Essential information for visiting Banqueting House
Banqueting House closure
Banqueting House is now closed for a period of essential re-servicing, conservation, and maintenance work and we expect to re-open in 2025.
Discover Banqueting House
Explore Banqueting House, the survivor of the Lost Palace of Whitehall, with Google Arts and Culture. Browse highlights from the palace's turbulent history and discover the magnificent Ruben's Ceiling up close.
Banqueting House
- Things to see
Banqueting Hall
Experience James I's breathtaking Banqueting Hall, created in 1622 as a venue for extravagant Jacobean entertainments.
- Closed
- 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.
- Closed
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go 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.
- Closed
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (members go free)