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HM Prison Peterhead

#4150 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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HM Prison Peterhead
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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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Admission Adult £10

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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.

  • peterhead baptist church1.2 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.

  • reform monument peterhead1.1 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.

  • keith inch castle peterhead1 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.

  • whitehill lodge peterhead1 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.

  • clerkhill peterhead0.9 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.

  • field marshal james francis edward keith peterhead1.1 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.

Where to next? Visit scotland Scotland region page or discover the top tourist attractions in United Kingdom.

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