Rommaninat Park

Rommaninat Park is a public urban park in Samran Rat, Phra Nakhon District, central Bangkok, located on Maha Chai Road near the Old City. Established in 1999 on the site of the former Bangkok Remand Prison, it preserves historic prison walls, watchtowers and the Corrections Museum. The park features landscaped gardens, lawns, jogging paths and exercise areas, serving as a green recreational space for residents and visitors exploring Bangkok's historic Rattanakosin area.

Visitors can expect a landscaped urban park enclosed by preserved historic prison walls and watchtowers. The grounds include open lawns, tree-lined paths, jogging tracks, exercise areas and pavilions. The former cell blocks and watchtower remain as historic features, and the Bangkok Corrections Museum is located within the park compound. The setting is calm and green amid the dense Old City, used by locals for walking, jogging and relaxation, with views of historic architecture and easy access to nearby temples and landmarks.

The park occupies the site of the former Bangkok Remand Prison, originally built in 1890 during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) as part of modern corrections reforms. The prison operated for over a century until it was relocated in 1992. The site was then developed into a public park and opened in 1999 to commemorate the 72nd birthday anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), preserving a section of the prison walls, watchtower and cell blocks as the Bangkok Corrections Museum.

The park serves as a green recreational space in Bangkok's historic Rattanakosin Island area and preserves built heritage of Thailand's early modern prison architecture. The Corrections Museum within the park presents the history of the Thai corrections system and is used for educational visits, while the park itself is a community space for exercise and leisure in the Old City.