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On a Tuesday in February the car park at the Kerrydale end is nearly empty, the shutters are down on the ticket windows, and the only sound is the wind rattling the steel trusses that hold the north stand roof up. Forty-eight hours earlier the same square of tarmac held about eight thousand people. That contrast is the whole point of a Celtic Park stadium tour — you get to walk through a building designed for sixty thousand voices while it is completely silent, which is a stranger and better experience than most people expect when they book it.
This guide covers what the tour actually includes, what it costs, how to book it, how long to allow, how to get to Parkhead without a car, and whether it is worth doing if you have no particular allegiance to the club. Prices were checked in September 2026; treat them as the right order of magnitude, because Celtic revise tour pricing between seasons and add premium variants around anniversaries.
Celtic Park stadium tour: the essentials
| Detail | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Adult price | From about £20 |
| Child / concession | Reduced; family tickets usually available |
| Duration | About 1 hour, guided |
| Runs on | Non-match days, plus some home-match mornings |
| Booking | Direct with the club, online, in advance |
| Nearest station | Dalmarnock or Bridgeton (ScotRail), 10–15 min walk |
| Buses | 61 and 62 from the city centre along the Gallowgate |
| Walk from Glasgow Cross | About 35 minutes |
What the tour includes
The standard guided tour follows roughly the same route every time, and it is a good route. You go in through the main reception on Kerrydale Street, and from there the sequence is usually the trophy area, the home dressing room, the players’ tunnel, pitchside, and then up into the stand for a seat and a talk.
The dressing room
Smaller than television makes it look, and deliberately plain — the club has resisted the trend towards spa-style player facilities that you see at some English grounds. Guides let you sit on the benches, which children love and adults quietly enjoy too.
The tunnel and pitchside
This is the moment the tour is built around. You walk up the tunnel and out to the edge of the pitch, and the stands do something odd to your sense of scale — from ground level the upper tiers lean in far more steeply than they appear from a seat. The guides usually pause here and let people take photographs without rushing.
You do not walk on the grass. Nobody walks on the grass except the groundstaff and the players, and any operator who tells you otherwise is describing a different stadium.
The trophy area and the history
Celtic won the European Cup in 1967 with a squad who had all been born within about thirty miles of the ground — the Lisbon Lions — and roughly a third of the tour commentary comes back to that fact one way or another. If you find club history tedious this is the part to endure; if you like it, ask questions, because the guides are almost all supporters and will happily go well beyond the script.
The stand
You finish sitting in the stand looking at the pitch while the guide talks about capacity, the 1990s rebuild and the safe-standing section in the north-east corner. It is a sensible place to end because it gives people a chance to sit down, and because the acoustics of an empty 60,000-seat bowl are genuinely interesting when a single person is speaking into them.
Booking, timings and how far ahead
Book directly with Celtic rather than through a third-party experience reseller. The club’s own booking page shows the live slot calendar, and third-party listings routinely show dates the club has already withdrawn for European fixtures, media days or pitch work.
- Outside school holidays — a week ahead is usually enough.
- Scottish school holidays, Christmas and Easter — three to four weeks.
- Match weeks — the schedule thins out considerably. Check the fixture list before you pick a date.
- European home nights — assume no tour that day at all.
Tours typically run through the middle of the day rather than early morning or late afternoon, so this is an activity that eats the core of your day rather than slotting neatly around it. Allow two and a half hours door to door from the city centre including travel, or three if you are walking one way.
Getting to Celtic Park
There is no Subway station near Parkhead, which trips up a surprising number of visitors — the Glasgow Subway is a single circle on the west and central side of the city and it does not reach the East End at all. Your realistic options:
- Bus — the 61 and 62 run from the city centre out along the Gallowgate and drop you within a few minutes of the ground. Contactless works on board. Our Glasgow bus guide covers how the network is structured.
- Train — Dalmarnock or Bridgeton, both on the ScotRail Argyle Line from Glasgow Central low level, then a 10–15 minute walk.
- Walk — about 35 minutes from Glasgow Cross straight out the Gallowgate. Flat, easy to follow, and it takes you past the Barras, which is worth an hour of anyone’s time at the weekend.
- Taxi — 10 to 15 minutes from the city centre and easy to get in both directions on a non-match day.
Do not drive. The Low Emission Zone covers the city centre you would be driving out of, non-compliant vehicles are banned rather than charged, and the streets around the ground are residential and heavily restricted. Full detail on that in our getting around Glasgow guide.
Is it worth it? An honest verdict
Yes, with conditions.
