Tower house

Longthorpe Tower

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Directions Tickets
  • Open
  • £5 adult · £3 child
  • Assistance dogs only
  • No car park on site
  • English Heritage
Longthorpe Tower: Longthorpe Tower in Peterborough
Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Quick answer

Checked 14 Oct 2026

Longthorpe Tower is a tower house near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, managed by English Heritage. Adult tickets cost £5, and English Heritage members go free. Booking is required. Only assistance dogs are allowed. There is no car park on site.

Longthorpe Tower opening times

Last checked 14 Oct 2026
  1. Mon 12 Closed
  2. Tue 13 Closed
  3. Wed 14 Closed
  4. Thu 15 Closed
  5. Fri 16 Closed
  6. Today Sat 17 10:0016:30
  7. Sun 18 10:0016:30
Opening times by season
Season Dates Days Hours Last entry
2026 tour season (most weekends) 28 Mar to 1 Nov
Sat to Sun
10:00 to 16:30
 15:30

Open 'most' (not all) Saturdays and Sundays; exact tour dates only in the booking system, which was not read date by date.

Opening times change with the season and can change at short notice. Check the official site before you travel.

Longthorpe Tower tickets and prices

2026 prices · checked 17 Oct 2026
Ticket prices
Ticket On the day
Adult £5
Concession £4
Child £3
English Heritage members Free
Book on the English Heritage site Booking is required.

Getting to Longthorpe Tower and parking

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Parking
No car park on site, free. About 20 free spaces shared with the church; no coach parking. About 100 m to the entrance. On-street parking near the tower and in Longthorpe village
By train
Stamford is 9.7 miles away.
Public transport
Short walk from Peterborough Bus Station; Centrebus 9 & R47; Stagecoach Citi 2, Citi 4, 23 & X4.

Dogs, accessibility and facilities

Dogs

Assistance dogs only
  • Pet dogs: not allowed.
  • Assistance dogs: welcome.
  • Non-assistance dogs are not permitted.

Accessibility

Not step-free
  • Step-free: no step-free access.
  • Paths and surfaces: Entrance at first floor via steps; steep, narrow, uneven stone steps inside; low doors
Full access statement

Food and facilities

  • Toilets Yes
  • Shop Yes
  • Guided tours Yes

What to see at Longthorpe Tower

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    Exhibition

    Displays and exhibitions to see.

History of Longthorpe Tower

  1. c.1290 Robert Thorpe begins building the stone tower (between about 1290 and 1300)
  2. c.1330 Wall paintings added to the first-floor room
  3. 1948 Timber stair provided for public access

Castles near Longthorpe Tower

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Sources

Every fact on this page last verified 14 Oct 2026
Suggest a correction
  1. Page on nenepark.org.uk · checked 14 Oct 2026
  2. Page on english-heritage.org.uk · checked 17 Oct 2026
  3. Wikidata · checked 17 Oct 2026
  4. Page on tickets.nenepark.org.uk · checked 17 Oct 2026
  5. Page on english-heritage.org.uk · checked 14 Oct 2026
  6. Page on english-heritage.org.uk · checked 14 Oct 2026
  7. Page on english-heritage.org.uk · checked 14 Oct 2026
  8. Page on english-heritage.org.uk · checked 14 Oct 2026

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