HM Prison Peterhead

#4150 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013. Since June 2016, the former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum. ()

Opened: 1888 (136 years ago)Closed: 2013Coordinates: 57°29'24"N, 1°47'14"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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HM Prison Peterhead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Peterhead Baptist Church, Reform Monument, Keith Inch Castle, Whitehill Lodge.

1.2 miN
Church, Neoclassical architecture
Peterhead Baptist Church, Peterhead
30 min walk • Old Parish Church is a Category A listed building located on Maiden Street in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Local brothers Robert and John Mitchell built the church between 1804 and 1806, to a design by Alexander Laing, of Edinburgh. Its Burgerhuys bell dates to 1647.
1.1 miN
Monuments and statues
Reform Monument, Peterhead
29 min walk • The Reform Monument is a Category B listed monument on Broad Street, at its junction with Longate, in Peterhead, Scotland, built in 1833. A Roman doric column, it is surmounted by arms of Earl Marischal, inspired by the gateway of Inverugie Castle.
1 miNE
Forts and castles
Keith Inch Castle, Peterhead
26 min walk • Keith Inch Castle was a 16th-century L-plan tower house and courtyard, about 1.0 mile east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stood on Keith Inch, to the north of Peterhead Bay.
1 miW
Victorian architecture
Whitehill Lodge, Peterhead
25 min walk • Whitehill Lodge is a Category C listed building on Damhead Way in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is known to have been standing since at least the early 1870s, possibly earlier.
0.9 miNW
Town
Clerkhill, Peterhead
23 min walk • Clerkhill is an area of the town of Peterhead in north east Scotland. Surrounded by the areas of Meethill, Dales Park and Coplandhill, it is one of the bigger areas of the town.
1.1 miN
Memorial
Field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith, Peterhead
28 min walk • James Francis Edward Keith was a Scottish soldier and Generalfeldmarschall of the Royal Prussian Army. As a Jacobite he took part in a failed attempt to restore the Stuart Monarchy to Britain. When this failed, he fled to Europe, living in France, and then Spain.

HM Prison Peterhead

Facts and practical information

HM Prison Peterhead plan & book

HM Prison Peterhead – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Peterhead Baptist Church, Peterhead

Reform Monument, Peterhead

Keith Inch Castle, Peterhead

Whitehill Lodge, Peterhead

Clerkhill, Peterhead

Field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith, Peterhead