85%Would buy again
The verdict is simple: good value for a family day out. Tickets were easy to buy online and the castle visit lasted most of the afternoon. Nothing extra to pay for the audio guide, which I appreciated.
Read moreBought a family membership pack on the site and the confirmation said it would take a few days to arrive. It took nearly two weeks and I had to email twice before anyone replied. The membership itself is fine but the wait was annoying when we had already planned visits.
Read moreGet the family pass if you have children, it covers the whole lot and saves you working out individual tickets each time. I have been going to these sites for years and the booking system is far better than it used to be. The guided tours at the abbey are worth joining and the staff know their stuff properly. Renewal was simple and the confirmation email arrived within a minute.
Read moreBought a family membership pack on the site and the confirmation said it would take a few days to arrive. It took nearly two weeks and I had to email twice before anyone replied. The membership itself is fine but the wait was annoying when we had already planned visits.
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English Heritage is a charity that cares for more than four hundred historic sites across England, including castles, abbeys, prehistoric monuments, Roman remains and historic houses such as Stonehenge, Dover Castle and Tintagel Castle. Its properties are open to visitors through a mix of guided tours, audio guides, exhibitions, reconstructed interiors and family trails, and many sites host living history events, re-enactments and seasonal activities. Visitors can buy tickets and membership online, and the charity's shops and cafés on site sell books, guides, gifts and food tied to the places they represent.
The organisation runs membership schemes that give access to its sites for a year, and these appeal to local residents, repeat visitors and families as well as tourists planning a day or a weekend out of London. English Heritage also publishes guidebooks and research, runs education programmes for schools and carries out conservation work on monuments that are at risk, funded in part by admissions, donations and grants.
