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Guided Tours
Discover the historic Banqueting House on a guided tour.
- December 2023 - February 2024
- Tours take place 10.00, 12.00 and 14.00
- Banqueting House
- Separate ticket (advance booking required)
- For members
- Events
Members-Only Day at Banqueting House
Explore the Banqueting House, Whitehall at your leisure on this exclusive members-only day.
- 20 January 2024
- 10.00 - 16.00 (last entry at 15.30)
- Banqueting House
- Free
- Things to see
Art and sculpture
See images of James I and Charles I among the important collection of art and sculpture at Banqueting House.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
- Things to see
Banqueting Hall
Experience James I's breathtaking Banqueting Hall, created in 1622 as a venue for extravagant Jacobean entertainments.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
- Things to see
Charles I’s execution site
Walk in the footsteps of the condemned King and stand on the spot of Charles I's execution, just outside Banqueting House.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
- Things to see
Inigo Jones' architecture
Find out what remains of Whitehall – known as one of the first examples of Palladianism in British architecture.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
- Things to see
Rubens ceiling
Marvel at Sir Peter Paul Rubens' ceiling in its original setting of Inigo Jones' spectacular Banqueting House.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
- Things to see
The Undercroft
Explore the vaulted drinking den beneath the Banqueting House, which was used by James I for decadent royal parties.
- Open for guided tours on specific dates
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)
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