Discover the captivating history of Peterhead Prison Museum, Scotland’s only convict prison. Explore its role in the railway industry, the dramatic SAS siege, and experience the sights, sounds, and smells of this award-winning attraction.
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Peterhead Prison Museum - Our 5* Multi-Award winning visitor attraction is set within the former HM Convict Prison, Peterhead.
Unique in many ways including being the only “Convict” prison in Scotland [to come here meant you were sentenced to “penal servitude”]; It had the first “state owned” railway in Britain; and it was the only time the Special Air Service were used to end a domestic siege on mainland UK when an officer was held hostage for 4 day’s in 1987.
All your senses will be teased as you walk the galleries and halls where you are surrounded by the visual, our award winning audio tour will bring you into moments in time as you listen to former officers tell their stories and your olfactory senses will be in overdrive at key locations on the route.
Walk in the footsteps of former officers and inmates of “Scotland’s Toughest Jail” often referred to as “Scotland’s Alcatraz”.
This is a once in a life time experience and one that will live with you for many year’s to come
- Includes an audio set for guided tour
The tour covers the scenario within the one and only ‘Convict’ prison in Scotland.
The tour explains that it accommodated the first ‘state-owned’ railway in Britain, and you’ll have the opportunity to view the previous wagons and equipment utilized in the railway.
The tour expounds and displays to visitors the famous usage of the SAS to terminate a dramatic standoff that lasted four days in 1987.
The tour guides you through a 125 year chaotic history of Scotland’s solitary high-security penitentiary.
The tour will stimulate each of your senses - visual, auditory, and olfactory - leaving you with a sense of anticipation that an inmate might just emerge around the next corner.
The tour is currently a multi-award winning tourist site, rated as a 5* attraction by Visit Scotland.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.