One of the symbols of the United Kingdom and London is undoubtedly the grandiose neo-Gothic style building where the British Parliament is located. Before being the seat of government it was a royal palace, which is why you will see that in some places they call it the Palace of Westminster. Currently, there are different ways to visit the London Parliament inside, I will tell you about them below.
Guided tour of London parliament
Of course, this visit can only take place when members of parliament are not working. You can enter on weekends, Easter, Christmas or summer. You can reserve entry to the British Parliament on their website. They have two different types:
Visit with audio guide
The price of this visit is £25 for adults. The duration of this visit to the London Parliament is 90 minutes, you can always do it faster. But I recommend that you take your time to enjoy the works of art that you will see in every corner.
Guided tour
You will take the tour of the London Parliament accompanied by a professional guide. The pace of the visit will be that of your group. Currently they only do this visit in English. The price of this visit is £32.
Visit the Parliament of London for free
If you live in the UK
If you live in the United Kingdom, you have the right to visit the London Parliament for free. For this you have to contact your parliament representative and write him an email. He or she will answer you and book the tour for you. You can find your parliament representative on the website and find out the schedule for this guided tour of the London parliament.
If you want to see a session of Parliament
Whenever MPs are working in the House of Lords or the House of Commons, you can come and see them. Just go to the Cromwell Green entrance next to the Oliver Cromwell sculpture. You tell the security that you want to attend a parliamentary session as a listener, they will give you a visitor’s accreditation and after passing the security check they will tell you how to get to the chambers. During these sessions you cannot clap or shout.
You won’t get to know the building very deeply, but it is a good option if you just want to quickly visit the British Parliament. Check on the parliament website if they have a session on the day you are going to be there.
In our essential free tour of London we will tell you a lot of curiosities about this famous building. One of the main things to see in London.
