Hampton by Hilton Westhill, Aberdeenshire

The Hampton by Hilton sits on Westhill Drive in the Aberdeenshire commuter town of Westhill, on the western edge of Aberdeen city. The site was block booked under the Mears Scotland regional contract for the Home Office and used to house up to 300 single adult male asylum seekers, with Aberdeenshire Council briefings confirming the contract and detailing council engagement with policing and community impact^[4]GOV.UK.

On 23 August 2025 the site was the focus of a substantial standoff between anti asylum protesters and counter demonstrators. Police Scotland deployed public order officers across Westhill to manage the gathering, and regional press coverage detailed concerns from local residents over policing and community impact. The standoff was a significant factor in the Home Office's subsequent decision to begin moving residents out of the site^[1]Broadcast.

In September 2025 the Press and Journal reported that residents from the Hampton by Hilton Westhill, alongside other Aberdeen city sites, were being shuttled by taxi to Farmer's Hall student halls in Rosemount as part of a wider relocation programme^[2]Press. STV News confirmed the Home Office was considering a full exit from the Westhill site following the relocation^[1]Broadcast. Andrew Bowie MP welcomed the announcement and confirmed the site had housed approximately 300 single adult men^[3]Press.

At the £170 per person per night Migration Observatory benchmark^[5], a 300 room asylum site implies headline taxpayer exposure of about £51,000 per night and roughly £18.6 million per year. That places Westhill among the more expensive single sites on the wider portfolio relative to the May 2025 NAO average of about £5.84 million per hotel^[6]NAO.