the best standard video created to date.
Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it!
Mate, why have you only got 7k subscribers? Your videos are some of the most informative, well shot/edited urban exploration videos I've ever seen. Wish you all the best mate, you deserve a million subs!!
Thank you for the kind words! 👍
@@AbandonedIsleofWight hope i did my part by subscribing. :-)
And how many homeless people are on the island looking for somewhere . Open it, staff it , catering staff, mental health / medical staff etc. And let’s get people off the streets this winter. Might not be picturesque but better than sleeping in a doorway. Get the people staying there to physically contribute to the upkeep of the building etc.
matt dillon no mate I’m a south coast boy!
Agreed
Sounds a great idea tbh
Finally someone with a bit of common sense.... Only.... The problem is.... Those in doorways are our own.... If they were foreigners they'd open it up or at least another establishment in the blink of an eye..... True story
King Soloman racist
I did time there. Remembering my time in prison is like remembering a dream. Doesn't seem real. I was on ST georges wing and 2009 is when i was released.
Fun fact - on St Georges wing, there is a small hole where someone had shot at the prison years ago with a rifle. It was done at night and apparently it hit a guard.
I grew up next to the prison in the early 2000s and would often hear things as we walked around the fences
I always wondered what it was like and looked on google maps over the year
Really cool to see inside
I bet you did hear stuff .Quite lively within the walls depending on which wings you heard...had real misfits n wronguns as most jail's do especially these days now.
Love to see Parko at night . I liked it there.
I worked for a building company 78 to 91 and worked in all 3 of the Island prisons
I did time there and was on st georges wing 😂.
As a ex prisoner I found this so interesting and very informational,well done.
jeff griffin yes he’s been to prison and you need to go to school mate
Same i lived here for a year
I been to that sithole twice second time I didn't get out the block they just sent me pankhurst after about a month
Brooo seeing an actual video based on the island is crazy, i'm loving the series keep going.
So crazy watching this. Spent a year here. From 2007 to 2008. Seeing the gym and grounds is surreal. Thank you. I really appreciate this. Edwards and Georges wings. Spent most my time on Georges though
I was on st georges in 2009. Best wing in the dump. Guards were sound as well.
This is mad FairPlay for getting in
Only took the first minute to see how much effort you had put into this and it made for a really good watch. The commentary was spot on. Reslly Good job :)
It is exceptionally clean & well lit for an abandoned building. Thankyou for sharing.
Incredible! I was an Inmate in there 1996! Great insight! Hasnt changed at all!
Farm party
Lol yeh me too was on st thomas. From 94 till 97. So strange looking inside it again
I was there in '99 - Chief's Party !
07 08 hello 😂🤷♂️
Served 3 years on St.michaels wing and did the city and guilds painting and decorating course. Also worked in the tin shop doing soldering and then worked outside in the staff quarters. Got released in 1979, long time ago but never forgotten.
Love the Escape from New York Music in the background
Blown away by these videos. So well done and fascinating to watch! Keep exploring!!!!
You must be the only person to bust into prison.
Loads of other have done it to other ones
Yh the cartels bust into prison and free there hombres
@@paulgaffoor4163 yer but this is england
Amazing how much is abandoned on such a small island, i hope to visit next summer as i have great memories of childhood holidays there.
You’re right there really is a lot especially considering how small the Island is, thanks for watching👍
I live here and it’s shite
'Though she be but little, she is fierce!'
Really enjoyed viewing this, so interesting and professionally filmed
Thanks very much Kris!
You lads killed it,well done!
Good to
See the old place. I spent 6 years working there on the 90’s. Great place to work. Great team to work with.
Was George there still on St. George’s he was in 90 I was there,all the cons liked him.
Wow this is amazing! I spent 1 year here in 2011/2012. Brings back some good memories! thank you for sharing!
I live so close. I love this channel and hope you do the abandoned building near the huge prison. From Dugie
Just had your channel come up on my feed and as I live in lymington thought I'd check the vid out. Great work, subscribed and now going to watch some more of your vids. Glad it popped up. Stay safe😎
As an Isle of Wight resident I find it quite absurd that this place has been empty for so long! They're busy building new houses on any greenfield site they can get their bloody hands on here, but no one has suggested - if nothing else - demolishing Camp Hill and building on it! What's more, with all the new houses they're building, closing Camp Hill meant the loss of any number of jobs - and there are very few to be had here anyway... so WHY the new houses? The prison appears to me to be in extremely good nick, so WHY is it closed? I've seen a number of prisons highlighted on television that are in a much worse state! Oh God *tearing hair* WHAT IS WRONG WITH GOVERNMENT THESE DAYS? The Ministry of Justice surely needs a bloody good shake-up? We have a large empty hospital here too; boarded up and rotting away for years now ... tell me, is it a prerequisite of anyone who wants to be a Member of Parliament to have only one brain cell!
