Information on opening hours and planned closures
Banqueting House to open on selected dates
Banqueting House remains closed while essential re-servicing, conservation, and maintenance work is completed. However, we are delighted to announce the following opening dates.
Opening dates
- 27 November 2025: 09:00 - 15:00
- 28 November and 29 November 2025: 09:00 - 16:00
Booking for these dates will be available soon.
We’ll also be offering Members-Only Days later this year, with dates to be announced shortly.
Historic Royal Palaces is grateful to the Garfield Weston Foundation and Wolfson Foundation, whose generous support of the project will help us conserve this magnificent building for generations to come.
Browse History and Stories
The Rubens ceiling
The crowning glory of the Banqueting House
The story of Banqueting House
Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution
The execution of Charles I
Killing of a 'treasonous' King