Worth it if you support Celtic, you are travelling with a football-obsessed child, you have any interest in the 1967 European Cup story, or you want to see the inside of a major British stadium without paying matchday prices. At around £20 for an hour with a guide who knows the building, it is fair value by the standards of British stadium tours — Wembley and Old Trafford both cost considerably more.
Not worth it if you are looking for architecture. Celtic Park was substantially rebuilt in the 1990s and it is a competent modern bowl rather than a historic structure. If architecture is what draws you, Ibrox is the tour to do instead — the 1929 Archibald Leitch main stand there, with its marble staircase and oak-panelled Blue Room, is on a different level, and it is why that tour costs roughly £28 rather than £20.
Not worth it either if you were hoping to feel what a matchday feels like. An empty stadium is atmospheric in its own quiet way but it is emphatically not the same thing. Our Glasgow football guide covers how to get an actual match ticket, which is harder than most visitors assume.
Accessibility and visiting with children
The tour has step-free routes throughout and the club will arrange one if you tell them in advance — do this at the point of booking rather than on arrival, because the standard route uses stairs into the stand. Wheelchair users can do pitchside and the dressing rooms without difficulty.
For children, this is one of the better hour-long indoor options in the East End, and the pace suits roughly ages six upwards. Under-fives will enjoy the tunnel and be bored by the trophies. There is a café and a large club shop on site, both of which are open on tour days, and the shop is the single most effective way to convert a mildly interested eight-year-old into a lifelong problem. Our Glasgow with kids guide has the alternatives if the weather turns.
What to combine it with
Parkhead is not an area with a lot else for visitors, so build the day around the journey rather than the destination:
- The Barras and the Gallowgate — the market runs at weekends and the walk from Glasgow Cross takes you through it.
- Glasgow Green and the Winter Gardens site — about 20 minutes’ walk south-west of the ground, and a pleasant way back into town on a dry day.
- Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis — roughly 25 minutes north-west, and the strongest historical pairing available in this part of the city.
If you want to do both Old Firm stadium tours in a day it is technically possible — the grounds are about 25 minutes apart with a change in the city centre — but the fixed start times rarely cooperate, and you will spend the day travelling rather than looking at anything. Doing one properly is the better trip. The full picture of what else fills a Glasgow itinerary is in our things to do in Glasgow guide.
Frequently asked questions
How much is the Celtic Park stadium tour?
From about £20 for an adult as of September 2026, with reduced child and concession rates and family tickets usually available. Premium and hospitality variants cost more. Check the club’s booking page for the exact price on your date.
How long does the tour take?
About an hour of guided time. Allow two and a half hours door to door from the city centre once you have added travel, the shop and the café.
Can I do the tour on a matchday?
Sometimes, in the morning before a home fixture, but not reliably and not for every match. European nights and cup ties usually cancel tours entirely. If your date is a matchday, confirm with the club before booking travel.
Do I get to walk on the pitch?
No. You go pitchside — to the edge of the grass at the end of the tunnel — which is close enough for photographs but is not the same as walking on the playing surface.
Is there a Subway station near Celtic Park?
No. The Glasgow Subway does not serve the East End. Use the 61 or 62 bus, a train to Dalmarnock or Bridgeton, or walk out the Gallowgate from Glasgow Cross.
Is the tour suitable if I do not support Celtic?
Yes, provided you have some general interest in football or in large buildings. It is a well-run hour and the guides do not assume allegiance. If you have no interest in football at all, spend the money in Kelvingrove instead.
Is there a shop and café on site?
Yes to both, and both are open on tour days. The club shop is large and stocks a great deal more than replica kit.
If what you really wanted was a match rather than a tour, the two are not interchangeable but they are worth weighing against each other. A midweek league fixture against a bottom-half side is genuinely obtainable at around £25–40, while the marquee games are not — our guide to getting Celtic match tickets as a visitor explains which is which and how the sale windows work.
Related Glasgow Guides
- Glasgow Football — the parent guide, covering all three stadiums, match tickets and matchdays.
- Things to Do in Glasgow — what else to build the day around.
- Getting Around Glasgow — the network, the Low Emission Zone and why you should not drive here.
- Glasgow Bus Guide — the 61 and 62 out the Gallowgate, and contactless fares.
- Trains in Glasgow — the Argyle Line to Dalmarnock and Bridgeton.
- The Barras Market — on the walking route from Glasgow Cross.
- Glasgow with Kids — indoor options in the East End when it rains.
Photo Credits
Celtic Park interior: Celtic Park inside – 1 by Glasgow Celtic, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Celtic Park exterior on a non-match day: Celtic Park September 2023 11 by DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.