Open all year
The Castle is open to visitors all year round and hosts a variety of events, for more details see https://www.bamburghcastle.com
11AM UNTIL 4.30PM (WEEKENDS ONLY)
Weekends only 11am until 4.30pm
(Grounds, State Rooms, Museum and Clock Tower Café)
LAST ADMISSION INTO STATE ROOMS 3.45PM
(State Rooms)
Christmas Opening
We are open from Saturday 21st December everyday (including weekdays) until Sunday 5th January – please note Bamburgh Castle is closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day
November 4th 2019 – February 7th 2020WEEKENDS ONLY 11am – 4.30pm, last admission 3.30pm
February 8th 2020 – 1st November 2020 10am – 5pm 7 days a week
Pricing
ADULT £11.25
CHILD (AGED 5 – 18) £5.50
LITTLE ADVENTURERS (AGED 0 – 4) Free of Charge
FAMILY (two adults and up to three dependents aged under 18) £28.00
PARKING £3.00
DOGS Free of Charge
About the castle
The historic capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. Bamburgh Castle is the king of Castles. Believed to have been occupied for over 10,000 years the castle has evolved from a wooden palisade to the formidable fortress it is today. The first castle in England to fall to canon fire as the Wars of Roses drew to a close.
It was also one of the world's first 'coastguard' stations and the site for the development and testing of the World's first 'lifeboat'. Under the ownership of the Crewe Trustees it housed a school, hospital and was the centre of its own mini 'welfare state'. Bought by the First Lord Armstrong in 1894 it is still owned by the Armstrong family who play an active part in its operation and maintenance.