Guided Prison Tour for Two
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Overview
Spend some time behind bars for the world’s most interactive prison tour. For a fascinating insight into more than 400 years of history, you’ll follow an ex-prison officer (who once managed the very wings you’ll be walking) behind the scenes of at one of three historic prisons.
You’ll follow in the footsteps of those on the wrong side of the law. Starting your sentence, you’ll be processed through reception before heading out to the wings and into the general population. Visit never-before-seen areas of the prison, where you’ll learn about the inmates, daily life, visits and prison work as well as the grisly side of history complete with stomach-turning tales of execution.
If you’re feeling brave, there’s even the chance for a ‘Closed Cell’ experience, which involves entering cells and having the door locked behind you, hopefully the closest you’ll ever get to be a prisoner for real!
- SKU
- PCGPT2
- Locations
- 2 in the UK
- People
- For 2
- Validity
- 12 Months
- Rating
- 4.8 (85)
What's Included
- Guided Prison Tour for Two
- Go behind the scenes of a historic prison
- Led by an ex-prison officer
- Learn about the daily life and grisly history
- Opportunity to be locked in a cell
- Experience gift pack including personalised voucher and message card
What happens on the day?
On arrival, you’ll meet your ex-prison officer guide for your pre-booked tour of the prison.
Go behind the scenes and follow the journey of a general population inmate, from processing through to the cells.
Participant guidelines
- Minimum age: 16
- There is no wheelchair access on the tours
- Tours involve approximately one mile of walking and includes approximately 200 stairs
- The experience content, equipment used and restrictions may vary
Availability
Tours run Monday to Friday at 14.00 and Saturday and Sunday at 11.00 and 14.00 throughout the year. Exclusions may apply.
We recommend you book at least four weeks in advance to ensure that dates are available. All bookings are subject to availability.
Please allow 2 hours for the full experience
What about insurance?
The centres contracted with us hold public liability insurance. We also hold contingency liability cover. You will not be liable for accidental damage to equipment, except where damage has been caused as a result of recklessness or wilful negligence.
Please ensure you are familiar with the terms and conditions of the experience.
How it works
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Vips
18/11/2021
Fab Prison tour!
Fab guided prison tour from start to finish. The recollection and stories from the ex-prison guard was fantastic! Highly recommended
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Yucel
28/08/2021
High Walls
Great day out and valie for money. Very interesting prison which has a lot of history. The guide was very energetic and very knowledgeable being an ex-guard himself. Highly recommended.
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Richard
30/05/2021
Excellent experience!
Really good tour..Graham, our guide, is an ex prison guard who worked at the prison when it was functioning so he really knew his stuff and was very captivating as a guide, gave a real insight into the everyday life of a prisoner. A fascinating few hours and highly recommended!
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Chris & Sam Rabone
25/10/2020
Informative and enjoyable
Had an excellent day at the prison and learned lots...tour guide was great and worth every penny
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Patsy
05/10/2020
Shepton Mallet prison tour
Excellent, informative and engaging tour guide (Maurice) made this birthday present truly memorable, the downpour outside notwithstanding!
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Craig
04/10/2020
Passionate tour guide
Really enjoyed the experience it was very interesting and the guide delivered the tour with such passion and you could tell he was proud of his job. Loved the stories and the fact we could walk around freely after the tour to view different parts of the prison. Would recommend! Well done Maurice
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Ant
18/09/2020
An Experience
The 'Prison Tour' exceeded my expectations .
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Sioned
04/09/2020
Great day out
The Shrewsbury prison guided tour for two was an excellent day out! Well worth it! The tour was fun, informal and informative. Would definitely recommend
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Ian Phipps
24/08/2020
Very Interesting
Shepton Mallet prison much better than what I expected. The guide which was a woman was very knowledgeable and engaging. Stories were told with enthusiasm and factual.
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Alex
17/08/2020
Great interesting few hours out
Monica was great as our prison tour guide. Realy interesting stories behind the place. Great to see the Krays cell aswel. Its a shame it maybe converted into flats potentially one day.
