The Site of the former PoW 1 Grizedale Hall is within modern day Cumbria. PoW Camp 1 Grizedale Hall was opened at the very beginning of WWII and made use of an existing large house. The building was demolished after the war leaving behind just the base of the building.

Where there was Barbed Wire we now have an activities centre with Zip Wires.

The site is now owned by the Forestry Commission and has a Visitor Centre that includes exhibits as to the sites past. The two pages of the visitor report shown along with the Confidential Annex paint an interesting picture in that the British found it difficult to establish the true identity and nationality of some of the PoWs. The 1st page of the report also shows the attitude of the British Camp Commandant in that he is described as a “German Hater”. Likewise the War Diary show the receipt and delivery of very high ranking PoWs