London Parliament Tours

Skip-the-Line Parliament and Westminster Abbey Guided Tour

★ 4.6 · 173 reviews3 hours 45 minutes · 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament with a live guide; 1 hour 30 minutes in Westminster AbbeyGoes inside

Meet your guide at the Palmerston statue on Parliament Square and go through both buildings with a person rather than a handset. The morning opens inside Westminster Abbey before the crowds arrive, then moves next door for two hours in the Houses of Parliament, taking in Westminster Hall and both debating chambers. A qualified Blue Badge guide leads the Parliament half, which is the part almost every other visit covers on audio alone. Headsets are included and the group caps at twenty, so budget close to four hours on your feet with few chances to sit down.

1. Meet at the Palmerston statue, Parliament Square
2. Skip-the-line entry to Westminster Abbey
3. Guided Abbey visit, 1 hour 30 minutes
4. Walk to the Houses of Parliament
5. Westminster Hall with a Blue Badge guide
6. Chamber of the House of Lords
7. Chamber of the House of Commons

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Houses of Parliament Ticket and Political Audio Tour

★ 4.5 · 265 reviews2 hours · 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament, self-guided with the audio guideGoes inside

Reserved entry, a host at the George V statue and two hours inside the Palace of Westminster at whatever pace suits you. The handset covers the House of Lords and its golden throne, the House of Commons and the medieval span of Westminster Hall, in nine languages including British Sign Language. A second audio walk then takes you round fifteen political landmarks outside, Downing Street among them. Bring photo ID, leave large bags behind, and check the cancellation terms on the booking page before you pay, because the listing carries two different windows.

1. Meet your host at the George V statue
2. Security check and visitor badge
3. House of Lords chamber and the throne
4. House of Commons chamber
5. Westminster Hall
6. Political London audio walk, 15 stops

Two cancellation windows are shown — check at checkout.

Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Parliament Walking Tour

★ 4.8 · 3,905 reviews3 to 4 hours · About 20 minutes at Parliament Square, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, exterior only

Start at the Churchill statue on Parliament Square with a Blue Badge guide, the highest qualification a guide can hold in Britain. The route takes in Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from the pavement, then spends an hour and three-quarters inside Westminster Abbey before walking through St James's Park to the gates of Buckingham Palace. Commentary runs in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, one language per departure, with the group capped at twenty. Choose the four-hour option if you want the Abbey guided and skip-the-line; the shorter version swaps that for a service or organ recital.

1. Meet at the Churchill statue, Parliament Square
2. Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, exterior
3. Westminster Abbey, 105 minutes, guided on 4-hour option
4. St Margaret's Church
5. St James's Park
6. Buckingham Palace, 30-minute photo stop
7. St James's Palace and central London

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Skip-the-Line Parliament and Westminster Abbey Guided Tour

★ 4.6 · 173 reviews3 hours 45 minutes · 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament with a live guide; 1 hour 30 minutes in Westminster AbbeyGoes inside

Meet your guide at the Palmerston statue on Parliament Square and go through both buildings with a person rather than a handset. The morning opens inside Westminster Abbey before the crowds arrive, then moves next door for two hours in the Houses of Parliament, taking in Westminster Hall and both debating chambers. A qualified Blue Badge guide leads the Parliament half, which is the part almost every other visit covers on audio alone. Headsets are included and the group caps at twenty, so budget close to four hours on your feet with few chances to sit down.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Houses of Parliament Ticket and Political Audio Tour

★ 4.5 · 265 reviews2 hours · 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament, self-guided with the audio guideGoes inside

Reserved entry, a host at the George V statue and two hours inside the Palace of Westminster at whatever pace suits you. The handset covers the House of Lords and its golden throne, the House of Commons and the medieval span of Westminster Hall, in nine languages including British Sign Language. A second audio walk then takes you round fifteen political landmarks outside, Downing Street among them. Bring photo ID, leave large bags behind, and check the cancellation terms on the booking page before you pay, because the listing carries two different windows.

Two cancellation windows are shown — check at checkout.

Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey Guided Tour

★ 4.5 · 378 reviews3 hours 45 minutes · 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament with a live guide; 1 hour 30 minutes in Westminster AbbeyGoes inside

Two ticketed buildings, one booking, and a live guide inside each of them. Your day begins with skip-the-line entry to Westminster Abbey, the coronation church since 1066, then continues into the Palace of Westminster for two hours covering Westminster Hall, the Lords chamber and the Commons chamber. The guide stays with you through the Parliament section instead of handing you over at the security desk. Photography is not allowed inside and strollers cannot be brought in, so travel light and wear something you can stand up in for four hours.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey Guided Tour with Optional Parliament Entry

★ 4.3 · 599 reviews2 to 4 hours · Up to 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament with the audio guide, on the entry option only; about 2 hours in Westminster AbbeyGoes inside

Groups here cap at ten, which is half the size of most guided visits to Westminster Abbey. You meet at the Abbey shop on Dean's Yard at a quarter past nine and spend two hours inside with an English-speaking guide before walking round Parliament Square. Three booking options sit behind the same listing: Abbey and Parliament together, Abbey with the Houses of Parliament seen from outside, or the Parliament entry ticket on its own. Read the option name carefully at checkout, because not every option puts you inside the Palace.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey and Parliament Tour with Audio Guide

