Tariffs and entry fees to the Napoleonic sites from the 1st January 2024

 Welcome to St. Helena

 You may wish to visit the French properties on St Helena during your stay and we will gladly you.

These properties, attached to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are managed by a local charity, Saint Helena Napoleonic Heritage Ltd.

 Longwood House is open to the public every Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11am to 1pm and the Emperor's Tomb from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3pm. The Briars Pavilion is open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am to 11am.

 These schedules may appear restrictive. However they correspond both to local traditions (weekend and public holidays closing) and to the means at our disposal to provide reception and security.

Admission fees and audio guides

As in most build heritage places and museums, visits are subject to the payment of an entrance fee.

For House of Longwood and the Emperor's Tomb, this entrance fee is £12.

The Longwood House is equipped with individual audio guides. The rental price is £2 per audio guide.

Longwood House audio guide offers:

-        A quick visit: in this case, we recommend that you only press the large size numbers displayed on the doorways to the entrance of the different rooms.

-        For detailed visit: we recommend that you press on all the numbers you will find at the entrance to the rooms, in the windows or next to the objects on display.

Should you not be able to complete the full visit with the audio guide during opening hours, then please retain your ticket and we shall acknowledge it for a second time and re-issue you an audio guide should you want to return another day during your stay. 

For the visit of the Briars Pavilion, the tour is provided by Michel Dancoisne-Martineau if present on the island. Otherwise, you will be offered an audioguide. In both cases, the entrance fee is £5. 

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that part of the pavilion is inhabited. Therefore only the room connected to Napoleon is open to the visitors. 

Opening of Longwood House on weekends and public holidays

If unfortunately, your stay on the island does not allow you to free yourself on weekdays, Longwood House can be especially open to you, which however requires a pre-booking. Special openings are at a cost of £150. This fees covers up to six individuals + £12 per any extra visitors. 

I wish you a pleasant stay on St Helena and welcome you to our estates on the island.

NB: All revenues (entrance fees, audio guide, services and shop) are allocated to the management and maintenance of the Domains, entrusted to Saint Helena Napoleonic Heritage, whose founders are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the St Helena Government and the Fondation Napoleon.

The reception and maintenance staff is only composed of local employees. Most of them are not French-speaking, a difficulty that audio guides can largely overcome.

We thank you for your understanding on this point.