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. […]
Read ArticleHow 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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Shrewsbury Prison was visited by several Coach Groups during May, each group eager to get behind bars and experience our 5* tours. Visitors from Bexley Civic Society who travelled with Foxwood Travel Wholesale Limited became our first inmates arriving at the start of the month. Officer Liz led the group for their tour and they […]
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During the month of May Shrewsbury Prison welcomed 12 ‘CELL’abratory groups behind bars! Of all the groups we had in for their special events, Hen Dos and Stag parties were the most popular, completing their Prison Break, challenging each other at Axe Throwing, testing their aim at Archery Wars and even braving a Night Behind […]
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Our Paranormal Investigations experienced some chilling activity this May! A video has surfaced from Haunted Houses showing a vigil in process on C-wing. The video takes place at the bottom of the stairs near C-Wing servery. Haunted Houses are using a piece of equipment that has an antenna attached to pick up abnormalities in the […]
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May has brought us both days of glorious sunshine and days of torrential rain! This month at Shrewsbury Prison we have been delighted to welcome 249 students through our doors ranging from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 5. St Peters CE Primary School, Stokesay Primary School, and Our Lady Magnificat – St Benedict Catholic […]
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Brand new state-of-the-art escape rooms arrive at Shrewsbury Prison! We are really excited to announce our largest investment to date at Shrewsbury Prison, with 10 state-of-the-art escape rooms being installed at the beginning of July. Shrewsbury Prison has invested £65,000.00 in a deal that will be the UKs largest escape room contract. Our partnership with […]
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This year, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II became the very first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee Having been an HM Prison for 200 years before its closure in 2013, Shrewsbury Prison will be celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and we invite you to join us behind bars and take part in our Jubilee Crown […]
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April, a busy month of, Easter, School Holidays and sunshine! Despite welcoming many guests and families over the holiday period, April also welcomed 9 different Educational Visits, ranging from Primary all the way up to University and totalling 309 students through our gates. Amongst these Schools were students from Sandwell College, Winstanley College and Christ […]
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Welcome to the gloriously sunny March edition of Shrewsbury Prison’s Educational Newsletters. We’d like to start off by welcoming Paul to our growing list of Educational Tour Guides. Ex-Officer Shepherd has been running public Guided Tours with us for many months now, his new adventure with Shrewsbury Prison is educating Schools, Colleges and Universities on […]
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Whilst it’s been a stormy and windy month this February, our Educational Tours have continued to blow people away, providing a fun and engaging way to connect with students whilst sharing our prison history and delving into the realities of doing time. A unique element of all our Educational Tours is the fact that they […]
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The Christmas holidays are over, which may seem sad to some, however, for us it’s an exciting time because we know it means the return of our educational visits. Educational Tours are so important to us, as we get the opportunity to educate, excite, and immerse students into a life behind bars. If you ever […]
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Shrewsbury Prison’s traditional style Christmas Market 2021 – An all-round Success! We have received such an enormously positive response to our Christmas Market that took place Saturday 11th December from 10am-4pm – a spot of rain couldn’t put a damper on this market! The inspiration for this year’s Christmas Market was to bring the people […]
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Time – at Shrewsbury Prison You may have seen the new BBC One three-part drama series, airing on Sunday evenings at 9pm, called Time? It was rather good don’t you think? What you may not know is that most of the filming took place right here, at Shrewsbury Prison! One cloudy day in November 2020, […]
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Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including Shrewsbury Prison, have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage […]
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When you total the amount of time we’ve been shut down into days (104) it sounds like an impossible number (and I work in finance). It has felt longer and shorter all at the same time. May seemed to drag its heels but I felt June disappear with the awakening of the world, the emerging […]
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