The Castle Rolls
Castle entry passes.
The best-known castles mostly charge for entry, and the four heritage bodies that run them each sell a multi-site pass. Which one pays its way depends entirely on where you are going - so each pass below links to the full roll of castles it can cover.
English Heritage Overseas Visitor Pass
England
Can cover 55 charging castles on the roll.
Historic Scotland Explorer Pass
Scotland
Can cover 47 charging castles on the roll.
Cadw Explorer Pass
Wales
Can cover 18 charging castles on the roll.
National Trust Explorer Pass
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Can cover 18 charging castles on the roll.
Who is not covered
National Trust for Scotland castles (a separate charity from the National Trust), Historic Royal Palaces sites such as the Tower of London, and the many privately run castles each set their own admission - no multi-site pass on this page covers them. And 117 castles on the roll are free open-access sites where no pass is needed at all: see the free-entry roll.
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