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Opening and closing times

Information on seasonal hours and planned closures

Information on seasonal hours and planned closures

Hillsborough Castle Gardens are open. Tickets are available now.

Opening times

Opening times vary.

Summer - Gardens only (03 April - 30 September)

From 5 May to 30 May

Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00. Last admission 17:00

Monday 31 May

10:00 - 18:00. Last admission 17:00

 

Upcoming closures

Garden

  • Wed 19 May, all day

Castle only

  • Sat 24 July, last slot 12.00
  • Sat 4 Sept, last slot 14.00
  • Wed 22 Sept, all day
  • Sat 25 Sept, all day

Winter - Gardens only (28 September - 02 April)

 

Closures and notices

Stable Yard Shop

The Stable Yard Shop is temporarily closed until further notice.

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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