Clink Prison Museum

Avoid. This is a tourist trap of a quite small & overpriced museum. Badly wax puppets & blood effects presenting the Southwark/​Clink prison & it’s history. Even with the discount voucher — 2 for 1– it doesn’t worth it. You can see the whole museum in about 20mins — the only interesting thing is in the end that you get your photo for free (send to you by e-​mail) in prison’s gaol.

My husband and I really enjoyed this out-​of-​the-​way little museum. I thought the tableaux were fun and atmospheric and you do actually learn something about the history of the prison. We went on a rainy, late-​Wednesday afternoon in February and had the place to ourselves. You can even get a free souvenir photo at the end. A nice change from the big, high-​traffic museums.

Woohoo! As good as it totally gets!
This was a random visit, and it was 110% worth the price and time. Better than almost every museum we have in America. The interactive/​environment based exhibits provided not only information but also an experience.
We still talk about it, and I would rank this as one of my Top 5 Museums I’ve visited around the world.

really liked the old torture instruments & the smell. my favorite part was the cartoon mascot (Mr. Le Rat). would pay for this experience again

In some ways, this museum was a bit of a disappointment after some other gruesome British attractions I’ve been to. It’s self-​directed, cheesy, and has what most would consider an overwhelming amount of written content.
On the other hand, my parents and I spent hours in it. If you’re willing to read all the panels, there are some really unique anecdotes that I had never heard before, as well as the origin of some modern day expressions. It might not have been the most engaging experience, but I went away with interesting things to share with friends.
The Clink has a for kids aspect, which consists of a little rat character who leaves interesting tidbits at the end of some panels. Personally, I found these the most interesting!
If you’re not willing to read all the panels, don’t go. If you love reading gruesome history books, this is a more interactive way to do it.

Seriously one of the most underrated museums in London. Everyone goes to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels or the torture museum. The torture area of the Tower is just one room and then leads straight to the gift shop. Our beefeater said in passing to go check out the Clink, which is the former jail for those who weren’t worthy to be jailed in the Tower.
We went the next day across the river and downstairs into the museum, which is all underground. The museum looks like a movie set where all of the figures are creepy mannequins that portray various historical figures or types of torture.
£10 entry for a self-​guided tour and almost no one goes so you have it all to yourself. Yes, it’s cheesy but who doesn’t like that every now and then? It’s every bit as cheesy as the Tower, but way more informative. So glad that we heard about it!

The Clink is 100% cheesy and teeny tiny but my 11 year old son LOVED it. He loved reading all the information on the walls about what it was like in the medieval prison and picking up all the hands-​on exhibits. We both actually learned quite a bit during our visit. I probably wouldn’t put this on my must-​see list for London, but if you’re in the area and have an hour to kill, it’s worth checking it out.

The Clink Prison Museum is a very small place for the 7 GBP entrance and the entrance was not very friendly because I did not buy his guide in Addition.
OK, it is worth to see the bad atmosphere in prison some hundred years ago and only worth to tourists who can understand the English language because everything is written in English.

Really interesting but very small museum that give you an insight into how awful life in the clink prison was. I got round it in less than an hour and that was with stopping to read every bit of information about all the exhibits. For its size and content I think it’s a bit over priced at £7 for an adult ticket though.

The Clink is a cross between a real museum and one of those «haunted houses» that open up around Halloween time. It’s not a super authentic museum, since most of the exhibits seem to be reproductions, but the location is authentic. It is very educational on the subject of torture, though. Somewhat of a gruesome way to spend time in London, but it’s only about £7 per person and doesn’t take more than an hour to go through.

Do yourself an ENORMOUS favor and skip this rip-​off. If this place really is a museum, then you can just as easily make your own «museum» by stuffing some old suits full of crumpled newspaper and hanging them in your living room.
If you are an American, you’ve seen more professional displays at your local county fair– You know, the kind of attraction they load on the back of a truck and assemble in about 12 hours for each new town they visit.
Even if you are inclined to take your time through this craptastic dreck, you will be out in less than 20 minutes. And the «free picture» they promise you, posing in a mock-​up of an antique torture chair? Good luck retrieving that photo on the internet. The site will merely tell you «We could not find the code you entered.»
Stay in your hotel and read the fire escape instructions. It will be cheaper and more entertaining.

The museum is horrible: the information completely inadequate, and the little that there is is repetitive; the is lighting poor, and the mannequins look like they’re simply disintegrating. I am annoyed I wasted my money and my time. It doesn’t deserve to even call itself a museum. What a racket!

Ideal for the faux-​scholar who pretends to love history but actually has the attention span of a goldfish, this overpriced tourist trap is no substance and all fluff.
Obviously, the allure of gruesome history and torture implements is hard to ignore (at least I think so!). But trust me when I say that given London’s wealth of quality museums and exhibits, many of which are free, this place is definitely one to be skipped.
But hey, I was in this city for three months and my dad came to visit, so we thought «why not.» The reality: you will encounter very little history and many, many cheesy recreations of bodies in various stages of torture. Toward the end is a pretty funny photo opp with some of the torture implements, but that is probably the highlight and certainly not worth the £6 entry fee.
Skip! If you’re into morbid history and want an exhibit that is well worth your money, try the Old Operating Theatre by the London Bridge tube stop instead.

