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Guided tour around Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum

Shire Hall Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UY

  • 21 Sep 2025
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking required
  • | Walk / Tour

Guided tour of the Shire Hall Museum's underground cells and courthouse.

Participants will get a tour of the Shire Hall Museum focusing on “Conviction Politics” and the tumultuous relationship between convictions and conviction. Including the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Richard Bleathman and George Long’s stories.

Timings

Sunday 21 September:
10.30am and 11.30am

Location & directions

Shire Hall Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UY

Contact on day:
Virginia Smith
Telephone number:
+441305261849

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:

Accessibility details

Access to the different levels of the museum are via a lift. Some areas of the museum are not well lit.

Additional information

Max number of people:
20
Estimated duration:
1 hour(s)

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