Last minute plans and on a whim joined on a heritage guided tour. Caroline was very friendly and an excellent guide very informative and knowledgeable. Tour was well worth the money. Highly recommend.

We came here as a family for the guided tour, and Gemma was absolutely fantastic. Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. She certainly made it worth the visit. Rest of the staff were also very lovely and polite, and site as a whole was very interesting!

Our first time visiting Bodmin Jail today and WOW!! What an amazing experience. Do much history in this place and it’s displayed do well, I won’t add any spoilers but it’s not just an old building to walk around, there’s much much more to it. Definitely recommend for a few hours. 10/10 from me 👍🏻

Visited today and overall throughly enjoyed - it wasn’t without incident but the team did their best in trying circumstances. Initially we couldn’t book tickets as the website wasn’t working so decided to risk arriving on spec ( we’re staying about 20 mins away ). We got there just as the escorted Tour was about to start and the team kindly held it back a few minutes so we could join it. The first hour or so were brilliant. The effects in the first part are fabulous and very clever. The tour then proceeded to the cell area where our guide Rhiannon was a great storyteller; lots of information shared regarding prisons in general and some specific inmates. Very personable and approachable. Sadly we then had our tour interrupted by a fire alarm. We were safely and quickly evacuated and once the building was ok were allowed back inside. But the exhibits that needed power hadn’t yet reset so despite Rhiannon’s best endeavours ( and she really was very good ) the latter part of the tour fizzled out when the fire alarms went off again - and again. These things do happen and it’s unfortunate- what was good was how Rhiannon handled the interruptions and the fact we were offered , without asking , the opportunity to return to finish what we hadn’t been able to totally enjoy. Not sure we will have time to do that but the offer was appreciated.

We decided to book a guided tour here on a wet and windy day, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff throughout, from the cafe to the entrance were friendly and welcoming and so the experience truly starts from the moment you walk in. Our guide, Carl, really added to the experience with his incredible knowledge of the prison and its former inmates (I would really recommend opting for the guided tour, we learnt so much more than was just on the information boards) and welcomed questions from us all.

It states on website to arrive 15 minutes before the start of your allotted timeslot. We would have done, if there had been any parking near this attraction! We had to park a good 20 minutes uphill walk away. There is NO car park and it does not mention this on the website. Anyone with walking difficulties would have really struggled, so please beware. Also, the cafe was closed for food when we came out of our tour. They are experimenting at the moment by not serving any food between 4pm and 5pm. WHY?! Again, nothing mentioned about this on the website! The actual tour was good, we went round on our own, some good effects. The narrator/s voices are quite clear throughout, but the other actors' voices aren't always that clear. It would have been nice to have seen more of the actual jail building. Overall, we quite enjoyed the trip, but not sure if we would go again.

Amazing day out. Caroline was our tour guide, so friendly and very very informative always willing to answer anybody’s questions :) the dark walk was amazing, really cleverly done! Will be recommending to people looking for something to do around Cornwall. Very reasonably priced and wasn’t rushed at all was a good 2 hour tour!

If there’s ever one guided tour you do, Bodmin Jail needs to be it! They’ve spent millions doing up this attraction up and it’s very impressive. We visited on the 1.30pm tour on Thurs 21st Sept with Caroline as our guide. Caroline was fantastic. She truly immersed you in the experience of the criminals she told you the stories of. Her knowledge of the jail is excellent. We’ll be highly recommending this attraction (and paying extra for the guided tour) to anyone we know who goes to Cornwall. They do ghost tours and ghost hunting here too that you can book up. We’ll be doing that if we return to Cornwall for sure! One guided tour attraction not to be missed!

Well worth visiting, not what I was expecting at all. Won’t give any spoilers but such an interesting place to visit. I would definitely recommend you visit if in the area. Probably not suitable for very young children as can be scary in parts.

As we were staying nearby, we were looking for things to do & found a leaflet advertising a visit to Bodmin jail. So as I've visited old jails before, especially in Australia, we thought we'd give this a go. I was very pleased we did as it really wasn't what I was expecting. Its like something out of Universal studios with holograms and films that tell a story about real life prisoners. Altogether I would thoroughly recommend a visit here as its highly entertaining.