Bodmin Jail Book Online

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Bodmin jail book online. Book your visit now. Bodmin jail remains open to the public as one of cornwall s favourite historic attractions until 4th november 2019 allowing visitors a chance to visit 7 days a week come rain or shine. The population of the jail increased dramatically following the end of the napolionic wars in 1815 so that by the 1820s all the cells were occupied. The jail you see today was built with the help of the prisoners who brought 20 000 tons of granite from bodmin s cuckoo quarry.
Our paranormal jail tour allows you to explore the depths of bodmin jail and learn about the prisoners who lived and died behind its crumbling walls. Our knowledgeable jail guides will continue to patrol the exhibits bringing to life stories of previous residents and the history of the jail. Today s jail was built with the help of the prisoners who brought 20 000 tons of granite from bodmin s cuckoo quarry. Bodmin jail was originally built for king george iii in 1779.
Walk through five levels of cells dine at our governor s hall restaurant and visit our gift shop. Visitors can wander through the depths of the jail over five levels and browse creative exhibits depicting penal life in victorian cornwall. See 2 031 reviews articles and 935 photos of bodmin jail ranked no 9 on tripadvisor among 33 attractions in bodmin. Bodmin jail was initially commissioned in 1778 as a countyjail a debtors prison and house of correction.
Since its closure in 1927 it has become popular with tourists and ghost hunters alike due to its grisly past of public executions tourture and punishment. Explore life as an 18th century prisoner at bodmin jail one of cornwall s top historical sites. Bodmin jail was originally built for king george iii in 1779. Bodmin jail is a former county prison.
Bodmin jail alternatively bodmin gaol is an historic former prison situated in bodmin on the edge of bodmin moor in cornwall built in 1779 and closed in 1927 the large range of buildings is now largely in ruins although parts of the prison have been turned into a tourist attraction.