Improving Bodmin Jail
Here at the Jail we are constantly maintaining, and striving to improve your experience at this most important set of historic buildings.
During the winter months we get to undertake many of our ‘dirty jobs’! This year we have unearthed more rooms down in the basement levels of the main building for you to see, and spent a great deal of time improving the exhibits within all areas of the museum.
In the coming months we will continue to upgrade the exhibition to give you a real feeling of what it was like to spend time behind bars in Bodmin Jail!
Furthermore, there is another room down in the deepest basement area of the Jail that no one has been able to gain access to for over 60 years – we intend to dig out hundreds of tons of earth and rubble to have it open in 2012 for you to explore!
After that, well, it is on to the deeper levels of the Naval Wing, a back-filled staircase descending to……well, we just don’t know where!
Watch this page for further updates on progress here at Bodmin Jail.
Thank you for your continued support.
hi visited the jail in early july 2011 with all our family thought it was brill and very interesting i will defernately back again maybe next year keep up all the good work best regards mr m rigby
hi looking forward to third visit to jail hope it hasnt been cleaned up too much love the dank dark dismal damp and dingy old place brilliant atmosphere so good even my apathetic teenage daughter remembers her visits enthusiastically have always felt like i had travelled back in time was always 5 star in my book so keep up the good work expanding and dont fuss too much over the exhibits see you soon l clarke
love bodmin jail true and grity would love to see more rooms to come anyone who likes haunted places would love bodmin jail keep up all the good work
Just visited Bodmin jail again after visiting a few years ago, what a transformation!!!!
a huge well done to all who have helped in bringing us more of the secrets from the old jail.
hugely fascinating and very informative.