I Stay In A Luxury Hotel That Used To Be A PRISON!

The Bodmin Jail Hotel features 70 amazing rooms - formerly three cells, which are now one luxurious room you can even dine in elegant restaurants and even a Champagne bar.
Nestled in the heart of Cornwall, close to the wild moor of Bodmin. This hotel is so unique and full of eye-catching details, It's considered as one of the best boutique hotels in Cornwall.
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[@WalkWithMeTim]

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[@waynegray2284]

Did you see the hangers in bathroom the top bit is from handcuffs

[@FLBeautyQueen]

⭐️ Always ask for a tour of other available rooms before choosing the best to stay ⭐️

[@alexdavis5766]

If Britannia hotels ran this it would still be prison cells!

[@Wh1msicalpickle]

Hahaha!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

LOL

[@HipHopHymns]

😂😂😂

[@christinedixon9192]

Miss davis you know nothing about prison so dont comment

[@TheErador]

@@christinedixon9192 wow...

[@greyshadow9498]

They REALLY missed an opportunity by not naming the restaurant "The Last Meal." £130?! I've paid a lot more for a lot less!

[@alejandropulgarcambra]

De hecho las batas que ponen en la cama deberían tener el diseño de los uniformes a rayas de las prisiones clásicas.

[@silva7493]

@@alejandropulgarcambra JAJAJAJAJAJAJA !!!!!

[@silva7493]

California (Retired) Travel Agent here, I agree !! That is even a bit hard to believe.

[@nellyb2434]

I just checked prices and can't find this price at all. It's double! But, I'd pay that!

[@greyshadow9498]

@@nellyb2434 I think I would too

[@jmarshal]

This is how you do a refit. It looks beautiful but still has all the elements of the original building either featured or as a novelty talking point. The architects and designers who worked on this should be applauded. I would love to stay here but I get the feeling just from the video that it is 100% haunted. I’d definitely need a sleep buddy, too!

[@lynemac2539]

It looks magnificent. I suddenly want to go there!

[@juliedubberley1192]

Yes the design concept was spot on. My only reservation is I couldn't cope with those tiny windows, a bit too authentic for me .

[@valkyrja--]

It's not haunted lol

[@sicr7373]

In my humble opinion this is easily the best and most interesting hotel you have ever visted on the channel, and I think the price you paid of £130.00 a night including breakfast was very reasonable given the high quality and general ambiance of the place. I live up in Nottingham but am definately going to make the effort to have a couple of nights here at some point. Maybe all the staff should dress up as 'screws' to add even more to the theme....Just kidding, but being serious, this hotel looks fantastic!

[@AlisonBryen]

I'd pay £130 a night to stay here too!

[@Suitcasehandle]

£301 im paying to stay in october

[@davidinder5081]

I’m a year on from your comment.. just checked for mid may .. me and the misses 230 quid .. comparing.. Isle of white same time 2 kids 99 quid.. crossing both ways 70 ish plus fuel .. still cheaper

[@Done-737]

😂😂prisoners tried to escape...now there is a waiting list to get in 😅

[@dianacryer]

Who ever rehabbed that prison is brilliant, it’s beautiful. That baby is ridiculously cute.

[@adambartlett6277]

They should take a mugshot when you check in

[@Wh1msicalpickle]

Stunning. The designers and tradesmen have done an amazing job. The attention to detail that other places miss, like the spot on lighting to create the atmosphere. I visited Bodium Jail a couple years ago. Really interesting place. Top quality video as always. Like seriously, your production values are so good. You make everything look so easy, which is a sign of a well put together video. Makes you focus on the content.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

WOW Thank you very much!

[@Randyvanbag]

My wife and I stayed at Bodmin jail in September 2022. And, strangely enough, we stayed in room 208 - SPOOKY! 😂 I honestly can't say enough good things about the jail and the staff. It was amazing! The room, the food, the ambience of the place was amazing. In fact, it was so good, we're going back this year! And the cocktails were stunning and the guys mixing them were hilarious!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Yes such a great unique hotel

[@rukeya12micktemple63]

I find this is one of your best episode. The rooms merged history and contemporary in one design. It was spooky and historical at the same time. Cant wait to see more like this!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

thanks

[@CheshireCat6639]

Agreed 💯👻

[@oliverstemp9132]

I love this hotel room, Tim makes so many worst hotels videos this feels like a massive reward. This is still so enjoyable to watch.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

lol

[@jacquelinesherlock2274]

