PoW Camp 13 Shap Wells

The former PoW Camp 13 Shap Wells is a spectacular hotel built in almost a chateau style sitting within a secluded and spectacular valley in Cumbria. In many ways I would say that this site is the Cumbrian answer to The Hays in Derbyshire, indeed at some point both sites have been Camp 13. Unlike quite a few sites visited not only are the present owners aware of the sites past, but they celebrate it.

Location

Shap Wells Hotel, Shap, Nr Penrith, Cumbria
CA10 3QU

Description

Site Visits

June 2021

Material

DSLR and Drone Photos
UK Foreign Office Inspection Reports

The former PoW Camp 13 / 15 Shap Wells is a spectacular hotel built in almost a chateau style sitting within a secluded and spectacular valley in Cumbria.

In many ways I would say that this site is the Cumbria answer to The Hays in Derbyshire, indeed at some point both sites have been Camp 13. Unlike quite a few sites visited not only are the present owners aware of the sites past, but they celebrate it.

Camera and Drone Images of the site of former PoW Camp 13 Shap Wells

Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew

FO 939/99 PoW Camp 13 / 15 Shap Wells Inspection Reports

  • PoW Camp 13 Shap Well Hotel Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/99
  • PoW Camp 13 Shap Well Hotel Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/99
  • PoW Camp 13 Shap Well Hotel Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/99
  • PoW Camp 13 Shap Well Hotel Inspection Report Foreign Office Inspection Report held in the UK National Archives at Kew File Referance FO 939/99