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Shepton Mallet Prison: Self-Guided Tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
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Overview
- A look behind the walls of a real decommissioned Victorian prison
- Soak up your surroundings at your own pace
- Multiple 'CELLfie' opportunties throughout
Activity location
- Shepton Mallet
- Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Frithfield Ln, Shepton Mallet BA4 5FQ, UK | Your Self Guided Tour experience will start in Shepton Mallet Prison Visitor Centre just beyond the main prison gates located on Frithfield Ln, Shepton Mallet BA4 5FQ.
- Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
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Self-Guided Tour
- English
What's included, what's not
- Explore the prison at your own pace
- A look behind the walls of a real decommissioned jail
- Information boards and sounds boxes to interact with
- Cellfie' opportunities throughout the prison
- Our on-site café offers barista-style hot and cold drinks as well as snacks to keep you going on your journey throughout our expansive prison.
- Our gift shop has plenty of Shepton Mallet Prison merchandise and gifts, encapsulating memories of your time behind bars.
What you can expect
You will be given a visitor guide and map. As you explore around the prison, don’t forget to use the sound boxes to learn the facts and history of the prison. The information boards and interpretation spaces add fascinating background details to your visit with staff always available to point you in the right direction and answer any questions you may have.
After you arrive in Visits, make your way to the recently renovated kitchens where you can see where the preparation and cooking of meals for the prisoners took place.
The graves of seven executed men can be found against the perimeter wall as well as the site of two Military Firing Squad Executions.
Around the Treadwheel building, learn about the various forms of Victorian hard labour and the types of diseases prisoners suffered from whilst inside the infirmary above. Features of the original 1600s prison can be discovered in the Old Gate Lodge as well as the Governor’s office.
Surrounding the exercise yard are three of the prison’s Victorian wings with the fourth just a short distance away. Head to the execution room to follow in the footsteps of the many condemned men who would be hanged within the prison.
Finish your trip back in Visitor centre where a number of prison and local history displays can be found. Visit the Gift shop and Café where you can pick up a huge range of Shepton Mallet Prison memorabilia so you’ll never forget your time behind bars.
Shepton Mallet Prison has a small cafe on site, open all day every day. Why not break up your day by enjoying one of our barista style coffees and a sweet or savoury snack?
We would encourage you to book online in advance to receive a discount on all self-guided tours.
Our Self-Guided Tour is an ideal day out for families with young children who would like to investigate our historical venue at their own pace.
Location
Activity location
- Shepton Mallet
- Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Frithfield Ln, Shepton Mallet BA4 5FQ, UK | Your Self Guided Tour experience will start in Shepton Mallet Prison Visitor Centre just beyond the main prison gates located on Frithfield Ln, Shepton Mallet BA4 5FQ.
- Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom