Opening Times
| Apr - Oct 2013 | Nov - Feb 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 11am - 4pm | 12pm - 4pm |
| Tue | 11am - 4pm | 12pm - 4pm |
| Wed | 11am - 4pm | Closed |
| Thur | 11am - 4pm | Closed |
| Fri | 11am - 4pm | 12pm - 4pm |
| Sat | 11am - 4pm | 12pm - 4pm |
| Sun | 11am - 4pm | 12pm - 4pm |
* Closed for Christmas and New Year
Clitheroe Castle Museum is managed by Lancashire County Council's Museum Service on behalf of Ribble Valley Borough Council.
Admission Charges
Save money with our Xplorer multi-pass tickets
| Adults | £ 3.85 |
|---|---|
| Concessions | £ 2.90 |
| Accompanied Children | FREE |
Facilities
- Drop off point for cars is available in front of the museum
- Drop off point for coaches is in front of the gates to the castle grounds at the junction of Castle Gate, Castle Street and Parson Lane
- Cafe/Restaurant serving refreshments
- Access for disabled users, with some designated car parking spaces
- Visitors with guide dogs welcome
- Family events and activities
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Contact the museum
Clitheroe Castle Museum
Clitheroe Castle Museum, Castle Hill, Clitheroe. BB7 1BA
Tel: (+44) 01200 424568
Our venues
Clitheroe Castle Museum
People & Stories
Famous People - there are many famous people linked to the area like the world renowned artist JMW Turner, and Mahatma Gandhi the international political and spiritual leader.
Other well known visitors have been
- The Victorian writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is thought to have used Stonyhurst College (where he was a pupil) as the setting for 'The Hound of the Baskervilles"
- JRR Tolkien had a love of the Clitheroe area and made frequent visits between 1942 & 1947. His Buckleberry ferry, in the Fellowship of the Ring is thought to be based on the old Hacking ferry. You can follow a beautiful tour around the area.
- Sir Frank Whittle, inventor of the jet engine, spent some of the war years working away in the area, developing his invention that has had such an impact on the world's transport systems
Find out more about some local people that have risen to international standing like Captain James King who travelled the globe with Captain Cook and was there on Cook's final voyage or Cyril Washbrook, Lancashire and England cricketer and entertainer Jimmy Clitheroe.
Explore a spookier side of the local story and discover the history of the Pendle Witches who were condemed to die at our other famous castle in Lancaster.
Why not add your own local hero to our galleries!