Portland Castle Reviews Summary

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Portland Castle is easily accessible by bus."
• "English Heritage members get free parking too."
• "Parking right outside it where you can park all day."
• "A decent sized carpark next to the castle, it's free for English Heritage members or £3 for non members."
• "Parking is free for English Heritage members."
• "Car parking is right next to the entrance of the grounds."
• "A small pay & display car park is within a minute of walking if the castle."

Cons:

• "You have to pay to park in addition to entry to the castle."
• "You have to go through an industrial park to get to the car park."
• "Parking meter was not working."
• "Definitely not for disabled people or people who have difficulty with steps."

Value

Pros:

• "Admission and parking are free for English Heritage members, otherwise the place seemed to be reasonably priced for non members."
• "This is an English Heritage site so free for members otherwise about £7 per person."
• "As far as price wise it's cheap for a whole family to visit."
• "Good value even if not a member of English Heritage."
• "Less than £20 for family of 4."
• "Great place to visit not expensive and free if you're an English heritage member."
• "Really dog friendly even inside the cafe which does good reasonably priced food."

Cons:

• "Only downfall is the cafe ...avoid at all costs unless your super rich.... £6 for a scone."
• "The shop prices are very expensive."
• "I think it's over-priced. There's nothing inside like commentary, photos etc."
• "Was a very interesting visit, bit pricey for what it is, but just goes back to the fact you should just join the English heritage and explore more."

Facilities

Pros:

• "There is a lovely little cafe to visit and it's not far from the sailing academy if that also takes your fancy whilst visiting the rock."
• "The homemade soup in the Captain's House was delicious."
• "The toilets are very clean and well maintained and the cafe is well worth a visit to try the tasty home made food especially the cakes."
• "There is a gift shop and small cafe."
• "There is a small cafe, reasonably priced food."
• "The castle has a garden area which is nice to wander around in."
• "Lovely gardens to look around. Spectacular views too."

Cons:

• "Was very put off going into the castle by a jobsworth women working at the desk, after paying £3 for parking in their car park my girlfriend wanted to use the toilet but were told it was for customers only."
• "My non verbal disabled daughter needed the toilet urgently... the woman in the gift shop started shouting at us saying you have to make a donation the toilets are for paying customers only."
• "Cafe closed when we went due to social distancing rules."
• "Shame as the grounds were a lot smaller than expected, so didn't spend too long there."