Bodmin Jail Hotel

4.0 star property
VIP Access

Choose dates to view prices

Photo gallery for Bodmin Jail Hotel

Interior
Breakfast and dinner served, local cuisine
Front of property
Hallway
Champagne bar

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Bar
  • Gym

Explore the area

View in a map
Scarlett’s Well Road, Bodmin, England, PL31 2PL
  • Place, Bodmin Jail
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, St Petroc's Parish Church
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Cornish Health
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Airport, Newquay (NQY-Newquay Cornwall)
    ‪25 min drive‬
VIP Access
Curated for quality and service, VIP Access stays consistently receive our highest guest ratings.
  • Expect exceptional service
  • Extra savings and perks for BONUS+ members

Room options

Classic Double Room, 1 King Bed

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(30 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Classic Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds

Family Double Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Classic Double or Twin Room, Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds OR 1 Queen Bed

Similar properties

About this property

Bodmin Jail Hotel

Suburban hotel with fitness centre and 24-hour front desk
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a fitness centre and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a coffee shop/cafe, concierge services and dry cleaning.
Bodmin Jail Hotel offers 70 accommodations with minibars and a safe. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. 40-inch flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include a separate bath and shower with a deep soaking bath and a rainfall showerhead, and bathrobes. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 25+ Mbps). Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottles of water and blackout curtains. Hypo-allergenic bedding and an iron/ironing board can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Bodmin Jail Hotel. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from Bodmin Jail. Features include free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus a restaurant. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free Wi-Fi (speed: 25+ Mbps)
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at The Chapel Restaurant, a fine-dining restaurant that serves local cuisine
  • English breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry and a concierge
  • On-site recreation includes a gym
  • Just a 2-minute drive from Bodmin Jail and 8 minutes from Pencarrow House and Garden
  • Dogs welcome for a fee (restrictions apply)
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Bodmin Jail Hotel also features a fitness centre, concierge services, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Free self parking is available. A complete renovation of Bodmin Jail Hotel was completed in March 2021.

This 4-star Bodmin hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a English breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM.
The Chapel Restaurant – This fine-dining restaurant specialises in local cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Reservations are required.
Champagne Bar – On-site Champagne bar. Open daily.
The Jolly Hangman Tavern – This theme restaurant specialises in international cuisine and only serves lunch. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily English breakfast available 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: GBP 20 for adults and GBP 10 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Champagne Bar
  • The Chapel Restaurant
  • The Jolly Hangman Tavern

Things to do

  • Bicycle storage
  • Gym

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Outdoor furniture

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-width doorways

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 4 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1779
  • Renovated entire property - March 2021
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillow menu

Bathroom

  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Dressing gowns
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 40-inch flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Heated floor
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Mobile key entry
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 20 per pet, per night
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Maximum 2 (weight limit: 75 lb per pet)
  • Food and water bowls are available
  • Certain rooms only
  • You can request a pet-friendly room by reaching out to the property at the number on the booking confirmation
  • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cots (infant beds) are available for GBP 75.0 per day.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for English breakfast: from approximately GBP 20.00 for adults and from GBP 10.00 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 20 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 75.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
This property reserves the right to pre-authorise the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
Property Registration Number 09861358
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Pets are welcome in specific rooms only, which can be requested by contacting the property directly at the number on your booking confirmation (please see the Fees section for related charges).

Property is also known as

Bodmin Jail Hotel Hotel
Bodmin Jail Hotel Bodmin
Bodmin Jail Hotel Hotel Bodmin

Reviews

Bodmin Jail Hotel Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

10/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 345 out of 421 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 50 out of 421 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 421 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 421 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 421 reviews

Reviews

8/10 Good

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great venue. Food options not the best for evening meal. As it’s high end prices
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Zubair

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing Place

What a brilliant hotel, converted Jail with pristine decor and top quality staff. Definitely worth staying there is you're in the area, only a fewiles drive from Eden Project.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Interesting place - nowhere to eat for dog owners

Rooms are nice, the breakfast is fantastic (despite cold eggs), and the building is interesting...however... This is the second time we've stayed here mainly to break up the long journey down to West Cornwall (why else would you stay in Bodmin?!!). The rooms are very cool but starting to look rough around the edges (floor and wall scuffs etc.), but the main issue for us, with our dog, is the unfathomable decision to close the dog-friendly on-site restaurant, now a cafe that closes at 6pm. Whilst the Chapel restaurant is open every night for other guests, no dogs are allowed, so despite welcoming dogs in the rooms, if you do take your dog, you cant get an evening meal. Rocking up at 6pm on Sunday and finding this out was a bit of a bummer! Also, having paid an extera £20 for the dog, I'd expected at least a few dog treats in the room (we had treats, bowl and dog bed last time) but this time, nothing at all. Lastly, on check-out, I was asked if i wanted to add a 'recommended' gratuity for the cleaning staff! What hotels do this?! Having already paid over £200 for the room, i found this both bizarre are a bit rude. You can "ask to remove this" additonal fee, but then its you that ends up looking and feeling like a bad person. Not appreciated at all. Why not pay the staff a full wage so they dont rely on these sneaky extra "optional" charges?
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simply WOW! It is a beautiful hotel….book ahead during the peak travel season to get on the guided tour. We did the self guided tour which was very good, but a great tour guide would have filled in little bits and pieces …..plus I think there’s a haunted walk component to it! If you get a chance book Room 304 as it’s a corner room on the top floor and the ONLY one with an additional window with a decent view (4 windows versus just 3). Each room is composed of 3 ‘cells’….bathroom cell very luxurious, entry cell for sitting, and bedroom cell. The 3 cells are now open concept, hence not claustrophobic. Our room had 2 tvs (not sure why) worked by the same 1 remote. The bathrobes were the SOFTEST I’ve ever experienced! The continental breakfast was spectacular and generous. They had the best coffee I had in all of England. This hotel was worth the splurge!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience and very comfortable rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Exceptional place to stay.

We had an amazing time staff were all polite and friendly and gave amazing service. The standard of room and food was exceptional we had a very enjoyable stay looking forward to returning soon.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

PHIL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Exceeded expectations

We had a wonderful stay. Nothing to add
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Alicia

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a great experience. The food was fantastic. The staff were really pleasant polite and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lillie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing hotel! Such an experience! Will definitely be back!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ruth

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was fantastic and cosy ,staff were great and helpful. Easy to find , would recommend this hotel to everyone. Dining was a great experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tamar

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Rooms lovely and breakfast superb
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lucy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful hotel

Absolutely beautiful hotel in the old jail, so many of the original features with a modern feel. Breakfast was incredible, best eggs Benedict I’ve ever had and the continental selection was amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Spookily spectacular

Amazing hotel, quality of the room was exceptional, we ate in the Chapel restaurant and found the food to be lovely. Would definitely recommend this gem of a hotel. Sadly we saw no ghosts.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025