Group Booking
Contact the site for a Group Booking Form.
Group Discount
15% discount for groups of 11 or more visitors paying together. Free entry for coach driver and tour leader.
Guided Tours
A Border Stronghold – 900 years of History
An introduction to 900 years of the castle’s history.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Horrid History Tour
All the horrible stories of life, death and survival in a medieval castle.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Dungeons and Ramparts Tour
How the castle was built and its devious defences.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
The Captive Mary, Queen of Scots Tour
Mary’s six-week captivity in the castle in 1596 following her flight from Scotland on the road to Fotheringhay.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
From Romans to Reivers Tour
From the Roman occupation of the site in AD72 to the turbulent times of the Tudors and the Border Reiver clans.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Edward I – Hammer of the Scots Tour
Edward’s visits to the castle and his parliaments in the Borderlands when Carlisle was the centre of the Kingdom. His death on the Solway in 1307.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Life in a Medieval Castle Tour
Tales of the seedier side of life in a castle. How people lived, what they eat, and how they dressed.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Bonnie Prince Charlie – the 1745 Uprising Tour
Stories about the capture of the city and castle in 1745/46 and the disastrous events that led to the battle of Culloden
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Ghosts and Ghastly Stories Tour
Scary stories of ghosts, of bones found in the Captain’s Tower and ghastly tales of Jacobite soldiers incarcerated in the dungeons.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
King David’s Castle Tour
David 1 of Scotland died in the castle in 1153 when Carlisle was part of the Kingdom of Scotland and the castle was one of his Royal Palaces. The son of a Saint who heralded a golden age for Scotland.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
The Siege of Carlisle Tour
Civil War 1644-45 Carlisle and the castle withstood a nine-month siege. The tour is based on the personal recollections of Issac Tullie (documents in the British Museum)
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Union of the Crowns Tour
Over 400 years ago Elizabeth I died leaving the throne to James VI of Scotland the son of Mary Queen of Scots.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
The Gunpowder Plot Tour
From the Tudors to the Stuarts and the Union of the Crowns. James I brush with death during the Gunpowder Plot over 400 years ago.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
A Special Low-Key Walking Tour
Our Traditional tour suitable for people with walking difficulties.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
The Border Reivers
The terrible times of the Anglo-Scottish Reiving clans. The daring escape from the castle by Kinmont Willie.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Flat Level Guided Tour
Tour for people with walking diffiulcties.
Duration: 1 hour
Minimum–maximum pax: 11 and over.
Advance booking required: Yes, 1 week.
Call for prices and to book: 01228 591922
Coach Parking
There is no parking for coaches or minibuses at the castle, but there is a drop off point across the road, next to Tullie House Museum. Visitors can then access the underpass to the castle.
Average Length of Visit
1 1/2 hours.
