Banqueting House will reopen to the public for Open Days on 21 February, 20 March, 03 April, 01 May, 29 May, 26 June 2026 and from 03 Aug - 20 September 2026. Please see our Opening Times page for more information.
Tickets will be available to book two months prior to the date.
Banqueting House remains closed while essential conservation is completed but we are open for private events.
Explore
- 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.
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- Included in palace admission (Members go free)
- Things to see
Art and sculpture
See images of James I and VI and Charles I among the important collection of art and sculpture at Banqueting House.
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (Members go free)
- Things to see
Banqueting Hall
Experience James I and VI's breathtaking Banqueting Hall, created in 1622 as a venue for extravagant Jacobean entertainments.
- Banqueting House
- Included in palace admission (Members go free)
Browse more history and stories
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
The masque
A fabulously extravagant early 17th century court entertainment