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Group visits

Benefit from easy admission, discounts and special offers for groups of 15 or more

Benefit from easy admission, discounts and special offers for groups of 15 or more

Information for Groups

Banqueting House is currently closed for a period of essential re-servicing, conservation, and maintenance work and we expect to re-open in 2025.

Information line

Telephone: +44 (0)33 3320 6000

Group booking line

Telephone: +44 (0)33 3320 6000
Email: info@hrp.org.uk

Banqueting House tours

Only Blue Badge guides are permitted to guide within Banqueting House. Please book directly with them through a Blue Badge Tourist Guide association.

Audio guide

Audio guides are available for groups visiting the Banqueting House.

Private tours

Private tours are available for groups at an additional cost. Contact groupsandtraveltrade@hrp.org.uk for more information.

Food for groups

Whilst there are no on-site catering facilities at the Banqueting House, there are numerous restaurants, cafes and bars nearby.

Useful information

Exterior of Banqueting House

Getting here

Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ER

View of the Main Hall at the Banqueting House

Travel Trade

Information for our travel trade partners.

Photograph of the Banqueting House's stone front architecture

Information for our Travel Trade partners

We are committed to improving access and facilities for visitors with disabilities.

Visitors to Hampton Court Palace browse in the Palace Shop.

Shop discounts

Groups can also benefit from bulk discounts on our guidebooks and souvenirs. To order, please email shop@hrp.org.uk.

Bust of Charles I at Banqueting House

Facilities

Practical information for your visit.

EXPLORE WHAT'S ON

  • Things to see

The Undercroft

Explore the vaulted drinking den beneath the Banqueting House, which was used by James I for decadent royal parties.

  • Closed
  • Banqueting House
  • Included in palace admission (members go free)
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  • Things to see

Rubens ceiling

Marvel at Sir Peter Paul Rubens' ceiling in its original setting of Inigo Jones' spectacular Banqueting House.

  • Closed
  • Banqueting House
  • Included in palace admission (members go free)
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  • Things to see

Inigo Jones' architecture

Find out what remains of Whitehall – known as one of the first examples of Palladianism in British architecture.

  • Closed
  • Banqueting House
  • Included in palace admission (members go free)
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BROWSE MORE HISTORY AND STORIES

The Rubens ceiling

The crowning glory of the Banqueting House

James I and Anne of Denmark

Generous, scholarly James and his cultured wife

The execution of Charles I

Tried and sentenced to death for high treason

Shop online

Shop Banqueting House Gifts

Our wonderful collection of gifts and souvenirs are all inspired by the Banqueting House.

From £4.00