
✈️ If you plan to visit London this summer, don’t miss the Changing of the Guard at 📍Buckingham Palace 💂♀️ It’s FREE to watch and you don’t require a ticket! 🎫 📆A famous ceremonial event that takes place Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays during the summer months. 🕝Starts at 11:00 AM and lasts for approximately 45 minutes. 🐎 It involves the formal handover of responsibilities between two detachments of the King’s Guard 💂 📌 The ceremony actually takes place between three locations - Buckingham Palace, St. James’s Palace and Wellington Barracks. 🎶 You can witness the precision marching, music performances, and elaborate uniform changes. 💂 The Changing of the Guard is a colorful display of British tradition and military prowess, adding to the allure and grandeur of Buckingham Palace as the official residence of the British monarch. 👣Getting to Buckingham Palace 📌 Address: Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA 🚇 By Underground The nearest tube stations are: Green Park - Piccadilly, Victoria & Jubilee lines - About 10 minutes walk St James’s Park - District & Circle line - About 10 minutes walk Victoria - District, Circle & Victoria line - About 15 minutes walk 🚊 By Train Nearest, mainline, train station: London Victoria - About 15 minutes walk 🚌 By Bus Bus Numbers: 11, 211, 239, C1 & C10 stop on Buckingham Palace Road
Attraction

The Green Park
Park
4.6
Spacious park with deckchair-scattered lawns, mature trees and views of regal local neighbours.

St James's Park
Park
4.7
Green space with a lake with daily pelican feeding, a grass-roofed cafe and ceremonial displays.

Tower Bridge
Attraction
4.8
Panoramic views from high-level walkways and behind-the-scenes access to original lifting machinery.

Buckingham Palace
Cultural landmark
4.5
Visitors can tour the palace's opulent private and state rooms or watch the changing of the guard.

St James's Palace
Historical place
4.5
Striking 16th-century palace, housing royal apartments and offices. Setting for Trooping The Colour.
Activity/Tour

London tour with Changing of the Guard Ceremony
Activity
Place

Victoria