Despite reading all of the bad reviews for the poor Clink Prison Museum, I gave it a shot anyway. London is still new and exciting to me and I love discovering odd little places – especially historical ones. And hey, it’s cheap.
I understand why the reviews are bad. This isn’t much of a museum. It’s just a couple of rooms with poorly done wax figures with fake cries, shouting and lightning. I felt there was way too much information with not enough stuff. The walls are covered with informational plaques and posters and you can stand there for ages just reading about the history of the Clink, the laws in place during that time and also a lot of boring facts about various notable people. The actual pieces are just a couple of prison doors and then several creepy torture devices.
But, if you enter the Clink with an open mind and don’t expect too much, there is fun to be had. For instance, there is a wax figure trapped in a scaffold with an exposed buttcrack. Tons of photo opportunities here! The torture devices are out for you to pick up and have a proper look at – the best ones by far being the chastity belt and the iron boot. And then of course is the chopping block and giant foam ax so you can pretend to chop your friends heads off.
If you want a nice break and a bit of cheesiness, this place is worth checking out. If you want to be scared to death or to spend hours wandering a big museum… I’d advise giving this one a pass.

Bijou museum chronicling elements of the seamier side of the history of Southwark, or more specifically, it’s jailbirds and né’re-do-wells. Aimed principally at, I would guess, a younger (12 years old) clientele, and really rather small, as I mentioned — if you’re a grown up, expect to be in and out in an hour. Some exhibits are vaguely interactive, in an old-​fashioned, non-​computerised way (seeing how heavy and ball and chain would be, having a go in the stocks, etc. etc.) A lightweight museum experience.

This isn’t like the London Dungeon so don’t visit it expecting that! I would say this is more for older children, teens and adults who are really interested in the history of London’s prison. I thought it was quite difficult to find and it’s not signposted very well which means it seems more of an obscure tourist attraction. It’s very creepy inside and if you ever get the chance to hear a goth band play at this venue (Mortis once did a gig here) then go for it, it has a great atmosphere!

Oh… poor little Clink museum… After turning down the London Dungeon for all it’s touristy hype and amusement park prices, I wanted to see something more legit. This poor lil guy wants to be a museum so bad… I rarely donate money to a museum because I always think, ehh, they get grants and sponsors anyway, but I think this one needs the help. I feel like with a makeover, there would be some potential for a cool stop as this is literally in the site of the old Clink prison that gave us such fun phrases as «throw ‘em in the clink!»
I… yeah, that’s all I’ve got… I mean, it’s cheap, especially with the student concession, and we had fun because we were being silly and taking pics with the wax people that were dying from the plague or whatever, but maybe it’s good for kids? It’s like all the doom and gloom of old times without making your kids pee their pants from something jumping out at them? Just a thought? There’s a few photo ops at the end if you want to re-​enact a chopping off of your friend’s head… if I knew how to upload place-​specific pics, I’d show you. (looks around)…

link Prison — Das berühmt-​berüchtigte mittelalterliche Gefängnis. Dort, wo einst Schuldner und Mörder untergebracht wurden. Im Clink Prison wurden ebenso Mitglieder der Mayflower inhaftiert. Es ist nicht nur ein Besuch wert, sondern vielmehr eine praktische Erfahrung, die einem dort erwartet. Dort wird man die dunkle Seite der Geschichte Londons kennen lernen.
Öffnungszeiten
Montag bis Freitag 10.00 bis 18.00 Uhr
Samstag und Sonntag 10.00 bis 21.00 Uhr
Preise
Erwachsene £5.00
Kinder £3.50
Konzessionen £3.50

I was so intrigued by the entrance of this museum alone, it reminded me of the London Dungeon so I was expecting all manner of gory /​interesting /​weird historical delights inside but unfortunately I was a little disappointed.
I found the museum a little boring — it’s more of a tourist thing than anything else, being in the perfect area with lots of passing trade. I’d say if you want something more interesting then the London Dungeon is better, although it’s a «dungeon» more than a «prison», it’s just more entertaining…

i left a long review here but the qype site crashedbooo
so in a nutshell:
the clink is old and creepy — mainly due to the sad state of its’ displays. the only reason i went here was because i was in the mood for sinister and macabre london history, and did not want to queue nor pay exorbitant prices for the london dungeon.
worthwhile if you are in the area and have an hour to kill, otherwise, forget it.

The Clink suffers from an identity crisis. Is it a small, serious museum, or a busy tourist attraction? My visit suggested that the answer is a bit of both, but with neither succeeding terribly well.
The museum is near London Bridge, between Southwark Cathedral and Vinopolis. On your way, note Winchester Palace (or rather, the few remnants of the palace) as its history is closely linked to that of the museum.

This museum is situated on the site of the notorious mediaeval jail, which gave its name to the colloquial term for prison.
The museum depicts the history of the site, including the range of famous (and infamous) prisoners. Shakespeare even visited a friend here once. From 1106 until its destruction in 1780, its inmates have ranged from priests to prostitutes, and it lays claim to being ‘possibly the oldest men’s, and probably the oldest women’s prison in England’.
I’m not sure about either claim, but the location in one the South Bank’s narrow lanes is certainly atmospheric and claustrophobic. You can ‘try out’ some of the mediaeval torture instruments — safely, of course — and it certainly makes for a different experience from some of the glitzier attractions. It’s too small (and a little pricey for what you get, in my view) to warrant a special trip, but it is close to The Globe, Southwark Cathedral and Borough Market if you have a spare hour or so in the area.

Bof
Né vaut pas le détour, 3 fois rien à voir, peu d’explications. On se retrouve dehors avant d’avoir compris ce qu’il y avait à voir.