Plan Your Visit to Buckingham Palace | A Complete Guide

• Toilets and babycare facilities: Accessible toilets and babycare facilities are available at the start and end of your tour inside Buckingham Palace.
• Assistance dogs: You can bring registered assistance dogs to the palace. You can leave the staff to take care of them.
• Multimedia guide: Multimedia guide with subtitles is available in British Sign Language (BSL). An audio-descriptive guide is available for blind or partially-sighted visitors.
• Gift shops: Buckingham Palace has several gift shops as well as a fully accessible terrace café.

• Accessible toilets are available for use.
• Assistance dogs are welcome in the palace.
• A multimedia guide with subtitles in British Sign Language is offered. Additionally, an audio guide is available for people with visual difficulties.
• The terrace cafe is accessible for disabled guests as well.
• You can borrow wheelchairs and rollators, free of charge, for the duration of your palace visit. Folding stools may also be available.
• Powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters are welcome inside the premises.
• Two lifts are installed inside the palace.
• There is a golf buggy that will transport you from the palace to the gardens.
• If you require an interpreter, you can request one 10 days before you visit the palace.

Buckingham Palace can get crowded when it opens for visitors. The rush might prevent you from properly exploring each highlight of the attraction and learning its history.

An audio guide is an excellent option as it narrates the history of the place and its many highlights. You can get a multimedia guide in English with skip-the-line and guided tour tickets. A multimedia guide with subtitles is also available in British Sign Language (BSL), while an audio-descriptive guide is also available for blind or partially-sighted visitors.

• Arrive 30 minutes before your chosen time slot because there might be a rush when you arrive. If you miss your entry time, it will be tough to include you in a later slot.
• Only bottled water is allowed inside the palace. You cannot bring any other food and drink inside with you.
• Pushchairs are not allowed inside the State Rooms.
• Pets are not allowed inside the palace.
• Before you enter Buckingham Palace, you must undergo airport-style checking, so be mindful of that and bring as little baggage with you as possible.
• Do not wear backpacks inside the palace. Large items, bags, and suitcases over 45x20x30 cm are also not allowed. You can take purses only if you hang them on your side.
• Smoking and vaping is prohibited inside the premises.
• Drones, knives, and pepper sprays will be confiscated during the entry checking.
• Photography and videography are restricted in the palace but are allowed in the gardens.

• The Queen’s Gallery: You can buy bespoke china, homeware and postcards, and glittering jewellery at The Queen’s Gallery.
• Buckingham Palace Road: Buckingham Palace Road offers the best selection of elegant, royal-inspired gifts and souvenirs.
• The Royal Mews: Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace will introduce you to coaches, carriages and horses used by The Queen and members of the Royal family.
• The Garden Shop: The Garden Shop, in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, is a place to discover wonderful Royal gifts.

• Bon Gusto - Bon Gusto is an Italian restaurant three minutes from Buckingham Palace. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner with changing specials.
• Royal Sushi - This Sushi restaurant is three minutes from Buckingham Palace and has an incredible menu and reasonable pricing.
• Th@51 Restaurant and Bar - Th@51 Restaurant and Bar is an excellent place to dine in and enjoy waffles and South Indian dishes.
• Colosseo Restaurant - Colosseo Restaurant is four minutes from Buckingham Palace. This Italian restaurant offers amazing pasta, pizzas, seafood and weekly specials.

SEA LIFE Centre London Aquarium - SEA Life Centre London Aquarium is the UK’s largest living coral reef, with regal tangs, cardinal fish, and clownfish swimming through the 40 feet long sea life tank.

Westminster Abbey - A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and active place of worship, Westminster Abbey is a London church used for coronations and other ceremonies of national significance. 

The Graffiti Tunnel - Leake Street Tunnel, underneath Waterloo Station, is London’s coolest street art spot. The 300-metre tunnel is London’s largest legal graffiti wall and a bastion of London’s street art scene since 2008.

The British Museum - The British Museum, founded in 1753, has a collection covering two million years of history. It has the world’s first public museum of its kind and attracts more than six million visitors yearly.

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