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Helen
14/08/2020
Locked up!
Such an interesting experience, our guide didn't fail to keep us interested, as an ex prison officer, he was full of facts and knowledge of The Dana. Shocking to know that the prison only ceased operation 7 years ago, and of the conditions prisoners faced on a daily basis. Would definitely recommend this experience to others.
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Elizabeth
16/03/2020
Brilliant day out!
Me and my partner went to the prison tour, this was honestly one of the best days out we have ever had. Such a brilliant experience and an amazing eye opener to see, would recommend this tour anytime.
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Laura
09/03/2020
Very informative
Great value as the tour was 2hrs and our tour guide was very informative I think his name was Mick? (Sorry I’m rubbish at remembering names). It was very cold as said in a lot of reviews but I expected that being a disused Victorian prison! Definitely recommend
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Hayley
02/03/2020
Brilliant day!
Was a great experience, would highly recommended. Your guides are do informative and fun, we loved it
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John Moore
27/02/2020
Fascinating insight into the inside
A well paced tour by a likeable and thoroughly informed guide.
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Polly
10/02/2020
Fascinating experience
Felicity the your guide was incredibly knowledgeable and so interesting to listen to. The prison itself is just the right side of eiree It was absolutely freezing inside but still a brilliant experience for those interested. We could have easily spent a further few hours looking at all the information and different buildings, but we had a restaurant booking. We will definitely be back to explore more.
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William
06/02/2020
Excellent
A well delivered tour byan ex screw, Keith, who delivered the tour very well. Excellent
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Maria
03/02/2020
Shepton Mallet prison tour
I can thoroughly recommend a guided tour of Shepton Mallet prison. Our guide, Monica, was very welcoming and knowledgeable. There is so much to see I want to go back again!
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Helen
26/01/2020
Guided prison tour
Great 2 hour tour. Prison officer had lots of anecdotes and tales of prison life
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Darren
19/01/2020
Well spent afternoon.
Been on the Guided tour of shepton mallet prison, 2 hour experience very imformative lots of history, be sure to wrap up very cold and damp old place.
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William
14/01/2020
Shrewsbury prison visit
Tour guied was very informative and the actual tour its self was fascinating 10 out of 10 for me👍🏻
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Michael Fiddy
31/12/2019
Prison tour
We both enjoyed it, it was an interesting tour
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Vowles
09/12/2019
A great afternoon out
Had a really interesting afternoon with Monica the guide at Shelton mallet prison. The history attached to that place is incredible.
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Carol
22/11/2019
Prison visit Shepton Mallet
We had a great day the tour guide Flick certainly knew her history of the prison and gave us a very interesting tour. My husband was particularly impressed as he is hard of hearing that she spoke so clearly and at a steady pace - happy to answer questions and gave you plenty of time to explore. we would highly recommend the experience.
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Sandra
13/11/2019
Shepton Mallet Prison
The prison tour was made enjoyable by a very knowledgeable guide and many interesting stories and facts
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Sarah P.
09/11/2019
A not to be missed experience
A fantastic tour, our guide Sarah was lovely and very knowledgeable. A magnificent building with lots of modern history. There is a danger this piece of history is going to be made into flats next year, this would be criminal (excuse the pun), it must be saved. Wonderful, wonderful day, not to be missed.
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Natalie
04/11/2019
100% worth the money+ day out!
Fantastic tour at Shepton Mallet! smooth and easy booking process, friendly and helpful staff always available...10/10 recommend.
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Tony
15/10/2019
Brilliant day
Had a great day the guide was a 30 year retired prison officer at Shrewsbury and was brilliant. He knew everything about the prison and all the history that went with it.
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Norman H
25/09/2019
Guided tour of Shepton Mallet prison
Excellent experience with Flick as our guide, full of knowledge and enthusiasm. Well worth the visit. Wrap up warm if it’s a bit cold outside.