★ 4.1 · 269 reviews1 hour 15 minutes to 4 hours · Up to 2 hours inside the Houses of Parliament with the audio guide, on the ticketed options onlyGoes inside

Five ways to book one Westminster morning, in English or in Spanish. The core is a two-hour guided visit inside Westminster Abbey covering the Coronation Chair, Poets' Corner and the royal tombs, with an audio-guided hour in the Houses of Parliament added on the options that include it. There is also a Parliament-only ticket for anybody who has already seen the Abbey. Your guide hands over the entry tickets in person, so wait at the meeting point rather than asking staff inside the shop.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Parliament Walking Tour

★ 4.8 · 3,905 reviews3 to 4 hours · About 20 minutes at Parliament Square, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, exterior only

Start at the Churchill statue on Parliament Square with a Blue Badge guide, the highest qualification a guide can hold in Britain. The route takes in Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from the pavement, then spends an hour and three-quarters inside Westminster Abbey before walking through St James's Park to the gates of Buckingham Palace. Commentary runs in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, one language per departure, with the group capped at twenty. Choose the four-hour option if you want the Abbey guided and skip-the-line; the shorter version swaps that for a service or organ recital.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Buckingham Walking Tour

★ 4.9 · 1,023 reviews3 hours 30 minutes · About 30 minutes at Parliament Square and Big Ben, exterior only

Three and a half hours from Parliament Square to Piccadilly, with a Blue Badge guide for the whole route. Skip-the-line entry to Westminster Abbey is included and takes an hour and a half of that, with the rest spent at Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, St James's Park, Buckingham Palace and the tailors of Jermyn Street. Headsets come out once the group passes ten people, and there is a coffee stop on Tothill Street between the two halves. Morning and afternoon departures both run, and you finish walking distance from Green Park station.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Private Black Cab Sightseeing Tour with Hotel Pickup

★ 5.0 · 1,473 reviews4 hours · About 10 minutes outside the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; no entryExterior only

Your driver collects you from any central London address in a licensed black cab and the four hours belong to your group alone. Tower Bridge, St Paul's, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and the London Eye all get a stop, with Downing Street and Westminster Bridge passed on the way. Nothing is ticketed, so this is the ground-covering overview rather than a way into any building. The fare covers up to six people between you, which makes it sensible for a family arriving jetlagged with one day to spend.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Walking Tour with Westminster Abbey Entry

★ 4.8 · 1,345 reviews5 hours · About 50 minutes at Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; no entryExterior only

Twenty Westminster landmarks in a three-hour walk that starts outside the Ritz on Piccadilly at ten. Green Park, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards, Downing Street and Parliament Square all feature, with your guide timing the Buckingham Palace stop around the guard change on the days it runs. A pre-booked Westminster Abbey ticket is handed to you at the end, and you go in at your own pace once the walking is done. Wear sunscreen in summer and shoes you can cover five miles in comfortably.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster WW2 Walking Tour and Churchill War Rooms Ticket

★ 4.5 · 1,012 reviews2 hours 30 minutes · 10-minute photo stop outside the Houses of Parliament; no entryExterior only

Wartime Westminster on foot, then an hour and a half underground in the bunker where it was run. The guided hour covers the Cenotaph, Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament and the Women of World War Two memorial before you reach the Churchill War Rooms at King Charles Street. Your entry ticket and the museum audio guide are included, though the guide leaves you at the door rather than coming down with you. Meet outside Westminster station on the Embankment, behind the Boadicea statue, not at the war rooms themselves.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey Skip-the-Line Entry and Guided Tour

★ 4.9 · 508 reviews2 to 5.5 hours · Exterior only: Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster from the street on the Westminster walk; no entry

Priority entry to Westminster Abbey with a licensed guide, booked privately or as a group of no more than twenty. The two-hour core covers the Gothic nave, the thirteenth and fourteenth-century cloisters, Poets' Corner and King Edward's Chair, used at every coronation since 1302. Longer options add St Margaret's Church, an extended Westminster walk past the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, and a private car from your accommodation and back. Pick the two-hour version if you want the Abbey and nothing else; the four-hour one is the sightseeing day.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Westminster Abbey Tour with a Royal Heritage Guide

★ 4.7 · 757 reviews2 hours · Not visited; Westminster Abbey only

Two hours inside Westminster Abbey with a guide and a ticket, and nothing else on the itinerary. You stand where every English and British monarch has been crowned since 1066, look at the Coronation Chair, and walk through Poets' Corner past Dickens, Chaucer and Kipling. Departures run in English and in Spanish, and wheelchair users and their companions enter the Abbey free of charge. Your guide holds the tickets, so meet at the Abbey shop rather than joining the general entry queue.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

Churchill War Rooms Entry and Political Audio Tour

★ 4.6 · 439 reviews1 day · No visit to the Houses of Parliament; the Political London audio walk passes it from outsideNot visited

Reserved entry to the underground complex where Churchill and the war cabinet worked through the Blitz, with the museum's own audio guide in eight languages. The Map Room, the Cabinet Room and the transatlantic telephone room disguised as a lavatory are all on the route, preserved as they were left in 1945. A second audio walk takes you round fifteen political landmarks above ground, the Houses of Parliament and Downing Street among them. Allow at least two and a half hours, and note that this ticket is non-refundable once booked.

This ticket is non-refundable once booked.