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With the Christmas period just around the corner and two productions filming on-site, November has been a busy one for Shrewsbury Prison; with only 12 days open to the public. Despite this, even with so many exciting things going on behind the scenes our amazing Heritage and Tours team still managed to welcome over 450 […]
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Shrewsbury Prison is delighted to announce the Christmas Market with a difference is back for its second year. Due to popular demand, the Shrewsbury Prison Christmas Market will be running over two days this year – Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December from 10am to 4pm. A traditional style market full of festive atmosphere, showcasing […]
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During the spooky month of October, the paranormal sightings ramped up in the run up to the night of Halloween. Shrewsbury Prison welcomed more than 600 ghoulish guests, hoping for a glimpse of the ghosts that echo the prison’s history. We welcomed numerous Paranormal Investigation groups, including Most Haunted Experience, HD Paranormal and Haunted Happenings […]
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Some very exciting things are happening here at Shrewsbury Prison this month! We are delighted and elated to announce that a number of productions are being filmed within the walls of our Victorian prison. Filming will take place from 7th – 11th November and again from 13th – 25th November 2022 and during this period […]
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It’s October, the spookiest month of the year and in the run up to Halloween we have welcomed a total of over 450 students through our ghoulish gates, including Birkenhead School, Baschurch Primary School and University of Gloucester amongst more. We always love to see our primary school students getting stuck into their team building […]
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The summer holidays are over and it’s back to school! This month Shrewsbury Prison has already welcomed over 220 students through its doors for the first term of the new academic year. It was a pleasure to take students, from The Streetly Academy, Parrs Wood High school, Walsall College and Oswestry School around our Victorian […]
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Over the years we have had an abundance of productions at Shrewsbury Prison, using this iconic building as their backdrop, which means we have seen and met a variety of different actors and celebrities. If you didn’t already know Shrewsbury Prison is the prison home for 3 major soaps; Coronation Street, Casualty and Holby City. […]
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How it all Began… Shrewsbury Prison is known as the world’s most interactive prison. A heritage led, world class tourism experience that began inspiring, immersing, educating and engaging visitors through a journey behind bars in 2015. Shrewsbury Prison was built in 1793 and was decommissioned in 2013. Since its closure, we have made it our […]
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SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! This July, in the run up to the holidays we had the pleasure of welcoming over 765 students through our doors in Educational Visits, with group sizes ranging from 6 to 70 students. The visit from Reedswood E-Act primary school was such an enjoyable visit for our officers Liz and Stacey. […]
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June has been a massive success in the world of paranormal with many unexplained occurrences and some exciting investigators joining us behind bars! Famous TikTockers, Dan Spragg and Adam Oakley joined us for an evening visit to seek out some spirits willing to communicate. Everything they experienced was live on Dan’s TikTok channel and many […]
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Over the month of June, we were delighted to welcome a number of private groups, joining us behind the high walls of Shrewsbury Prison. First through the gates with a group of 42 was Uttoxeter and District U3A. Our officers led the tour and explained the cells through the ages and what it would have […]
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The summer is officially here and at Shrewsbury Prison we have enjoyed glorious sunny days and the hottest day of the year thus far. The beautiful weather and nice cool interior of the prison seems to have attracted many Educational Visits, with Shrewsbury Prison playing host to more than 390 students this month. Some of […]
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