Free parking 50m from reception centre, and additional parking a further 230m from the house entrance. 

There are several options for food and drink at Osborne, including the Petty Officers quarters café, the Terrace restaurant and deli bar and the Pavilion beach ice cream parlour. Details are available here.

Enjoy a summer picnic at tables dotted around the grounds. There is also a family picnic area conveniently situated by the children's play-area.

Large shop located at the admissions centre selling Victorian themed gifts and an extensive range of jewellery, kids toys, books, jams and drinks.

Toilets are situated near the admissions building, as well as beside the house in Magnolia Courtyard. You will also find toilets at the beach and at the Swiss Cottage. Baby changing facilities are also available near to the admissions point. Disabled toilets, with ramp access are located at admissions point and main house, Swiss Cottage and the beach. The beach toilets are located at the café.

Dogs are welcome in the grounds of Osborne, including the formal gardens. Only assistance dogs are allowed in the house, Swiss Cottage, Cafe, Terrace Restaurant, play areas and on the Beach itself. There are outside seating areas in the cafe, terrace restaurant and beach cafe in which dogs are welcome. 

Please note that dogs must be kept on a short lead at all times. Dogs must not be left unattended anywhere whilst at Osborne.

Nearly all of the artefacts in the House and Swiss Cottage & museum belong to the Royal Collection - unique historic items that belonged to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their children.

Extensive gardens and grounds including the formal terrace gardens, sheltered walled garden and the children's gardens and wild meadow surrounding the Swiss Cottage. More information is available here.

Baby Changing Facilities

Male and female toilets are situated near to the admissions centre, main house, the beach and at the Swiss Cottage. Baby changing facilities available at the admissions area, the house and the beach.

High Chairs

Highchairs available in café and restaurant.

Play Areas / Adventure Playground

Children's play area located near the visitor car park. There is also plenty of room for children to run and play in the grounds.

Push Chairs Allowed

Pushchairs are not permitted within the House, with the exception of disabled access buggies. Pushchairs can be stored near the entrance to the house.

Education

Education group visits must be pre-booked.

Some traffic in the grounds (golf club traffic, site vehicles and deliveries).

Please also note that the left luggage facilities at Osborne are unsupervised, and that large bags are not permitted in the house. Mobility scooters and pushchairs are not permitted in the house, manual wheelchairs are available to borrow during your visit for use indoors. There is a lift from the ground floor to the first floor.

Available For Event Hire

Yes

Civil Weddings

Please ask our hospitality coordinator for further details.

Pavilion Cottage and Sovereign's Gate Holiday Cottages on the Osborne estate

Photography (without flash or tripod) is permitted in the house. The copyright of the artefacts within the house remains with the Royal Collection.

English Heritage welcomes all photographers to our sites and we hope you will share your pictures of the outside areas with us on social media.

We do have some restrictions at certain locations, so if photography is your main reason for visiting, please call the site ahead of your visit to check if any parts of the site are restricted.

We are keen to promote the use of our sites to location managers and commercial photographers. If you are interested please go to Filming Locations for more information and contacts.