Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange and Knowth)

PricingFree with English Heritage membershipEH memberFree entryNon-member€18

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Free entry for English Heritage members

This place is cared for by the Office of Public Works, which runs Ireland's national heritage sites as Heritage Ireland. English Heritage members are entitled to free entry to all OPW sites from the first year of membership. Show your current membership card at admissions.

Bring the card itself: joint and family memberships admit the named holders only.
Guided sites may run tours at set times; unguided sites are free to everyone.
Prices here are in euro.

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Entry

Non-member prices

Adult: Brú na Bóinne Tour with Newgrange chamber€18.00

Child (12 to 17) or student: main tour€12.00

Senior (60+): main tour€16.00

Family (2 adults and up to 5 children aged 12 to 17): main tour€48.00

Pricing details

The main tour, 1 March to 1 November 2026, about 3 hours: the exhibition, a guided tour of the outside of Knowth and the guided tour inside the Newgrange chamber. Booking online is essential and tickets are very limited; prices are the same online and at the desk. Children under 12 are free but need a ticket; visitors with disabilities and their carers are free (email the centre before booking). Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Main tour, 1 March to 1 November 2026; students show valid student ID. Children under 12 free with a ticket; a child aged 12 to 17 pays unless named on the English Heritage card. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Main tour, 1 March to 1 November 2026. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Main tour, 1 March to 1 November 2026; OPW's family definition. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Exhibition only

Non-member prices

Adult: visitor centre exhibition only€5.00

Pricing details

The exhibition without a tour, all year, paid at the desk (not sold online, no booking needed): senior €4.00, child or student €3.00, family €13.00, under-12s free. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Knowth Tour

Non-member prices

Adult: Knowth Tour with exhibition€10.00

Pricing details

About 2 hours: the exhibition and the guided tour of the outside of Knowth with its exhibition rooms, without Newgrange; one tour each afternoon from 1 March to 1 November 2026. Senior 60+ €8.00, child 12 to 17 or student €5.00, family €25.00, under-12s free with a ticket. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

Newgrange Tour

Non-member prices

Adult: Newgrange Tour with exhibition€10.00

Pricing details

About 2 hours: the exhibition and the guided tour inside the Newgrange chamber, without Knowth. One tour each morning from 1 March to 1 November and the only tour from 2 November to 28 February. Senior 60+ €8.00, child 12 to 17 or student €5.00, family (2 adults and up to 5 children 12 to 17) €25.00, under-12s free with a ticket. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card, from the first year of membership (every OPW site; the named members on the card). Heritage Card holders free.

ParkingParking not known

The Trust's page does not say how parking is charged.

Parking details

OPW's own car park and coach park sit by the flags on the Donore road, with a covered pergola path of 250 m (about five minutes) to the visitor centre entrance and an overflow car park just east. OPW publishes no tariff and no free statement; Fáilte Ireland's listing says free car parking. From the centre it is a further 300 m over the suspension footbridge across the Boyne to the shuttle-bus stop, so allow time. Do not drive to Newgrange or Knowth themselves: there is no entry there. By car: M1 to the Donore exit (toll), 6 km to Donore and 1 km on to the car park, or from the N2 south of Slane following signs. TFI Local Link route 163 (Athboy to Drogheda) and a Bus Eireann service from Drogheda stop at the centre.

Driving pin: the centre of OPW's main visitor car park, 226 m from OPW's pin on the visitor centre building.

About

Brú na Bóinne is Ireland's richest archaeological landscape, a bend of the River Boyne holding the great passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, built around 3200 BC, older than the pyramids of Giza, with the largest collection of megalithic art in western Europe. Every visit starts at OPW's visitor centre at Donore, whose interactive exhibition explores the Neolithic world and includes a full-size replica of the Newgrange passage; shuttle buses then cross the river to the monuments, the only way in. The main tour, from March to early November, walks round Knowth with its hundreds of decorated kerbstones and a climb to the top of the mound, then enters the narrow passage and corbelled chamber at Newgrange, where the guide recreates the shaft of sunlight that enters at dawn on the winter solstice. Tickets are strictly limited and timed, so book online weeks ahead; English Heritage members book the free English Heritage Card ticket and show the card. The monuments have no shelter, so dress for the weather.

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Online Booking Windows for tours dated between: 1st January to 1st March: 7 days in advance. 1st April to 1st November: 30 days in advance 2nd November – 31st December: 7 days in advance Tickets are automatically released online at midnight, Irish time. See the official page for the full notice.

Until 31 Oct: Daily 09:30–16:45
1 Nov–23 Dec: Daily 09:00–16:15
24–30 Dec: Mon–Wed 09:00–16:15

Later dates are in the calendar.

Today, Saturday 24 October

Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange and Knowth)09:30 – 16:45

Opening times may change at short notice.

Visitor centre hours by month: January and February 9am to 4.15pm; March and April 9.30am to 4.45pm; May to September 9am to 5.45pm; October 9.30am to 4.45pm; November and December 9am to 4.15pm. Closed 24 to 27 December and 1 January; earlier opening on the winter-solstice mornings of 19 to 23 December with regular tours suspended. Tour times are on the booking site only: the booked time is the arrival time at the visitor centre, 45 minutes before the shuttle bus, and latecomers are not admitted. From 2 November to 28 February the only tour is Newgrange Tour plus Exhibition; from 1 March to 1 November the main Brú na Bóinne Tour with the Newgrange chamber runs several times a day, with one Newgrange-only tour each morning and one Knowth-only tour each afternoon. Tickets go on sale at midnight Irish time 30 days ahead from April to 1 November and 7 days ahead in winter, and cancellations are released online between 8.30am and 9.30am and 3pm and 4pm. The exhibition alone needs no booking.

Universal access is limited at the monuments: the Newgrange passage and chamber are low and narrow and unsuitable for anyone with claustrophobia or mobility difficulties, there is no access to the chambers at Knowth, and the monuments are outdoor sites with no shelter; contact the centre before booking if you need assistance. The centre has a lift, a cafe, bookshop and gift shop, picnic area, baby changing, toilets including an accessible toilet, WiFi and an audio guide for the exhibition; toilets also at Knowth and Newgrange but not at the bus stop. No photography in the passage or chamber at Newgrange. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Dowth, the third great mound, is on no tour; visitors may walk round its outside from the road on the north bank.

Photo: Newgrange passage tomb on its ridge above the Boyne, with its white quartz facade and entrance, seen across a field of hay bales. ddmacgre, CC BY 2.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ireland-156.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.