The Giltspur Street Compter was a compter or small prison, designed by English architect and surveyor George Dance the Younger, mainly used to hold debtors.

[1] It was in Giltspur Street, Smithfield, close to Newgate, in the City of London, between 1791 and 1853.

The Giltspur Street prison was itself closed in 1853 and demolished in 1854,[4] the site being later occupied by the King Edward Buildings Royal Mail Sorting Office.

[5] In 1831, Robert Wedderburn (radical) was arrested and sent to Giltspur Street Compter as he continued to campaign for freedom of speech, antislavery and working-class revolution.

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