Fascinating. I’m a fan of Dan Bell which started my interest in these sorts of films. Well done! Cindy from Florida
Your vids are amazing!! I love and appreciate the amount of detail you give about everything, and how when describing places you seem to have a respect for their buildings your going into. Liked and subbed!!
Escape from New York - An apt soundtrack!
EXCELLENT VIDEO WITH INTERESTING HISTORY, these chaps will go far ,very impressed
Most people want to break out of prison but you decided to break in🤣
I'd be worried about being caught inside and never leaving...
Love the fact your using the escape from New York music snake,plisken lives 🤣
I worked here on a project in 2009/2010, it was that year they had the really hot summer. Best skive ever.
I served a year here in 1989-90, out of the 3 prisons I was in Camphill was the best as prisons go.seeing this is a nostalgic trip for me weird as that sounds as I sometimes wonder about some of the guys I met there and never saw again on release, Jim from shepherds Bush ,Phil and davinda from maths education with Sue our teacher who was great she taught me more while there than I ever learnt at school. Great job thanks for sharing this.
I was there in 1987 for 6 months. I agree with your comment that it was 1 of the better prisons
chestnut me 2 finished a 3 in there 86to87 done a city n guilds in electronics taught by mr dean .if you search UA-cam ,, art pics theres a official vid of ch iow
William what wing were you on bro I was on George’s ,yeah there were plenty of things to get into there I chose education classes.Not a bad nick.
James
Absolutely fantastic explore. Beautifully shot and narrated too.
Thanks very much Trevor 👍
Great video and never thought i would see this place again. Great work of getting in as i did not think possible.
My claim to fame. 1st person to scale the perimeter walls of Carisbrooke castle, Isle of wight. You should have seen the looks on their faces. Priceless.
First man I've seen breaking into a prison...usually vice versa mate..good job
bet the guards had a few question to explain!! great video.
I vaguely remember the prison when I and my family went our grandparents and also the army barracks. This back to the 1950s. Last time would have been August 1957.
Awesomely done. You put in a hell of a lot of effort there mate fair play to you
Escape from New York music was a nice touch
Felt weird watching that spent bit of time in there in 2004/05
2009 i was shipped there after refusing to be moved from woodhill. Got to the point where the screw said to me that I'm either going or they'll drag me 😂.
Really enjoyed this very well presented video. However, really shocked you managed to pull it off. :)
Well researched, well executed and well narrated.
Wow. Just wow. Incredible video. But why do I feel I've just broke the law watching it? 😏🤣
I've heard so much about this prison over the years but never seen inside. Brilliant 👏
Hey Mate explore the old carisbrooke highschool! its getting knocked down this year but there is still so much more left, including a underground bit in the west hall, entrance is easy as vandals have smashed some windows and i have explored it myself and its great fun
Had goosebumps watching the planning bit, great work
Own music. Well done! Nice bit of Cash at the end.
It's from" Escape From New York" 1981 Kurt Russell played Snake Plissken. One of my favorite movies.
I was serving a sentence at Camphill when it was shut down there were a lot of scores being settled over the last few months never thought I'd see the inside of that place again.
Fights your reffering too yes
@@crashbang756 Yeah some good ones pay per view shit....
@@spudhead1161 who ya talking too....?
@@crashbang756 Did i address you?
Fascinating. I've been in Camphill and Parkhurst but only as a visitor many years ago. Makes you wonder what that Tax payer's money really goes on, as only a small amount would need to cover x2 Security guards during the day.
I love close! I always see the prison!!! 👍👍👍 it's really cool!👍👍👍
This is like a professionally made production. Really good work.
Great mooching my friend, it ain't often you get to see in and around a prison especially on the island , 👍well done, , , i have two signs from Camphill prison screwed on my shed door that i required from my local recycling centre not long after the prison closed it's doors , a little bit of history I've saved from the scrapyard 👍, , , , and anyway how you gonna TOP this video, , , ,looking forward to the next one, .
