HMP Dartmoor Prison Heritage Centre

Quick visit

We popped in for an hour to have a look around, didn’t cost much and was really interesting, the tools confiscated by wardens really dangerous made by inmates, the staff were very friendly and gave us...

Very emotional

Looking through the record books to find my fathers name as he was a prison officer serving at Dartmoor in 1941.

Insightful and informative

We visited late in the afternoon and had 45 minutes to immerse ourselves into the displays. There is loads of information about the prison and plenty of artefacts - physical, film and written - relat...

Worth a visit, particularly if you want to read about ways in which convicts were punished

First time I've visited although my partner has been before. The chap selling the tickets (£4/adult) was very welcoming, interesting and engaging. Lots of exhibits, some of which left me with a dry ...

Great way to spend a couple of hours

A very interesting museum to visit. Lots of history about the prison and some of its notorious inmates. Well worth staying up to two hours. However, lots of reading matter and some of it high up. The ...