Can You Visit Anfield Stadium for Free?
Yes and no. You can see the outside of Anfield, the famous gates, the memorial and the club store for free, but the tunnel, pitch, dressing rooms and the Kop all sit behind a paid ticket.
You can see a lot of Anfield for free, but only from the outside. The famous red-brick exterior, the Shankly Gates with "You'll Never Walk Alone" written across them, the Hillsborough memorial and the official club store are all free to visit. Getting inside, to the tunnel, the pitch, the dressing rooms and the Kop, needs a paid stadium tour or a match ticket.
What can you see at Anfield for free?
Plenty, if you are happy to stay outside the turnstiles. Anfield sits in a residential neighbourhood about 3 kilometres north of Liverpool city centre, and the streets around the ground on Anfield Road and Walton Breck Road are open to anyone. You can walk right up to the stadium, take in the scale of the rebuilt Main Stand and Anfield Road end, and photograph the facade at no cost.
The two features most people come to see outside are both free. The Shankly Gates, erected in 1982 as a tribute to Bill Shankly, carry the club's anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" across the ironwork. Nearby is the Hillsborough memorial, a place of remembrance for the 97 men, women and children who died as a result of the 1989 disaster. Both stand at the ground and cost nothing to visit. You can read the wider story of the stadium on its detailed history record, and plan a visit to the area through Visit Liverpool.
| At Anfield | Free? | How you see it |
|---|---|---|
| Stadium exterior and red-brick facade | Free | Walk up on Anfield Road or Walton Breck Road |
| Shankly Gates ("You'll Never Walk Alone") | Free | Stand outside the ground |
| Hillsborough memorial | Free | A place of remembrance at the stadium |
| Official club store | Free to browse | Open to the public, no ticket needed |
| Players' tunnel and pitchside | Paid | Stadium tour |
| Dressing rooms, dugout, press room | Paid | Stadium tour |
| Standing inside the Kop | Paid | Stadium tour, or a match ticket for a seat |
| Interactive museum | Paid | Included with a tour ticket |
What do you have to pay to see inside Anfield?
Everything behind the turnstiles. The parts of Anfield that people picture, the tunnel with the "This Is Anfield" sign above it, the pitch, the home and away dressing rooms, the press room and the inside of the Kop, are only accessible on a paid visit. That means either a stadium tour on a non-match day or a ticket to an actual game.
The tour is the way in for most visitors, because a match ticket is expensive, hard to get, and only shows you the ground from a seat. A tour runs most days outside fixtures, lasts roughly 70 to 90 minutes, and takes you into the working areas of the club. Our full breakdown of what a tour ticket actually includes covers the whole route, and if the tunnel-and-pitch part is what you care about, our look at whether you really go pitchside and into the dressing rooms answers that directly.
Is the club store or museum free to visit?
The store is free; the museum is not. The official Liverpool FC store at the ground is open to the public like any shop, so you can walk in, browse and soak up a bit of the club without spending anything. It is one of the better free stops if you just want to feel close to Anfield.
The interactive museum is a different matter. It is a ticketed attraction, and the usual way to see it is bundled into a stadium tour ticket, which lets you explore the exhibits and the trophy displays before or after the guided part. Our guide to the interactive club museum explains what is on show and how the museum fits into a visit.
Can you watch Liverpool train or play for free?
No. First-team training happens at the club's training ground, which is a private site closed to the public, so there is no free way to watch the players prepare. Matches at Anfield require a ticket, and demand for those far outstrips supply, so turning up hoping to get in for nothing is not realistic.
If your goal is to be inside Anfield rather than to watch a specific game, a stadium tour is by far the most reliable and affordable route. It puts you on the pitch edge and in the Kop without needing a match ticket at all, and you can compare the two experiences in our piece on the tour against a matchday.
Is it worth paying for a stadium tour, then?
For most fans, yes. The free version of Anfield is genuinely worth doing, and if you are only passing through the city you can get a real sense of the place from the gates and the facade for nothing. But the free experience stops at the wall. Everything that makes Anfield famous from the inside, the tunnel, the dugout, the dressing rooms and standing in the Kop, sits behind a paid ticket.
A tour is modestly priced, starts at around GBP 26 for the standard route, and rates around 4.8 across thousands of reviews, though you should always check the live listing for today's price and available slots. If you want the full picture before you decide, our honest take on whether the tour is worth the money weighs it up, and the practical detail sits in our guides to what a tour ticket costs and how to get to the ground. When you are ready to go inside, you can plan and book the official experience on Liverpool Stadium Tour.
