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Scary Bodmin Jail
Bodmin Jail (Bodmin)

Member Name: liz4199
Product:
Bodmin Jail (Bodmin)
Date: 22/07/10
Rating:
Advantages: Excellent value for money
Disadvantages: be prepared to be scared
Oh My God what a scarest place Bodmin Jail is. On holiday this year me and my mum did not want to go on the steam train in Bodmin as we are usually forced to go on my dads passion we discovered Bodmin Jail. It is well sign posted in Bodmin with plentiful brown signs. There is car parking in the main yard a little limited but there is some extra parking at the rear. You enter the door and the restaurant/ bar is to your right where you can have a light snack or a full dinner which can be taken outside in the coutyard. I did think some of the main courses were a little expensive however they used local produce and high quality ingrediants. The restaurant and bar is situated in the old guards room and it has been beautifully restored with next door with the witness box turned into a lounge and function room. YOu pay at the bay which is about 6.00 per adult discount for kids and oaps to my mothers delight(how embarrasing). You enter the jail half way through and it has six floors to start the tour you start three floors underground and you visit six floors which consists of stories on flogging, hanging, packed cells and several stocks. This is place is cold so take a coat and it is quite scary and can bring the shivers on. There is still alot more to restore which is evident when you get to the top floor also it was a navel prison and a store for the rum in the second world war for the sailors. There are two video rooms one on the second floor of the jail and the other is situated to the side of the courtyard. The courtyard video room consists stories of hangmen and how to hang some one. I learnt alot from Bodmin Jail espicially how poor people were in Cornwall and the odd one is How to Hang someone. It is excellent value for money not for the weak hearted. Bodmin Jail featured on the Yvette fielding programme most haunted and she has been quoted to say it has been one of the scariest places she has been too and I have to agree with her too.
Summary: A summary of Bodmin Jail as a tourist
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