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.
Useful information
Getting here
Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ER
Travel trade
Information for our travel trade partners.
Information for our travel trade partners
We are committed to improving access and facilities for visitors with disabilities.
Shop discounts
Groups can also benefit from bulk discounts on our guidebooks and souvenirs. To order, please email shop@hrp.org.uk.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
Browse more history and stories
James I and Anne of Denmark
Generous, scholarly James and his cultured wife
The Rubens ceiling
The crowning glory of the Banqueting House
The execution of Charles I
Tried and sentenced to death for high treason
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