tHE nATIONAL ARCHIVES
The National Archives is in Kew Richmond, a beautiful area. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm on Tuesday and Thursday, and 9 pm to 5pm on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Visiting the reading room is open every day from 9:30am until closing hours.
This cost £300 for a four-day stay at Premier Inn, which is non-negotiable due to safety reasons, and between £50 and £85 for train travel.
no cost will occur for you for archive photographs.
nATIONAL rECORDS OF sCOTLAND/ SCOTLANDS PEOPLE.
The National Records of Scotland is open from 9 am until 4 pm every Monday to Friday and is free to access and order documents the issue for certain records Subject to access, depending on FOI request, etc. travel to the archive is £4.90 per day.
Scotland’s People, as of October 2026, is still £15 for a seat and £40 for 160 credits. This was discussed to change due to increases in gas and electricity and so forth. again £4.90 is travel cost to this service.