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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Dumfries
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p><strong>Booking Event<br /></strong>A comprehensive tour of HM Prison will be conducted between 12pm and 3pm where visitors will experience the residential area, work locations and visit room. As this is a working prison there are restrictions so please call <strong>Solway Heritage on 01387 247543</strong> to book your place and they will be explained. No under 16s.<br /><br />From the A75 follow signs for Dumfries at the large Glasgow Road roundabout with the suspension bridge above. Continue until you reach traffic lights and take the right hand lane, turning right. Take the next right bringing you onto Terregles Street. The prison is second on the left. </p>
OpeningTime1
Fully booked - apologies for any disappointment
ArchitectName
Major-General T.B. Collinson
OpeningDate1
25/9/2010
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11621
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Terregles Street
Postcode
DG2 9AX
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
HM Prison Dumfries
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1069
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.06944,-3.62449;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Built in 1883 to replace old prisons in Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Stranraer, this castellated building was the work of Major-General T.B. Collinson, the architect and engineer to the Scottish Prisons Department. </p><p>The original purpose of the prison was to house male and female remand and convicted prisoners from SW Scotland and the building, having undergone many alterations and changes of use, still works as prison today, serving a very important role in the rehabilitation of convicts. </p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1883