Admission to the Tate collection displays at Tate Britain, Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool + RIBA North is free – no ticket or booking needed to walk in and see the art.
GET OFFERTourism Ireland’s official site offers a whole library of free digital brochures, maps and route planners for Ireland and Northern Ireland – described as inspiration to download and keep.
GET OFFERVisit Isle of Man gives away its official guides free – the One Stop Guide, island and street maps, walking, cycling, mountain-biking and angling guides and a heritage guide.
GET OFFERDiscover Northern Ireland, published by Tourism Northern Ireland, offers free downloadable visitor maps in six languages plus free trail and route guides.
GET OFFERWalk in free to one of the world’s great collections of European painting in Trafalgar Square – no ticket, no booking, no charge.
GET OFFERIWM London is free to enter and you do not even need to book – six floors on conflict from 1914 to today, including the Holocaust Galleries.
GET OFFERFree to visit in the heart of the City of London – and yes, you can pick up a real gold bar. Open weekdays only.
GET OFFERBook a free ticket for London’s highest public garden at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street – panoramic City views at no cost.
GET OFFERThe world’s biggest railway museum is free to enter – Mallard, a Japanese bullet train and the royal trains, all at no charge.
GET OFFERFree entry to the national collection of arms and armour on Leeds Dock – five floors of armour, weapons and live demonstrations.
GET OFFERFree entry to the North East’s big contemporary art space on Gateshead Quays, plus a free viewing box over the Tyne.
GET OFFERAll galleries at Manchester Museum are free to enter – including the Stan the T. rex cast, the vivarium and the South Asia Gallery.
GET OFFERFree entry to Cambridge’s great art and antiquities museum – and ticketed exhibitions are free for under-18s too.
GET OFFERFree entry to Bristol’s flagship museum on Queens Road – art, natural history, Egyptology and a Banksy, all at no charge.
GET OFFERBirmingham’s contemporary art gallery in Brindleyplace is free to enter – international exhibitions in a converted Victorian school.
GET OFFERHundreds of English Heritage castles, abbeys, stone circles and Roman remains are free to enter with no membership – filter their map to find them.
GET OFFERFree entry every day in Edinburgh’s Chambers Street – Scottish history, world cultures, natural history and Dolly the sheep.
GET OFFERGlasgow’s best-loved museum is free entry – Dalí’s Christ of Saint John of the Cross, Spitfire and daily organ recitals included.
GET OFFERScotland’s design museum on the Dundee waterfront is free admission – Kengo Kuma’s building and the Scottish Design Galleries at no charge.
GET OFFERThe 70-acre Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is free to enter – only the Glasshouses are ticketed. Turn up any day.
GET OFFERBritain’s first purpose-built public observatory is free to enter, telescopes included – open evenings through the winter season from 1 October.
GET OFFERA guided two-hour tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town with nothing to pay – no fixed price, no payment at the start, tip only if you want to.
GET OFFERAmgueddfa Cymru museums including National Museum Cardiff and St Fagans are free – book a free admission ticket and walk in.
GET OFFERThe Welsh Parliament building in Cardiff Bay is free to enter, and the guided tours and talks are free too.
GET OFFERNorthern Ireland’s national museum, in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens, has free admission – art, history, natural sciences and an Egyptian mummy.
GET OFFERTwo Victorian glasshouses in Belfast Botanic Gardens, both free to visit – turn up any day, no ticket needed.
GET OFFEREntry to the British Museum in London is free, with no ticket needed for the permanent collection – eight million objects spanning two million years of human history.
GET OFFERAll four National Galleries of Scotland sites in Edinburgh are open daily with free admission – the National, Portrait, Modern One and Modern Two.
GET OFFERBritain’s first public museum is free to enter, and no booking is required for general admission. Its temporary displays are free too.
GET OFFERThe Horniman Museum and its 16 acres of gardens in south London are free to enter. The Aquarium and Butterfly House are ticketed separately.
GET OFFERAdmission to National Museums Liverpool – including World Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, the Museum of Liverpool and Sudley House – is free.
GET OFFERSwansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery offers free admission to its collection and changing exhibitions.
GET OFFERGeneral admission to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is free, including its world-renowned Pre-Raphaelite collection.
GET OFFERChildren aged 0-15 travel free on Stena Line's Irish Sea motorist fares when booked with a paying adult before 31 August 2026.
GET OFFERBuy a copy of the Daily Mirror, Daily Express or Daily Star during the promotional week and get a free National Trust family day pass worth up to £55.
GET OFFERBooking.com’s Genius loyalty programme is free to join and unlocks instant 10% discounts on selected stays and rental cars.
GET OFFERTry National Express’ NX Rewards cashback scheme free for 30 days, earning at least 10% cashback with partner retailers.
GET OFFERUp to 2 children (5-15) travel free as foot passengers on Wightlink ferries to the Isle of Wight with a paying adult, during 2026 school holidays.
GET OFFERA free official visitor guide to the Peak District – walking and cycling trails, wildlife spots and seasonal highlights – free online or in print.
GET OFFERBook a new standard return or single crossing on the Cairnryan to Larne route with P&O Ferries and children aged 4–15 travel completely free.
GET OFFERUp to two children aged 15 or under stay free in a family room at Premier Inn when sharing with a paying adult, and eat breakfast free too when an adult buys theirs.
GET OFFERUp to two children aged 15 or under eat breakfast free at Travelodge’s Bar Cafe hotels for every full paying adult breakfast – open to non-guests too.
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