Palaces, Parliament & Power: A Walking Tour of London’s Royal City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting monarchs (including a Sewer King!), Prime Ministers, Guy Fawkes, Lawrence of Arabia, and possibly some secret agents…
On our walking tour we’ll travel through Westminster, London’s Royal City. We’ll visit palaces, including ones you might not have known were even there, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Winston Churchill’s secret underground bunker, the most beautiful Royal Park in all of London, and we’ll also discover why you should never eat a fish that you’ve stolen from a monk’s pond!
The walking tour begins outside Embankment Station exit (River Thames side), ends near to Green Park Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two and a half miles.
Description & Instructions When Visiting Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting monarchs (including a Sewer King!), Prime Ministers, Guy Fawkes, Lawrence of Arabia, and possibly some secret agents…
On our walking tour we’ll travel through Westminster, London’s Royal City. We’ll visit palaces, including ones you might not have known were even there, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, Winston Churchill’s secret underground bunker, the most beautiful Royal Park in all of London, and we’ll also discover why you should never eat a fish that you’ve stolen from a monk’s pond!
The walking tour begins outside Embankment Station exit (River Thames side), ends near to Green Park Station, and will take around two hours. Total distance is about two and a half miles.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Victoria Embankment, London WC2N 6PB England
The Victoria Embankment gardens, overlooking the River Thames.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace Whitehall Horse Guards Avenue, London SW1A 2ER England
The only major surviving part of the Palace of Whitehall.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Downing Street, London SW1A 2AL England
The street that is home to the Prime Minister and Chancellor.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Cenotaph, Whitehall, London England
The UK’s official war memorial.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Houses of Parliament, Parliament Square, London SW1A 0AA England
The centre of British democracy, and the Mother of all Parliaments.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Jewel Tower, Abingdon St Westminster, London SW1P 3JX England
One of the only surviving pieces of the medieval Palace of Westminster.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3PA England
The site of royal burials and weddings.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Churchill War Rooms, King Charles Street, Clive Steps Westminster, London SW1A 2AQ England
The rooms from which Winston Churchill directed the Second World War.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. James’s Park, Horse Guards Road The Storeyard, London SW1A 2BJ England
The most beautiful Royal Park in London.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Buckingham Palace, Spur Road, London SW1A 1AA England
The official London residence of the monarch.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. James’s Palace, Marlborough Rd, St. James’s, London SW1A 1BS England
The most senior royal palace in the United Kingdom.
Duration: 10 minutes
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
