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Ghost Hunt at Shepton Mallet Prison (Sept)

Venue: Shepton Mallet Prison
Location: Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Date: 19th September 2026
Time: 9:00pm until 3:00am
Tickets: £65 Per Person

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HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a former prison located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Before closure Shepton Mallet was a category C lifer prison holding 189 prisoners.

The prison was opened before 1625, expanded in 1790 and further building work was undertaken in the 1820s and 1830s. This included the installation of a treadwheel for those sentenced to hard labour. In 1843 the number of cells was increased by adding a second storey to each wing. The prison was damaged during a fire in 1904. In 1930 the number of inmates had fallen and the prison was closed.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 the prison was reopened as a military prison. It was initially used by the British Army and later by American forces who constructed a new execution block to hang condemned prisoners. It was also used for the storage of important historical documents from the Public Record Office in London, including Domesday Book.

Much of what has taken place here was brutal. In the 17th and 18th centuries men, women and children were kept in horrendous conditions, starving in packed, smallpox-infested cells. Former inmates lie in unmarked graves throughout the grounds. Seven judicial executions took place between 1889 and 1926, but the total number of executions at Shepton Mallet in its early years is unknown. During the Second World War, it was adopted as a military prison by the British and Americans. By the end of 1944, 16 American soldiers had been hanged and two shot by firing squad for crimes that included rape and murder. The notorious gangsters the Krays were among its former inmates.

📆 Date: 19th September 2026
🕗 Time: 9:00pm until 3:00am
🎟️ Ticket Price Per Person: £65

Minimum Guest Age: 18 years old.
Deposit payment available (£20 per person)
Read previous customer Feedback/Testimonials from this location.
- Tea/Coffee provided
- Warm clothing advised
- Lots of Walking
- Lots of Stairs
- Over 18s only

Ghost Hunt at Shepton Mallet Prison (April)

Venue: Shepton Mallet Prison
Location: Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Date: 17th April 2027
Time: 9:00pm until 3:00am
Tickets: £65 Per Person

Book your Place

HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, is a former prison located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Before closure Shepton Mallet was a category C lifer prison holding 189 prisoners.

The prison was opened before 1625, expanded in 1790 and further building work was undertaken in the 1820s and 1830s. This included the installation of a treadwheel for those sentenced to hard labour. In 1843 the number of cells was increased by adding a second storey to each wing. The prison was damaged during a fire in 1904. In 1930 the number of inmates had fallen and the prison was closed.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 the prison was reopened as a military prison. It was initially used by the British Army and later by American forces who constructed a new execution block to hang condemned prisoners. It was also used for the storage of important historical documents from the Public Record Office in London, including Domesday Book.

Much of what has taken place here was brutal. In the 17th and 18th centuries men, women and children were kept in horrendous conditions, starving in packed, smallpox-infested cells. Former inmates lie in unmarked graves throughout the grounds. Seven judicial executions took place between 1889 and 1926, but the total number of executions at Shepton Mallet in its early years is unknown. During the Second World War, it was adopted as a military prison by the British and Americans. By the end of 1944, 16 American soldiers had been hanged and two shot by firing squad for crimes that included rape and murder. The notorious gangsters the Krays were among its former inmates.

📆 Date: 17th April 2027
🕗 Time: 9:00pm until 3:00am
🎟️ Ticket Price Per Person: £65

Minimum Guest Age: 18 years old.
Deposit payment available (£20 per person)
Read previous customer Feedback/Testimonials from this location.
- Tea/Coffee provided
- Warm clothing advised
- Lots of Walking
- Lots of Stairs
- Over 18s only

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