I visited Alcatraz in San Francisco many years ago when they were in the early days of preparing it for the public to visit. During the tour we were taken to a solitary confinement cell which felt very authentic because it was dirty and stank. They asked for volunteers to go in and have the door locked, so of course my boyfriend and I volunteered. We were locked in there for three minutes. The heavy door was a foot thick and there were no windows, pitch black for three minutes felt like a lifetime!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

wow would love to go there

[@Shirlspuzzles]

Alcatraz is an awesome place. A fab day out

[@jacquelinesherlock2274]

@@WalkWithMeTim put it on your list Tim 😁

[@jacquelinesherlock2274]

@@Shirlspuzzles I agree! 🙂

[@Zombie-Tog]

@@WalkWithMeTim If you do, go on an evening tour..the atmosphere is electric

[@janicester]

They did great with transforming this into a Hotel...very classy. I watched your other prison hotel video before this one and I agree with you...this hotel is better. The bathroom sold me! 😍😍😍

[@JohnUK22]

I imagine that's what every Daily Mail reader thinks a normal prison is like 🤣

[@delanodegenie6970]

It's not far off to be fair 😂😉

[@darwaniangovernment]

Norwegian Prisons

[@trilbywye3944]

They are with added pooltables.

[@suzyq7725]

The designers did a really good job with the subtle lighting.

[@barrywood2806]

Everything about this hotel looks good. Comfy bed, great lighting, and so much attention to detail about the whole place. And you even had a proper, large mushroom for breakfast instead of the rubbery button version.

[@shannonmcglynn55]

Tim said “ This is like the biggest mirror ever and, just for a second-I don’t know if the camera picks this up but look… How clean it is. 😊😅 That mirror looked immaculate! One of the cleanest bathrooms I’ve seen. It’s hard to believe that bathroom is in a prison hotel! Great video as always Tim! Much love to your family! 🙌✨👏

[@bridgetteparker5149]

Thanks for a really interesting video. It’s nice to see an old building being used rather than being left to rot. Casper is sooo cute, bless him. Thanks Tim and Gaby😊

[@mssdn8976]

I googled, built in 1779 and closed as a prison in 1927. The room price sounds really good value

[@jameswalsh2454]

this is messed up , people would have gone through all sorts of nasty things in those cells ....how could anyone willingly stay in such a place let alone pay too

[@mindspace3863]

'I feel as though I'm in a cave.' She hit the nail on the head there.

[@LynneJordan11]

Your baby is adorable! Such a happy boy!! ❤

[@NYKIRA]

The first thing that came to my mind was 'wouldn't this be a haunted hotel' & then you said the thing about your audio being cut 8 times... The hotel does look lovely, I'd definitely go for the experience!

[@rossdivinagracia637]

I don’t think i can sleep in there, despite how beautiful it is now.Thank u.

[@dawndoesnails]

I’m so happy about this. I visited here in around 2010 and I thought it was an epic building back then, I’ve never forgotten it. I had no idea it has been converted into a hotel. How incredible! I so want to try it!!!!!

[@MrGreatplum]

That’s a fabulous conversion - really nicely done. I think it felt so quiet because of the thickness of the walls. Famously the jail is one of the places where Derek Acorah, a “medium” was caught out! In an episode of Most Haunted, Acorah claimed to have been possessed by a spirit named Kreed Kafer, a South African. It was later revealed that "Kreed Kafer" was a fictional character, who was created purely for the show - it’s an anagram of “derek Faker” 😆 Love to stay there - one to put on the list!

[@matthewsmatters]

Blown away by this hotel, definitely one for the list. Love that you brought the family along as well - another wonderful video addition!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

thanks Matthew

[@elainemorris3408]

You guys are super brave, I felt uneasy even watching this and not much scare me. I love paranormal stuff. Thought you may have lost the plot wanting for 3 seconds to be shut in a cell. My apologies I couldn't finish the video, way too creepy for me. But many thanks the 3 of you. Xxx

[@nicolaoffert4006]

That's the nicest hotel I've seen you review so far ! Clean, stylish and understated. I also think £130 with brekky is a really good price. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@tracycraft2971]

Wow! That is such a cool idea! I love it when a building is repurposed and not just left to decay! Really interesting and unique idea! Actually really pretty in there!!

[@Daveyboy5]

the room looked so comfy

[@jayleigh4642]

Wow! It’s changed since I visited 30 years ago when it definitely wasn’t a hotel. We found the tour amazing and very creepy but, I think a night there would be amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

thanks for giving it a watch

[@DawnyDaviau]

The person doing the paranormal investigation tour is Kirsten and she has an incredible knowledge of the jail. I hope you managed to catch her and ask questions about the history of the jail.

