Cut the cost of a day out!
Starting this weekend, your National Lottery ticket can unlock free entry or special offers at fantastic attractions near you
WHEREVER you are, you won’t have to travel far to enjoy fun special offers as well as free and discounted days out as part of National Lottery Open Week.
Across the countryside, along unmissable special offers. thank you to National Lottery players who raise £30million every week to help fund local attractions. Your National Lottery ticket – from any game, online or in store – will unlock exciting experiences close to home between Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 27 this year.
It’s easy to see which venues or offers are near you – just go to nationallotteryopenweek.com, enter your postcode and search.
Have you always wanted to visit the giant biomes of the Eden Project in Cornwall and walk among the flora of the world’s different temperature zones? You’ll be able to use any National Lottery ticket to get free entry for you and a guest to this global attraction.
Learn a shanty on a free tour at the Britannia Sailing Trust in Devon, where you can discover traditional shipbuilding crafts, and enjoy free tea and biscuits. Meanwhile at East Lothian’s National Museum of Flight you can step on board a real Concorde. Entry fees are waived at Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum. And in Warwickshire, get close to some of your dream cars with discount tickets to the British Motor Museum.
If you fancy a free go at the sport that won Team GB two medals at the Winter Olympics, try curling at Inverness Ice Centre.
Celebrate industries that helped made Britain great at Whitchurch Silk Mill, the oldest in the UK, and the Leach Pottery in St Ives, where you can handle clay and watch demonstrations for no cost. Complimentary hot drinks await visitors at the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre, which chronicles how the region’s booming iron and steel industry spearheaded the Industrial Revolution.
More than 130 National Trust sites offer free entry, including the magnificent medieval fortress Chirk Castle in north Wales and Mount Stewart in County Down.
Or follow in the Bard’s footsteps with a free day at Shakespeare’s New Place in Stratford-UponAvon, the site of his family home for 19 years.
Follow trails and spot native species with two-for-one tickets at wetland centres across the UK. Plus get free entry to get up close to jellyfish, clown fish and poisonous frogs at the aquarium at London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens.
Wherever you visit in National Lottery Open Week, you’re bound to appreciate the offers and savings. Don’t forget to take your National Lottery ticket or scratchcard and check the booking details before you go.