We hope you enjoy your visit to Lancashire Police Museum.  

Ensuring everyone has access to the service we provide is important. This visual story has text and images to help prepare for your visit.

Before you arrive

Lancashire Police Museum is easily accessible by public transport. We’re a five minute walk from Lancaster train station and a ten minute walk from the bus station.

We are in the A wing of Lancaster Castle.  It is free to enter Lancaster Castle and Lancashire Police Museum.

Getting here has more information on public transport and parking near our museum.

The entrance to Lancaster Castle is up a steep and cobbled path through John o’ Gaunt gate. There is a helpful accessibility statement on the Lancaster Castle website.

Opening hours

The museum is open Thursday and Friday from 10.30am to 4.00pm. Last admission is 3.45pm.  We are closed between 12.30pm – 1.30pm.

Admission to the museum is free and there is no booking – you just turn up!

We are open year-round including Good Friday.

Any changes to our opening hours or unexpected closures would be posted on our social media channels: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Please email us if you have any questions: policemuseum@lancashire.police.uk

Facilities at Lancaster Castle

There are toilets, including a toilet for disabled visitors, in Lancaster Castle.  They are free to use.

There is a cafe at Lancaster Castle.

Visiting Lancashire Police Museum

Lancashire Police Museum is in A wing.  There is a board outside the museum showing our entrance.  The ground floor has displays on the nineteenth century prison experience.  

Lancashire Police Museum is on the first floor and there are 17 steps.  

We have free quizzes available.  A prize is given if the quiz is answered correctly.  The quizzes are available from the reception desk.

There are 16 cells at the museum to visit.  All cells have a name and number, e.g. “Forensics”.

We call the rooms “cells” because they were formerly prison cells.

We recommend that you start at Cell 1 (Early Years).

We are usually very busy during the school holidays, especially half term breaks.

Visiting Lancaster Castle and other museums in Lancaster

Lancaster Castle is open year-round, Mondays to Sundays.

To make the most of your visit to Lancaster Castle a tour is recommended.  The tours last one hour and fifteen minutes.

The Judges Lodgings Museum is open from the end of March to October.  The residence was the home for visiting judges for 200 years. It is a couple minutes’ walk from Lancaster Castle. 

Also nearby are Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster Maritime Museum