Berkhamsted Castle
Museums & Science Centres · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🌳 Outdoor🆓 Free entryCastle
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Buggy friendly
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
No parking on site but charged public parking, not managed by English Heritage, is available close by at the railway station or in the town centre. There is very limited on-street parking on White Hill and nearby streets but please park with consideration for residents and other road users.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Substantial remains of a motte-and-bailey castle from the 11th to 15th centuries, surrounded by walls, ditches and earthworks. Richard Earl of Cornwall added a 13th-century palace complex. The main path through the castle is gravel and suitable for buggies and wheelchairs, though there are steps up onto the earthworks and motte. A moat contains water for most of the year except summer months. The site is next to Berkhamsted railway station and close to the town centre. Dogs on leads are welcome.
except for Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Sun hat
- Notebook
- Picnic blanket
- Ice packs
- Umbrella
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