Thanks very much Neil! I do wonder where all the stuff from inside ended up, we did try and find Camp hill inmate overalls to climb in wearing, but sadly no luck. It certainly will be tough to top but I do have a few more cracking explores to put up, hopefully soon👍
@@AbandonedIsleofWight lol, the overalls part cracked me up, yeah that would've been awesome if you found some ,
Can't wait to the next vid 👍.
This is cool always wondered as I walked past what was in there
Excellent video. Just finished holiday in IOW so am fascinated by all the urbexing there.
Known as a dumping ground for Londoners, Best bit of the place the boat ferry
Really good video. Very well produced with loads of information. Have subscribed. Can't wait to watch more. Thank you.
That was absolutely amazing to watch.
Your PPPP is equally incredible.
New sub.
Thanks so much!
I was in there serving 9 years was a mad jail
I was there 2007 to 2008. Mad seeing this init.
Great vid guys, but can’t help but think you’ve just got a couple of security guards the bullet.
This is fantastic. Great work
I was told a few years back there are abandoned tunnels linking the island to Portsmouth ports downhill area which were used in the war to transport oil and other equipment i dont no if this is completely true but if it is, if you found them and went exploring that would be amazing to watch, fab channel keep it up!
Another great video! Love watching your adventures!
Did time in Camp Hill 1991 - 92 & remember Jamie Lawrence was in the education department with me & he went on to play for Leicester city FC , There was a great gym with all weather artificial football pitch
red shingle in 86
What a high quality vid
Good job👍
My place of work for many years...........well done to the Urbex Explorer.
Hope your OK JC
@@barneylyons1656 Yep all good, hope you are too.
The security contractor just got fired from their contract
Wuna Dem Ones Media envelope ✉️ under table and couple watchers fired sorts that out
No they didn’t.😂 still got the same company have done since it closed.
Very interesting and exciting, it's good that you treat the sites carefully. Well done Den
Thanks Den, need to be careful, as it's really not the kind of place you want to be caught at 😅
Nice place for Radovan Karadžić,👍
Amazing video and research into getting in to this urban explore! Really enjoyed it - thanks!
outstanding stuff
I did a 12 month stint at Camphill Prison as an PO Auxiliary just keeping an eye on the prisoners when they were out on work parties with realand wore a uniform to fit in, PO's, to see if they were going to make a run for it or other mischief, an had portable phones which I never had to use in that year. Well, it was a job and gave me an income. This was back in the 2000's some time.
Amazing video look forward to your next.
This was a very interesting video thank you I used to live not from this prison and would often pass by.
The wings looked like bang up at night say when you're coming back from court lol
Yea i remember shity Bedford look like that
Wow really interesting thanks for sharing 😊
Amazingly well done..😍
Really enjoyed that. Johnny Cash at the end a perfect tune :-) Subbed
After spending time in Camp Hill Pa. State Prison in condemned cellblocks, that place looks like it's in great condition comparatively.
family member worked there for 30 years,have pictures of them marching out and all staff outside the mess
@ Abandoned Isle of Wight , Did you guys film on St. George’s or St michaels .
Great editing & story line! Thanks for sharing!
should be making this into an emergency pop-up hospital right now
Brilliantly documented mate 💯😁
A great video lads
This was really interesting I live near here so wandered what was inside
Just been there, amazing place. Was extremely easy to get in and think I was just lucky! Won’t say how as someone may get sacked!
_LOVE THE MUSIC, NICE TOUCH_ 🐍💨💨💨
I was one of the last 50 inmates to leave when it closed that place is creepy when full I bet it extra spooky when empty at night .
I was in this prison for 3 years looks very weird seeing now especially abandoned
Camp hill was a nonce jail.
@@spudhead1161 no you fucking idiot. Albany was the nonce jail get your facts right
@@ryanward9938 That spud head has a thing about nonce jail as he has said it a number of times in the comments. It was def not a nonce jail. Potato head by name and nature. It certainly suits the fraggle
Excellent documentary fellas. ! Proper reconnaissance mission.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting guys.
I was half expecting a three story building with a horizontal cross beam on the 2nd and a set of double trapdoors on the 1st, especially seeing as it was build in a time when they were still used quite often. Untill I realised that it was apparently a prison meant for the lighter categories of offenders. Maybe one of the others on Wight did have them though?