Kielder Castle Visitor Centre

Kielder Castle Visitor Centre | Kielder | Northumberland | NE48 1ER

01434 250209 | Send Email

Kielder Castle Café and Exhibition are open as follows:-

Open 11am - 4pm 1^st November- 23^rd December 2019 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays),

Open 11am - 4pm 27^th-29^th December 2019

Open 11am - 4pm 3^rd January - 28^th February 2020 (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

Last admission to the exhibition is half an hour before closing.

For up to date information please call 01434 250209

Kielder Castle visitor point open 11am- 4pm daily from November 2019 to March 2020.

Best for: Cycling, mountain biking and forest activities.

Formerly the hunting lodge for the Duke of Northumberland, the Castle is now home to a variety of exhibitons. It is also the centre for cycling within the Park.

Come here to:

Test your mountain biking (mtb) skills or start a singletrack trail (pick up mtb trail maps here too).
Hire, repair or purchase bicycles.
Enjoy light snacks and hearty warming meals at Kielder Castle Cafe (Tel 01434 250100)
Enjoy the Minotaur Maze, part of Kielder Art & Architecture, and the children's play area.
Drive along the longest forest drive in the UK (toll road) the cost would be £3.00 (£7.00 combined day parking and Forest Drive). Please note the drive is open seasonally 1 May to 2nd December.
Start a walk or bike ride along the Lakeside Way.
Discover the lifecycle of the salmon at the Kielder Salmon Centre.
Visit the red squirrel room and great viewing hide.
Get FREE entry to the Forest Exhibition. Access is through the café.
Keep your eyes peeled for some of the Kielder Super Six - red squirrels, pipistrelle bats and roe deer (on the Forest Drive). For details on the Super Six see the wildlife page.

Inside Kielder Castle, including the café and exhibition space, well-behaved dogs may be brought in if kept on a lead at all times (please be aware other dogs may already be there). Please show consideration to other castle visitors when bringing dogs indoors: they should be reasonably clean, and prevented from causing any kind of fouling or disruption. Visitors with very muddy dogs, or ones that could cause a nuisance to others indoors, can use the picnic tables in the courtyard at Kielder Castle.

For further information on Kielder Castle please see: https://www.forestryengland.uk/kielder-castle