Greated by very friendly and professional staff . Dog friendly museum which we found was fantastic . It's a small museum however it is packed with interested artifacts . Plenty of Information to read. Only takes about half hour to walk around .but well worth...More

Well worth a visit and good value for the money. So much to see with all the exhibits,mobile phones smuggled in baked bean cans ,stories of prisoners who have tried to escape ,even the Kray Twins had a 'look in'.Yes thoroughly recommended.

We popped in here as it was something for the boys. I must admit the modern day prison items and literature was rather interesting and it amazed me how people smuggle items in and the weapons they make etc for the price it’s worth a...More

I visited the museum whilst I had a couple of hours to spare and I was pleasantly surprised. The volunteers were very knowledgeable and the museum was very interesting. It detailed the history of the prison and most notorious inmates of the past. It has...More

Interesting place. It was my kids who were keen to visit. I wore a disguise just to be on the safe side ! It is still very much a working prison, holding over 600 men at present. Conditions are grim, but somewhat better than 100...More

Came here with my 12 & 14 year old children found it very informative and interesting. The chaps behind Counter knew thier stuff and happily answered any questions we had. We spent over an Hour looking around and reading about past inmates. How times have...More

We came on the bank holiday Monday, and really enjoyed our visit. It's a typical low budget museum, but I found it had charm. The exhibits were interesting and it was a good hour or so to cover it. Yes, I'd recommend it.