August | July | June | Open Air Theatre
Open Air Theatre
June - August 2026
Enjoy a range of events & activities for great day out with the family at Nottingham Castle.
Saturday 25th July – Sunday 30th August 2026
Admission
Step inside the Castle & Grounds for a single-purchase ticket that allows you to re-visit unlimited for 12 months on the Pay once, visit all year round ticket.
Discover our Museum & Galleries with Fine Art, Lace, Robin Hood, Nottingham Castle’s History and more.
🎫 Adults: £18, Kids Go Free (15 years & under, 3 per paid adult)
‘Robin’s Folk Friends’ Trail
Explore Nottingham Castle’s grounds and seek out Robin’s Folk Friends hiding throughout!
⏰ 10 am – 4 pm
🎫 £2 per trail sheet. Available in the visitor centre on entry. Standard admission applies
Castle Dungeon Tour (ADD ON)
Join our jolly jailer to explore the grim and gruesome history that happened in some of the caves underneath Nottingham Castle!
⏰ Select times
🎫 £9 per tour. Available in the visitor centre on entry. Standard ‘admission’ applies
Have-A-Go Archery
With Robin Hood
Try your hand at being an outlaw with our have-a-go archery in the grounds of the Castle
Saturdays throughout the summer (12 – 3 pm)
Subject to availability & weather dependent
🎫 Standard admission applies
Cave Tours
Hear the tales beneath the depths of Nottingham Castle, with the cave tour to see Mortimer’s Hole (subject to availability)
⏰ Daily
🎫 £9 per per person
🎫 Standard admission applies to the Castle & Grounds
Discover Robin Hood Adventures
Discover Nottingham’s world famous outlaw. Come and relive some of his most daring adventures as part of your visit to Nottingham Castle!
🎫 Standard admission applies
Adventure play area
Children will love to swing, slide, climb, jump and play through our historical amazing creative timber play structures. Imaginative play time on our fortress!
🎫 Standard admission applies
Rover Ticket
Visit Nottingham Castle, Wollaton Hall and Newstead Abbey with free return visits for 12 months.
Adult: £39
Kids Go Free (15 years & under, 3 children per paying adult)
Events this summer…
Exhibitions in the Museum
All year round | Temporary Exhibition
Open Questions: Spotlight Exhibition
21st March - 4th October 2026
August | Projects | Temporary Exhibition
Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun : Artists, Lovers, Outsiders
Saturday 2nd May - Sunday 6th September 2026
August | Projects | Temporary Exhibition
Robert Montgomery
Saturday 2nd May - Sunday 6th September 2026
Café & shop
Get inspired with gifts & treats in the café and shop
🎫 Standard admission applies
Brewhouse Yard Cottages
Brewhouse Yard and its 17th Century cottages tell the stories of some of the people who lived here over four hundred years. This Museum at Brewhouse Yard has been part of Nottingham’s changing story and important cloth trades affecting the lives of many of the city’s communities
⏰ Weekends & school holidays. Included in the Nottingham Castle admission ticket
🎫 Standard admission applies
Summer stroll
It is a perfect time of year to enjoy the seasonal changes of the trees in the Nottingham Castle grounds.
🎫 Standard admission applies
