Although HM Prison Shrewsbury was originally built by Thomas Telford in 1793, the present building was constructed in 1877. 

In the wake of its closure in 2013, the prison became a hugely popular tourist attraction, providing visitors with the opportunity to learn about life behind bars for the thousands of criminals incarcerated there during its 220-year ‘lifespan’. 

The tour includes the chance to walk the wings, check out the solitary confinement and condemned-man cells, and step inside the execution room where sentences were carried out. Seven executions took place in the prison during the 20th century.