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Opening and closing times

Information on seasonal hours and planned closures

Information on seasonal hours and planned closures

Opening times

Opening times vary.

Summer - Castle and gardens (01 April - 27 September)

Winter - Gardens only (28 September - 31 March)

We will be closed from 27 November to 02 December inclusive. We welcome the updated guidance from the Northern Ireland Executive that gardens at stately homes and castles can remain open during the lockdown. We had taken the necessary steps to close but we will now work to reopen our gardens on Thursday 03 December.

Thursday 3 December to Sunday 6 December: 10:00 - 16:00

Last admission: 15:00

Thursday 10 December to Sunday 13 December: 10:00 - 16:00

Last admission: 15:00

Christmas

Thursday 17 December to Wednesday 23 December: 10:00 - 16:00

Last admission: 15:00

24, 25 and 26 December: Closed

Sunday 27 December to Thursday 31 December: 10:00 - 16:00

Last admission: 15:00

1 January 2021: Closed

2 and 3 January: 10:00 - 16:00, Last admission: 15:00

4, 5 6 January: Closed

Planned closures

Future closures will be listed here.

 

Closures and notices

Stable Yard Shop

The Stable Yard Shop is temporarily closed until further notice.

The Hillsborough Castle Shop in the Weston Pavilion is open.

Stable Yard Tea Room

The Stable Yard Tea Room is temporarily closed until further notice.

 

Hillsborough Castle Village entrance

The entrance to the castle grounds via Hillsborough village is closed to everybody.

All other access is via the Weston Pavilion (entrance just off the A1. Please check our Getting here page for more information).

Explore what's on

The Main Lawn. Showing shrubs in the foreground and trees seen across the lawn.
Things to see

The Gardens

Discover the ornamental lawns, meandering waterways, peaceful woodlands and picturesque glens that surround Hillsborough Castle.

Open

Hillsborough Castle

Included in gardens admission (members go free)

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Gardener picking apples from a tree in the Walled Garden.
Things to see

Walled Garden

Enter the castle grounds through this 18th-century walled garden, which has been expertly restored using traditional methods.

Open

Hillsborough Castle

Included in all admission tickets (members go free)

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A group of visitor enjoy a wander around the Granville Garden in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle on a warm Summers Day. The open iron gates of the garden are visible in the foregrouns and a blue clouded sky above is in start contract to the bright green of Europe's largest rhododendron, also visible behind the garden.
Things to see

Granville Garden

Take a moment in this elegant rose garden created by Lady Granville, aunt to Her Majesty The Queen.

Open

Hillsborough Castle

Included in all admission tickets (members go free)

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