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Official Game of Thrones Studio Tour Admission Ticket
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This is the world’s only official Game of Thrones Studio Tour, set within Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge - one of the actual filming locations for the series. The sets are preserved exactly as they were when filming ended, which means you’re walking through the real thing, not a recreation.
Expert guides introduce you to how the show was made before you step into the Great Hall of Winterfell, where Jon Snow was proclaimed King in the North. From there you move through Dragonstone’s chambers and into the throne room of King’s Landing. The stonework, the lighting, the scale of it - this is the kind of thing that has to be seen in person to make sense.
The tour also includes hundreds of original costumes worn by the cast: Cersei Lannister’s gowns, the furs of the Night’s Watch, and everything in between. Interactive displays cover the visual effects process, with concept art, production sketches and behind-the-scenes footage showing how the creative team brought George R.R. Martin’s world to the screen. You can try out some of the VFX techniques yourself, and there are original storyboards and scripts to look through throughout.
Optional transfers are available from Belfast and Dublin if you’d rather not drive to Banbridge yourself.
Pre-book your time slot as early as you can. This is a timed-entry experience and popular slots - particularly weekend mornings from spring through autumn - fill well in advance. A morning entry gives you the best energy for the interactive sections and lets you use the afternoon for exploring Banbridge or the wider area without rushing.
Banbridge itself earns an extra hour of your day, before or after the studio. The visual centrepiece of the town is The Cut: in 1834 the road through Newry Street was literally sliced through the hill, leaving Downshire Bridge overhead so the upper and lower halves of the town could still connect. Walk under it and look up. It takes ten minutes and it’s the kind of thing you’ll describe to people for years afterward.
For food in Banbridge before you head to the studio, plan for something straightforward. The studio runs its own café on site, but getting something in town first means you won’t lose time to queues inside. A bakery on the main street or a quick sit-down café in the town centre works well. Give yourself an easy half hour for food before you drive out to the studio.
After the studio, if you’ve still got energy, the F.E. McWilliam Gallery on Banbridge’s Newry Road is free to enter. It holds the permanent collection and reconstructed studio of one of the great 20th-century sculptors. The Women of Belfast series alone is worth the stop. It closes in the early evening, so it works best as a final stop if you’ve done a morning studio session.
If you’re driving from Dublin, you’re looking at about 1 hour 30 minutes to Banbridge. The studio is a further 15 to 20 minutes from the town centre on the Banbridge Road. Build in that extra stop in the town and you’ve got a proper day out rather than a direct run. From Belfast, it’s about 40 minutes south on the A1.