[@RadioactiveChannel06]

There’s something about stairs leading nowhere that unnerves me on a deep, primal level, like I’ve stumbled across something I wasn’t supposed to see.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

yes freaked me out ..from a distant but awful past

[@lauriehamilton2436]

So cool! This reminds me of a hotel I stayed at in Boston in the US called "The Liberty"...it was probably the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in, especially considering it was also a former jail!!! I'll never forget the bathroom...it was so beautiful and luxurious! The Bodmin, though, looks way more authentic, older and spookier...Thanks for sharing, Tim!

[@stevensmith7833]

Hi Tim cant believe how that looks now I was there about 15years ago when it was really run down it was the most creepiest place I'd ever been in I tock loads of photos and every one was full of orbs I had really bad dreams that night when I got back to where I was staying you could really feel the misery and suffering that went on in that place I'm really surprised it's been turned in to a hotel now

[@terry-wc9sw]

such a shame I agree, it was far better as an attraction ,did you stand in the haunted cell ,well what was left of it as wall was missing ,and you looked out to the naval sailors wing of the prison from the broken window .I visited in the 80,s/90,s several times .

[@eddybooth1]

Gabby’s face when you said “ we won’t be going to the posh restaurant tonight “ was a picture 😂

[@traceybeerling4776]

Hi Tim Gaby and Casper Wow this was amazing brilliant conversion. I'd stay there it looks amazing. Makes up for all those awful Brittania hotels. It was so lovely to see Gaby and gorgeous Casper. Thankyou for sharing with us. Love to you both as always Tracey 💕 xxxx

[@BarB2-90Nine]

Repurpose a building into a Hotel or whatever is a fabulous ideal This was a place I would only stay once very clean and comfortable. Thanks for the tour of the joint.

[@rudegirlnycloy]

This is the first hotel that you've showcased that I would actually make a trip to stay in.

[@rob-time]

What an incredible concept! Such a masculine vibe with black combined with elements of steele, stone and leather. I love the details, like the former chapel ceiling and the automatic strip lights that luminate the grid panels in the main halls, otherwise its low light ambient. The diamond plate panels in the gym, even the bars and chains at the entrance, even the ghost tour! I don't think it's overdone because they have to offer something extra ordinary to attract guests. I would stay there for sure!

[@Holly-kk4nz]

Now this looks,very classy. What a great remake or refit. Makes for an unusual experience.

[@nelliemelba4967]

I loved this! What a place! I'd love to do a bit of photography there. It has been beautifully renovated into a hotel but it still has a House of Correction vibe about it! 😊 Thanks team Tim, Gaby, and Casper!

[@WalkWithMeTim]

I think that's the draw for some people lol

[@snipersimon]

Having lived in bodmin, the jail experience is fantastic. I hope you got to go around it!

[@Meandtheghosts]

We just went to this hotel last Friday for two nights because if this video.Loved every second there.What an amazing place!We stayed in cell 325.Very spooky!Super clean and we had a fantastic service!

[@outaboutuk9955]

Wow that looks incredible and certainly very unique , I can’t believe how eerily quiet it is

[@claireberesford2307]

Welcome to my neck of the woods :) Have done a couple overnight host hunts before the converted it. It looks exactly the same! So clever. Will defo have to have a stay-cation x

[@kklsid]

Just wanted to say I really like this channel. You come across as very down-to-earth, friendly and genuinely interested. Also, it's not as edited as some other channels. Editing isn't bad per se, but as a viewer this here makes me feel much more like I'm actually coming along, having a look. Grips me more.

[@brendatruant7404]

Well said! 👍 Just recently found this channel and have been binge watching.

[@TheJamsie]

thank you so much for sharing part of your life with us. An amazing review and excellent to see your wife and cutie baba. Your punching brother. love your Vids😍

[@TheJamsie]

Gabbie is Amazing m8e boy, shes a keeper. Enjoy every second with your son, they grow up so quick

[@lynemac2539]

This is the first hotel you've been to that really appeals to me. The walls are wonderful!

[@sharonreichter2537]

What a great use of an old and interesting building.

[@lofianddesign]

Love it! There is something about sleeping in a place that really makes the whole experience more memorable!

[@dmodeboy]

Wow that is an amazing hotel. Absolutely stunning. So much character, history and modern style combined. I'd love to stay there....my sort of place!

[@grahamritchie8118]

The hotel looks absolutely amazing tim and little casper should feel at home with the other ghosts lol, don't you dare joke about locking him in a cell lol he is such a lovely handsome little man.

[@Watfordfc2030]

This was stunning absolutely beautifully done and we would stay there . Infact we will book a couple of nights soon , thanks Tim

[@WalkWithMeTim]

Have fun!

