Booking information

Trade admission prices and opening times:

Please refer to our Trade Admission Prices & Site Opening Times brochure for pricing and opening times information at our top sites for groups. 

Making a booking:

Contact information for making your group booking can be found in the Visit & Contact Information section below.

Please include the property name and date of visit in the subject line of your email along with the following information:

• Group name
• Name of property
• Tour reference/booking reference (if applicable)
• Date and time of arrival
• Number of visitors

Payment method:

Payment can be made on arrival by: cash, credit/debit card, Agency Voucher Scheme (AVS).

Visit & Contact information

• Coach parking: Due to the narrow single-track approach to the castle entrance we would request that coaches are parked at the layby just south of the Old Sarum Castle entrance on the A345, opposite the Harvester Old Sarum pub (SP1 3SF). There is space here to disembark from the coach safely. To access the castle site walk to the top of the layby and follow the chalk footpath to the castle drive, turn left and walk up the drive and over the wooden bridge to the castle. The ticket office is on your right.  If anyone in your group has extra access needs please call the site team on 01722 335398 to arrange access to the visitor car park.
• Catering: No café on site, but vending machine offers tea, coffee and hot chocolate as well as sweet and savoury snacks e.g. crisps, flapjacks and ice creams. Directly opposite the site is a Harvester pub, and The Wheatsheaf (a staff favourite) can be found in the picturesque Woodford Valley, five minutes' drive from Old Sarum.
• Grounds: Old Sarum covers an area of approximately 29 acres of beautiful rare grass chalk-land. There are many footpaths which criss-cross the site, with a favourite being around the outer ramparts of the site which offers walkers views of the Wiltshire countryside. Following some scrub clearance, Old Sarum is now a great place to spot butterflies and kestrels, which are often seen hovering over the outer bailey.
• Average length of visit: 1 hour.

Address: Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3SD

Email: bookings@english-heritage.org.uk (Group bookings team)

Telephone: 01722 335398 (General enquiries only)

Local TIC: If you would like more information about things to do in the local area, please call: 01722 342860 (Salisbury TIC)