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Places listed on this page.
Free means general admission. Special exhibitions and events can be ticketed, some places ask you to book a free slot, and some suggest a donation. Check the venue before you go.
Every entry below is a country park, parkland and island and carved figures in our Northern Ireland guide whose own website said, when we read it, that entry is free. We quote what the page said, link the page, and do not give opening hours, because they change. If a venue's page changes, we remove it at the next check.
Free museums, galleries and sites
- Official site for Castle Archdale Country Park (opens in new tab)
Castle Archdale Country Park
NI Direct says entrance is free.
- Official site for Stormont Estate (opens in new tab)
Stormont Estate
NI Direct says the estate is open to the public and entry is free.
- Official site for White Island (opens in new tab)
White Island
The Department for Communities page says entry is free, though access is sometimes restricted for works; the island is reached by boat.
Free self-guided walks
Following a walk costs nothing, though places you pass may charge. Each walk page has a map, the route, stops and a GPX file.
- Causeway Coast Way: Ballintoy to Portballintrae: A long, demanding coastal section past Dunseverick and the Giant's Causeway.
- Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail: A one-way trail from the Marlbank Road in Fermanagh up to a viewing platform on Cuilcagh.
Getting around Northern Ireland for less
Local transport: Translink (Metro, Glider, iLink). Translink says iLink offers "unlimited bus and rail travel for a day, week or month" in selected areas, across 5 zones, on Metro, Glider, Ulsterbus, Goldliner and NI Railways services. On the Glider you "simply tap your card at the validator before boarding".
Fares and tickets: Translink iLink (opens in new tab), Translink (opens in new tab). Our getting around guide compares every destination.
Where next in Northern Ireland
Open the Northern Ireland guide for neighbourhoods, eating and getting there. For sights that need a timed ticket, see what to book ahead; for indoor ideas on a wet day, see the rainy-day guide.
Other destinations
- Free things in London
- Free things in Bath
- Free things in Bristol
- Free things in Cambridge
- Free things in Cornwall
- Free things in Edinburgh
- Free things in Glasgow
- Free things in Liverpool
- Free things in Manchester
- Free things in Oxford
- Free things in the Cotswolds
- Free things in the Jurassic Coast
- Free things in the Lake District
- Free things in the Scottish Highlands
- Free things in Wales
- Free things in York