Inkerman Barracks

The facilities on the 65-acre site were originally constructed in 1869 as a prison for disabled convicts known as the Woking Convict Invalid Prison.[1][2] The prison had 613 inmates, both male and female, by 1870.[1] The buildings were converted into barracks capable of accommodating two infantry battalions in 1892 and initially became the home of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal West Surrey Regiment.[1][3] The barracks were named after the Battle of Inkerman, a conflict during the Crimean War.[1]

The Royal Military Police, who had previously been based at a hutted camp at Mytchett, made it their depot in 1947.[1] It remained the location for all military police training until a new depot was established at Roussillon Barracks in Chichester in 1964.[4][5] After the barracks closed in 1970,[6] the site was sold to the local council and developed for residential use.[1]