[@ThemeParksAndAttractions]

Looks really nice there to be fair - great bed - nice and quiet and the bathroom looks great - for £130 it's a decent price with breakfast included - I'll have to check this out sometime 😀

[@maylloyd3348]

That really seemed a unique place to stay, and that fact alone must add to the value of the room. Watching your footage I sensed the most creep when you entered the bathroom - utterly still, no noise, no fans, no sense of anyone else left in the world that hadn't been hung already. The only downside must be, however, that carpet - really dubious sub-Spoons pattern, that!

[@hoanipakau657]

Absolutely amazing!! 😂 brought the bodyguard.

[@thewideawakeclub4843]

I went to visit the museum last year. It’s really good. It’s very haunted. I never got to see the hotel part though. 16:00 I’m getting this feeling that those metal things out side of the room was where the prisoner was probably tied up when they let them out side of their cell. I feel like it was where they could have been punished.

[@wrichard11]

I think they're emergency bells. They had mechanisms for wires

[@Sarah-ft8jr]

It’s a shame you didn’t get the chance to visit before the new owners took over and ruined it. I have photos with actual ghosts in, glowing faces and orbs. It’s not the same now.

[@michaeldowd8422]

I really enjoyed that one. Your videos are twice as good when the lovely Gaby and Casper are in them. 👍

[@WalkWithMeTim]

thanks Michael

[@WalkWithMeTim]

KZbin

[@englishcat19]

That’s probably the coolest hotel I’ve ever seen. Lovely stuff Tim bro

[@spitfire9880]

That was an interesting place. Love how they have kept a lot of the original Prison style mixed with the posh modern works surprisingly well. Was good to see your wife join you and have a fun time by the looks of it.

[@roymillsjnr5172]

Brilliant i stayed in a farmhouse on bodmin moor many moons ago , its great i love the prison im defo going to use this ,there must be people knocking about ,enjoyed this very much 👍👍

[@diannehardwick950]

Very interesting. I can see how it could seem claustrophobic but it’s done very well. I agree with you about the quality crockery and cutlery. Quality and uniformity do matter. Thanks for taking us Tim. I hope you and your family enjoyed it. Maybe young Casper sensed the ghosts and that’s why he kept waking up?

[@WalkWithMeTim]

nope he has been doing that for months lol

[@Aw_tig]

Ooh I love this, it’s great that they have kept the building and the history but made it into something usable instead of it just standing empty. The rooms look amazing I bet it will be quite popular

[@ruthe71]

I love this and I’m definitely going to go. I actually have a piece of the original glass from Bodmin jail. It’s light green in colour, opaque and over 3 inches thick.

[@thelmabrindley2369]

Amazing place but came across to me as very spooky. Breakfast looked lovely.

[@gaiaceveles1582]

What a great idea for a hotel 😃, you really go to some interesting places...thank you both for sharing' much love to you all🤗💛

[@dorisacker6292]

Absolutely loved this and the quietest hotel I have ever heard of. Thanks! Now I really want to come to the UK!

[@aaronwalsh7678]

Wow the way they have transformed this prison into a hotel is awsome

[@rontanser9369]

Wow that did look a fantastic place as you were walking around you could almost hear the silence it must’ve been almost deafening

[@LynneJordan11]

That bathroom … the surfaces are so high end . I love this hotel and the fact that it’s haunted is a bonus for me! 😂 Those windows are crazy. Really brings the prison vibe to front. Love the descriptions of the inmates.

[@chrisonYTtour]

Loved this… fascinating history… thought the conversion looked great, very sympathetic to the original building. The new construction only serves to highlight the beauty of the historical construction methods 👍

[@Dephective1]

I'm sure I remember going to Bodmin gaol (jail) as a kid in the 80s. Can't believe its a hotel now. Interesting vid. Thanks ❤️👍✌️

[@Awarebynature]

it's beautiful... love the stone walls with the black and the lighting

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

I couldn't stay there, just imagining the evil soaked into those walls would spook me, not to mention the suffering of the innocent ones who were probably sent there too. The room was claustrophobic with the tiny window. Glad you enjoyed it though.

[@sydclark5581]

We couldn't imagine the horrors that occurred in those cells, torture, rape and even murders (in virtually every cell). Not a place I'd want to visit, nevermind stay.

[@lynnedayer8474]

An uncle and aunt of mine owned one of the officers houses in the 60/70s. Stayed there often as a child and played in the grounds. It became a nightclub while they lived there and the acts performing there would lodge with my uncle and aunt.

