Visitor Information
We are open every day between 10am and 5pm - last entry at 4.30pm. We are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
In the New Year we will be closing at 4pm until half term.
The Café will be closed all day on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
We will also be closed between 13-16 Jan for maintenance
There is a large public carpark off Oxford Road which charges £4 for the day
The car park also has free charging points for electric vehicles.
Accessibility
The lift gives access to all floors apart from the cellar (the film in the cellar is also on iPads in the Reading Room).
There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor near the café and a further one on the first floor.
Disabled Parking
There is no parking at the Castle itself but you can park in the disabled bays at the top of the carpark in Oxford Road and there is level access across the zebra crossing and up our drive which has ramped access to the castle.
Please contact us to make prior arrangement for special access. 
