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Guided tours of Longford Castle

A rare opportunity to visit this beautiful castle and its world-class art collection on one of the few days it's open to the public
Date
Various dates
  • Monday, 17 March 2025
  • Tuesday, 18 March 2025
  • Wednesday, 19 March 2025
  • Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Friday, 21 March 2025
  • Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Thursday, 24 April 2025
  • Friday, 25 April 2025
  • Saturday, 26 April 2025
  • Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Monday, 23 June 2025
  • Tuesday, 24 June 2025
  • Wednesday, 25 June 2025
  • Thursday, 26 June 2025
  • Thursday, 24 July 2025
  • Friday, 25 July 2025
  • Saturday, 26 July 2025
  • Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Tuesday, 26 August 2025
  • Wednesday, 27 August 2025
  • Thursday, 28 August 2025
  • Friday, 29 August 2025
  • Saturday, 30 August 2025
  • Sunday, 31 August 2025
Time
2 - 4 pm

About

Situated within beautiful gardens on the banks of the River Avon, near Salisbury, Longford Castle has been home to the Earls of Radnor for generations.

The Elizabethan castle houses an exceptional art collection, including paintings by Van Dyck, Claude, Teniers, Hals, Reynolds, and Gainsborough, as well as Oriental porcelain, Brussels tapestries, and 18th-century English and continental furniture. In fact, several famous paintings here at the Gallery, such as Holbein's ‘Ambassadors’, were once part of the castle’s collection.

Only open to the public a few days of the year, these guided tours offer a rare opportunity to experience this historic castle and gardens.

Tickets are sold exclusively through the National Gallery, on behalf of the Estate.

Image: Longford Castle, Wiltshire

Ticket includes

  • Collection and drop-off from Salisbury Railway Station or the Radnor Arms pub, Nunton 
  • Guided tour of Longford Castle 
  • Time in the gardens
  • A guidebook.

FAQs

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Find out more

Learn more about the history of Longford Castle.

Tours

Guided tours of Longford Castle

A rare opportunity to visit this beautiful castle and its world-class art collection on one of the few days it's open to the public
Date
Various dates
  • Monday, 17 March 2025
  • Tuesday, 18 March 2025
  • Wednesday, 19 March 2025
  • Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Friday, 21 March 2025
  • Wednesday, 23 April 2025
  • Thursday, 24 April 2025
  • Friday, 25 April 2025
  • Saturday, 26 April 2025
  • Monday, 28 April 2025
  • Tuesday, 29 April 2025
  • Monday, 23 June 2025
  • Tuesday, 24 June 2025
  • Wednesday, 25 June 2025
  • Thursday, 26 June 2025
  • Thursday, 24 July 2025
  • Friday, 25 July 2025
  • Saturday, 26 July 2025
  • Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Monday, 28 July 2025
  • Tuesday, 29 July 2025
  • Monday, 25 August 2025
  • Tuesday, 26 August 2025
  • Wednesday, 27 August 2025
  • Thursday, 28 August 2025
  • Friday, 29 August 2025
  • Saturday, 30 August 2025
  • Sunday, 31 August 2025
Time
2 - 4 pm

Tickets

Standard: £18

By helping to organise visits to the Castle, the Gallery is delighted to support the Longford Estate in measures taken to preserve major works in the settings created for them.

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Guided tours of Longford Castle
Tickets

Standard: £18

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