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Graham
12/09/2019
Guided Prison Tour
very good the Guide was excellent and new his stuff
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Sarah
09/09/2019
The Dana prison jailhouse Tours
I had this brought me for Christmas, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Our tour guide Graham (An ex prison officer at this prison.) shared his experiences from both the wardens side, and the prisoners. A brilliant insight into prison life (Past and present.) I highly recommend!
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S Jenkins
25/08/2019
Shrewsbury prison
Fantasic place, really informative guided tour, excellent value for money and highly recommend
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Ian
08/08/2019
A very informative tour
Very well organised and extremely informative tour with lots of facts and humour told by our guide Graham
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Steve
02/08/2019
Really interesting
Great day, every interesting,
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Karen
31/07/2019
Lovely
This was present and turned out to be most enjoyable. The guide was full of information about the history and also had some personal experiences to add as well
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Nitisha
28/07/2019
Amazing day
Great day on the prison tour . The guide was an ex guard and he was very informative and interesting !
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Julia
26/07/2019
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
An excellent guided tour, brought to life by a real character, Graham, who was a former prison officer at the Dana until its closure in 2013. It was clear that he loved his job and had empathy and affection for many of his charges. He made sure to involve all visitors but never in a way which made you feel uncomfortable and was very willing and able to answer all questions. The young lady on reception was welcoming and helpful and we would certainly recommend the guided tours. Thank you.
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Wendy
10/07/2019
Very interesting in-depth entry into a prison
Excellent, extremely knowledgeable guide, humorous at times along with gruesome stories.
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Jon
24/06/2019
Interesting Day Out
A very interesting and informative tour.
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Sam
18/06/2019
Mind blowing
An eye opener all round. This tour was the most interesting and educational tour I have ever been to. Keith the tour guide was brilliant and very informative. Any questions were answered. It's well worth going to
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Gordon
07/05/2019
Great agternoon out!
Had a great time, made all the better by the informative and entertaining tour guide!
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Terry
22/04/2019
Shepton Mallet prison tour
Very good time you get to hear all about what happened in the prison from when it opened to to the day it closed you can also walk around after the tour if you want to see anything again would recommend this tour also Graham the tour was good he explained everything very well
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D63
08/04/2019
Great Prison Tour
Shepton Mallet prison is an old imposing disused victorian prison. Steeped in gristly history. The tour guide escorted us around the site, giving us time to explore the cells and corridors as we went. Very informative tour which lasted about 2 hours. After we could wander the creepy old place at our leisure. Fantastic afternoon.
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Paul
04/04/2019
A different type of gift
We were gifted for Christmas a trip to Shepton Mallet prison in Somerset. It was amazing. The tour guide Graham was a retired prison officer who served at Shepton Mallet. He was of historical interest - informative and with a sense of humour.The tour was just over 2.5hrs and also allows free time. Cameras/iphones are allowed for taking photos. We were very impressed.Thank you.
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Marina
20/03/2019
Brilliant day
Mick our guide was the excellent. Brought the whole prison experience to life.
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cynthia Galloway
16/03/2019
Shepton Mallet Prison Experience.
Howard our guide was brilliant, very informative on the history as well as tales of his time working at the prison, some of them very amusing and some very thought provoking. Throughly recommended.
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Chantelle Louise
05/03/2019
unique, historical and eerie
We were very excited seeing how old and worn the building looked, clearly a lot of history to be explored.our ex prison guard Tour guide Howard was amazing, full of stories&facts and we had young children on our tour which he respectfully toned down some of the more gruesome details for. He couldn’t have been more helpful with answering questions and interacting with the group. The prison itself is old and eerie from the cell blocks to the execution room there’s loads to see, HIGHLY recommend!!
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Jo & Dan Worthing
10/02/2019
Brilliant tour!
Very informative guide Graham, an ex prison guard so was able to give masses of info about the prison and answer any questions.
Locations
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West Midlands
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
South West
- Shepton Mallet, Somerset