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Beaumaris Gaol

Beaumaris, Anglesey

A Victorian jail with a treadmill, and a hanged man's curse on the church clock.

Beaumaris Gaol is a grim Victorian prison with a working treadwheel, dark punishment cells and a condemned cell. In 1862 Richard Rowlands was hanged here for murder, protesting his innocence to the end.

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When
Built 1829
Where
53.2640, -4.0930
Group
Gibbets & executions

Visiting

Open in season, with costumed guides.

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