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Westminster Abbey Private Tour: Discover British History with a London Blue Badge Guide
4.9
30 Ratings
Greater London
Immerse yourself in British history on a private tour of Westminster Abbey. Explore royal tombs, the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, and more with a knowledgeable guide.
Immerse yourself in British history on a private tour of Westminster Abbey. Explore royal tombs, the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, and more with a knowledgeable guide.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Westminster Abbey - Experience a remarkable 2.5-hour private tour that unveils one of London’s most stunning and iconic landmarks, Westminster Abbey. Begin your adventure by meeting your knowledgeable local guide just outside, and embark on a captivating journey through a thousand years of history designed to intrigue, entertain, and fascinate….
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Westminster Abbey - Experience a remarkable 2.5-hour private tour that unveils one of London’s most stunning and iconic landmarks, Westminster Abbey. Begin your adventure by meeting your knowledgeable local guide just outside, and embark on a captivating journey through a thousand years of history designed to intrigue, entertain, and fascinate.
Your guide will vividly bring history to life, offering fascinating insights into the abbey’s awe-inspiring architecture and intriguing stories. You’ll be transported back to a time when kings, queens, writers, poets, and various celebrated historical figures walked these very floors.
Key highlights of this tour include the Coronation Chair, Poet’s Corner, the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, The Lady Chapel, the Royal Tombs, and the College Garden, which has been lovingly maintained for over 900 years!
What's Included
- Blue Badge Guide
- Private Tour
- Pre-booked Admission Tickets
- Blue Badge Guide
- Private Tour
- Pre-booked Admission Tickets
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Transfer to/from attraction
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Food and drinks
- Transfer to/from attraction
- Hotel pick up and drop off
Additional Information
Embark on a 2.5-hour journey to explore one of the globe’s most well-known and iconic landmarks, deeply intertwined with the history of Britain. The literature you delved into during your school years will vividly manifest before your eyes as you encounter a host of renowned historical individuals, including royalty, authors, poets, and notable…
Embark on a 2.5-hour journey to explore one of the globe’s most well-known and iconic landmarks, deeply intertwined with the history of Britain. The literature you delved into during your school years will vividly manifest before your eyes as you encounter a host of renowned historical individuals, including royalty, authors, poets, and notable warriors. This site, where royal inaugurations, marriages, and funerals take place, offers an abundance of fascination and curiosity that includes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Lady Chapel, the Royal Mausoleums, and the Collegiate Garden. A visit to London would be incomplete without this tour!
- Some areas of the Abbey are dimly lit and some chapels have low doorways. Much of the floor and many steps are uneven.
- Comfortable shoes are recommended
- Visitors are kindly asked to dress in a “respectful manner” during their visit to the Abbey.
- During the winter months the Abbey can get incredibly cold, so try to dress warmly.
- You will skip the tickets line but security checks are mandatory
Location
Westminster Abbey Shop
Dean's Yard
Meeting point: right outside the Official Westminster Abbey Shop (Broad Sanctuary, SW1P 3JS London, United Kingdom ), located at the base of the West Front of the Abbey.
The tour guide will be holding a sign with the client's name on it.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(30 Ratings)
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Catherine_s
Dec 4, 2025
Great tour for families - We have a family with kids of varied ages - 7, 10, 14, and 17. Dan did a great job of keeping everyone’s attention and made the history fun and interesting for our large family. With his help, we made it through each building while learning interesting stories and getting a better appreciation for the history of the UK.
We loved learning the background behind the Royal Jewels before we saw them. Learning the stories behind different jewels being stolen or people killing other people for them made them more exciting for my kids to go see them and search for specific jewels.
We learned a lot about those who lived in the Tower and died there as well. The kids remembered so many of the stories and everyone said this tour was a highlight of their trip to London.
Dan is very knowledgeable and great at taking questions. We would definitely do another tour with him.
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Christopher_l
Aug 4, 2025
Highly recommended for a more meaningful engagement with Westminster Abbey - This was our second visit to Westminster Abbey in two years. The first time we toured with the standard audio guide provided by the Abbey. While that was useful, it is very easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the site and all of the prominent individuals buried or commemorated in the Abbey.
Determined to have a more meaningful experience this time, we booked this tour. Our guide Charlotte did an outstanding job of contextualizing the history of the Abbey within the course of English history. She was able to identify our focus and interest-level and brought in details we never heard in our first visit, but also helped us be more focused so as not to be overwhelmed. Moreover, she was able to keep our entire group engaged - from elementary school-aged kids through adults with post-graduate degrees. The entire group raved about the quality of Charlotte’s guiding, and we would highly recommend this experience.
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Jay_l
Jul 21, 2025
Great tour of Westminster Abbey! - Vicky was excellent! Her energy and enthusiasm was contagious. She tells great stories about the various royal families going back to 1066, how they undermined and murdered each other and even decided who was buried where in the Abby. She also highlighted special interest areas like the scientific corner and the poets corner and scandals like the monks trying to steal the royal purse and being filleted. Overall, it was an extremely enjoyable experience. We had just landed in London that day and it was so nice to start our time in London with Vicky.
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Suzanne_m
Sep 26, 2024
Absolutely worth every cent! Fabulous - Lucy was just wonderful!! She is full of knowledge and her passion for history brings the stories alive. Can’t say enough good things about her and this tour.
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Jane_m
Jul 10, 2024
Westminster Abbey - Alexandra was wonderful ! She was knowledgeable and informative. We really enjoyed her tour! We wish we had time to do another tour with her!
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Kelly_k
Jun 15, 2024
Wonderful experience! - We had Lucy as our tour guide and she was wonderful! She was so knowledgeable and was able to guide us through with ease. She pointed out all the major points. There's so much to see and take in. She made it very easy. I highly recommend this tour.
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Dale_b
Apr 24, 2024
Westminster abbey - Our guide Lucy was absolutely outstanding. She guided us through the crowds easily and was a fount of information about Westminster Abbey. She guided us to the interesting places and showed us things that we would have easily missed otherwise. It was a bit expensive but was worth every penny.
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Vanessa_c
Jan 7, 2024
Best tour! Don’t think about it! Denisa! - Denisa was amazing! Or daughter of 8 and 9 years old love it! Was our favorite tour. If you really want to enjoy and learn about the Westminster Abbey, this is the tour. Denisa was full of knowledge and Kees up captive and interested all the time. Our daughter and us learn so much about history, religion, politics and more information. She even helps us to get the right souvenirs. Don’t try another tour (we did and was son disappointed). We highly recommended this tour. Thanks Denisa!!
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Vivian_r
Nov 21, 2023
Royal Masterpiece - Lucy was extreme knowledgeable and gave us a comprehensive tour of the 13th to 16th centuries and British history
We saw the setting for the Coronation, the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, memorials of many famous poets, warriors and musicians .
Five stars for this tour !
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Dayna_b
Jul 12, 2025
A guide for the dead - very boring and submissive to other guides. - Tour guide was knowledgeable but guide was long winded. She wouldn't let you stand where you were comfortable or look at things that interested in. We was glad when it was over. She kept letting big groups take over where we were standing 1st. Made us move many times and it became unbearable.
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