Shrewsbury Prison

Shrewsbury Prison - Dog Friendly Attraction in Shrewsbury, Shropshire 

Shrewsbury Prison is a heritage-led, world-class tourism experience that has been inspiring, immersing, educating and engaging visitors through a journey behind bars since 2015. 

Originally built in 1793 and decommissioned in 2013, Shrewsbury Prison’s mission is to preserve, protect and promote the history and heritage of this remarkable 200-year-old building, shining a light on prison life from the Georgian era to the modern day.

Shrewsbury Prison offers a wide variety of tours, activities and events to suit all interests:

Our popular Guided Tours bring the prison vividly to life. Led by officers with encyclopaedic knowledge of the building and its former inmates, these tours offer real stories and a no-holds-barred look at prison life. 

During a Self-Guided Tour, explore at your own leisure with plenty of information points throughout the attraction and enjoy multiple 'CELLfie' opportunities to capture your very own ‘mugshots’.

But that’s just the beginning! Behind the towering walls, visitors can experience:

Ghost Tour

Escape Rooms - The Cell & The Hole

Prison Break - the world’s largest escape game

Night Behind Bars

Ghost Hunting Behind Bars

The onsite restaurant serves delicious meals, snacks and barista-style hot and cold drinks, perfect for refuelling after a day of exploring.

Grab the leads and harnesses! Shrewsbury Prison welcomes all well-behaved dogs and of course, guide dogs. You’ll be able to find bowls of fresh water dotted around for your dogs to lap up and enjoy. Friendly dogs are welcome inside the prison during daytime visits only, when they’re accompanied with their humans on a Guided Tour or Self-Guided Tour.

Shrewsbury Prison is open Monday – Sunday, 10:00am - 17:00pm, and is easily accessible, located in central Shrewsbury with excellent transport links.