Banqueting House, Whitehall
Historic site · Whitehall, England
Banqueting House is on Whitehall, SW1A 2ER, and is listed Grade I as NHLE 1357353. Historic Royal Palaces runs it on limited opening: a summer opening from 1 August to 20 September 2026, with separate Open Days and Members-Only Days. In the week of 31 August 2026 it opened 10:00 to 16:00 on Monday and Thursday to Sunday, closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, with last entry at 15:00. Tickets are £10.00 for an adult, free for a child aged 5 to 15 and free for members.
History
The operator describes it as the survivor of the lost Palace of Whitehall, and its own headline subjects are the Rubens ceiling, Inigo Jones's architecture, the Undercroft and the site of Charles I's execution. Horse Guards stands about 95 m north-west across Whitehall and is separately Grade I, NHLE 1066100. The Grade I Treasury Buildings, holding the Cabinet Office and the Privy Council Office, are NHLE 1267063. Charing Cross is 411 m away, Embankment 377 m and Westminster 298 m.
Visit
Banqueting House, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ER
Featured in these guides
More in Whitehall
- Churchill War Rooms · Museum