The tour starts with a professional guide showing you the architectural masterpiece that is Westminster Abbey* where kings, queens, statesmen, poets and writers whose lives altered the course of British history are buried, together with the hushed secrets they took to their graves… The scene of 38 coronations and 14 Royal weddings, the very walls of Westminster Abbey resonate with the pulse of Britain!  Among the many priceless treasures here you’ll see the 700 year old Coronation chair, and the shrine of the Abbey’s 11th Century founder Edward the Confessor, its surface worn smooth by a thousand years of pilgrims’ reverent hands.  Find out who’s buried standing up, and whose body was dug up, hanged and beheaded (and why!) 

As the tour continues your Guide will show you other famous London sights, including Big Ben, its world-famous chimes ringing out the hours, as well as the breathtaking Gothic wonder that is the Houses of Parliament. You travel along Whitehall and Downing Street - the London residence of the Prime Minister - to Trafalgar Square, the proud Victorian centre of London watched over by Lord Nelson from the top of the 202 foot Nelson’s Column towering above London’s skyline. 

You will then see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in all its colourful pageantry and ceremony set to the stirring tunes of the Regimental band  - don’t forget your camera! **

Back on the coach you travel through the splendidly aristocratic area of Mayfair with its exclusive clubs and restaurants, and head for the bold and brash lights of Piccadilly Circus, the heart of London’s West End where cinemas, historic theatres, nightclubs, restaurants and bars jostle for space on the streets of the City reputed to be paved with gold!

The tour ends at around 12.30 in Trafalgar Square where you are free to explore the area – the National Gallery on the Square houses a unique collection of paintings by world renowned artists, or you might choose to visit St Martins-in-the-Fields on the Square, where the Brass Rubbing Centre is situated.

PLUS tour includes entrance to one of the following: Madame Tussauds, London Eye, London Aquarium, Tower of London, London Dungeon, St Pauls Cathedral, Kensington Palace and, during August and September, Buckingham Palace.

*On rare occasions a service at the Abbey means you will be unable to make a visit.  In this case you will instead visit St Paul’s or the Chapter House

**Occasionally there may not be a Changing of the Guard.  On these occasions you will visit Horseguards Parade, built on the site of the jousting yard of the old Whitehall Palace and the scene of reviews, parades and ceremonies.

The tour starts with a professional guide showing you the architectural masterpiece that is Westminster Abbey* where kings, queens, statesmen, poets and writers whose lives altered the course of British history are buried, together with the hushed secrets they took to their graves… The scene of 38 coronations and 14 Royal weddings, the very walls of Westminster Abbey resonate with the pulse of Britain!  Among the many priceless treasures here you’ll see the 700 year old Coronation chair, and the shrine of the Abbey’s 11th Century founder Edward the Confessor, its surface worn smooth by a thousand years of pilgrims’ reverent hands.  Find out who’s buried standing up, and whose body was dug up, hanged and beheaded (and why!) 

As the tour continues your Guide will show you other famous London sights, including Big Ben, its world-famous chimes ringing out the hours, as well as the breathtaking Gothic wonder that is the Houses of Parliament. You travel along Whitehall and Downing Street - the London residence of the Prime Minister - to Trafalgar Square, the proud Victorian centre of London watched over by Lord Nelson from the top of the 202 foot Nelson’s Column towering above London’s skyline. 

You will then see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in all its colourful pageantry and ceremony set to the stirring tunes of the Regimental band  - don’t forget your camera! **

Back on the coach you travel through the splendidly aristocratic area of Mayfair with its exclusive clubs and restaurants, and head for the bold and brash lights of Piccadilly Circus, the heart of London’s West End where cinemas, historic theatres, nightclubs, restaurants and bars jostle for space on the streets of the City reputed to be paved with gold!

The tour ends at around 12.30 in Trafalgar Square where you are free to explore the area – the National Gallery on the Square houses a unique collection of paintings by world renowned artists, or you might choose to visit St Martins-in-the-Fields on the Square, where the Brass Rubbing Centre is situated.

PLUS tour includes entrance to one of the following: Madame Tussauds, London Eye, London Aquarium, Tower of London, London Dungeon, St Pauls Cathedral, Kensington Palace and, during August and September, Buckingham Palace.

*On rare occasions a service at the Abbey means you will be unable to make a visit.  In this case you will instead visit St Paul’s or the Chapter House

**Occasionally there may not be a Changing of the Guard.  On these occasions you will visit Horseguards Parade, built on the site of the jousting yard of the old Whitehall Palace and the scene of reviews, parades and ceremonies.