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Member-Only tour of the Banqueting House

Updated 12 June. As a result of the Coronavirus global pandemic, we have taken the difficult decision to close Banqueting House until March 2021. We apologise for any disappointment this may cause. Please read our statement

When

Cancelled

Ticketing Information

£15, booking essential

Tours will start promptly in the Undercroft

Please be aware, these events have been cancelled. 


 

Separate ticket (advance booking required)

What happened to Henry VIII’s great Whitehall Palace? What did the early Stuart kings do here, at the last remaining part of the palace - the Banqueting House?

While it was intended for play and masques, this building is more famous as the place of execution of King Charles I. Explore its colourful and turbulent history with Siobhan Clarke and climb to the viewing gallery (not open to the public) for a closer look at the magnificent Rubens ceiling – the only one of his works still in its original location.

In light of the current situation regarding COVID-19 coronavirus, these events have now been cancelled.

Those who have already booked tickets for this event will be contacted in due course. Due to the volume of bookings, please bear with us but rest assured we will get in touch with everyone.

We have not taken the decision to cancel these events lightly and would like to apologise for any inconvenience these cancellations have caused.

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Tower Green and scaffold site with the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula and the Beauchamp Tower in the background
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Tower Green & Scaffold site

Walk in the footsteps of those condemned to execution at the Tower of London on Tower Green and the Scaffold Site.

From 10 July

Tower of London

Included in palace admission (members go free)

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Iron spikes descending from a stone arch, a portcullis, on the Bloody Tower
Things to see

Fortress

Explore the Tower of London’s early years as a formidable fortress and discover why it has been both feared and revered.

Open from 10 July

Tower of London

Included in palace admission (members go free)

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Sculpture of a polar bear
Things to see

Royal Beasts

Discover why exotic animals were kept at the Tower of London and see how they lived in the Royal Menagerie.

Open from 10 July

Tower of London

Included in palace admission (members go free)

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The Tower at war

The Tower of London played an important role in the First and Second World Wars

The Georgians

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The story of Kensington Palace

An elegant retreat for Britain's royal family

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