[@annekafrench7120]

Where I live by Oxford, the Malmaison in Oxford centre used to be the prison which is now a hotel, like this the rooms are the cells and the balcony by the rooms is the same. Bad girls was also filmed there before being converted

[@hazelmanship7516]

Hi Tim Gaby and Casper, wow amazing place to stay, very luxurious, thanks for sharing glad no ghosties!! X

[@Paula-pi3bc]

WOW! What a lovely hotel. Surprised it isn’t a 5 star hotel, absolutely gorgeous and unique.

[@brandonnixon8561]

Hi Tim, this is an experience which I'm very intrigued to take part in. Looks very different, very eerie but very modern as well. I might have to check this out next time I am down Cornwall!

[@rach623]

I use to live in Wallace road, approx 20/21 years ago and use to drink in the pub there and play pool. Place never bothered me, pub was always cheap. People were ok. Nice to see them restore it as opposed to demolish or let go to dereliction.

[@TheCatBilbo]

I love this idea! Reusing such a unique & historic building; doing enough to make it a really good hotel but sympathetically. The stone is so warm & unusual - like a castle. Good a poor prisoner, staring at the cell ceiling, ever imagine in a million years that it would one day be a hotel!

[@jane.c.c]

That was great. I'd love to go there.. Thanks for the laugh at the end too.. poor Gabby.. 😂🤣

[@Old_and_Wise]

Thank goodness the glass on the shower wasn't more reflective at 18:37 😅 I got worried you might have accidentally revealed too much there for a brief moment!

[@andys8483]

I have yet to visit Cornwall (it's on my 'bucket list') but when I do, this amazing place will be my top place to stay 👍

[@Mardi-Shorts-DevonGirlUK]

Do come and visit us. I live smack bang in between Devon & Cornwall (the border city) so I get the beauty and magic of both amazing counties 🙂

[@RinAsami1]

Best video yet!!! This is the coolest hotel I've seen! I wish other old jails and other places that would not be traditionally converted to hotels would be considered for conversion because it makes for such a different memorable experience. It's so quirky, I love it. I'd love to see more unique hotels like this in videos; they're so interesting.

[@nysavant]

What a brilliant conversion. Seems like a real experience, not just a place to stay. Adding this to my places to visit list, thank you!

[@user-pr5vk9ho2t]

When i was there over 20 yrs ago, they were just starting to renovate and it was part of the tour, they`ve done a good job.

[@BoutTime73]

Glad to see they left the bean holes in some of the doors to keep authentic. Imagine the things that went on there. Reminds me of Marquette state prison in Michigan.

[@JuneT16]

10 out of 10 again Tim, I want to go there now. Lovely explore, if that is the word, glad Gaby and Casper enjoyed too.

[@judybee]

Must have cost an arm and a leg to convert the jail into these rooms! So creepy though. Don't think I could stay there even with all that luxury behind the cell doors. You do such a good presentation of places, it's such a shame the TV people don't snap you up to present some of their programmes! They're missing a trick for sure!......x J x

[@WalkWithMeTim]

yes it cost millions! lol thanks Judy as long as you enjoy and keep watching

[@nelliemelba4967]

Actually many people have now ditched their tv licences, and many more are continuing to do so. I don't watch any mainstream tv but watch platforms like this, and good, original content makers, like Tim. So much better...

[@WalkWithMeTim]

@@nelliemelba4967 yay thanks Nellie

[@supersparky346]

30million it cost

[@nellyb2434]

I'm constantly looking for places to stay with my 8 year old son and first I thought 'yes!' But, I don't want him to think prison is this luxurious LOL!!

[@darkvader7231]

Excellent video Tim, Casper looking so cute and nice to see Gabby as well. The hotel looks amazing!!

[@telstar32]

What a fascinating and informative review. The hotel looks amazing. Thanks Tim.

[@WalkWithMeTim]

My pleasure!

[@mrkbroster87]

In Germany there’s a town called Colditz, which was a castle Colditz (Schloss Colditz) that the Nazis made infamous in world war 2 as a POW camp for repeat escapees. That’s now a hotel and museum.

[@Neil070]

"For you, ze holiday is over....."

[@jacquelinesherlock2274]

There's an old film about that prison ..... Called "Colditz" of course 😁

[@mrkbroster87]

@@jacquelinesherlock2274 I seen it

[@craign1668]

Amazing video,so unusual and very interesting.What a transformation.

[@redditch11b]

We stopped a night in the summer, It's amazing to see! A lot better, we thought, than the Malmaison in Oxford which is similar in setup but a bit more expensive. Can't wait to watch the vid Tim 😃😄

[@kevwalton272]

what a magnificent georgian building, the designers wow!