London Banqueting House Entrance Ticket

Step into centuries of royal spectacle and turbulent history at London Banqueting House, the remarkable survivor of the former Palace of Whitehall. Designed by Inigo Jones in 1622, this Jacobean landmark helped reshape English architecture. Inside, look up to see Sir Peter Paul Rubens’s celebrated ceiling canvases, commissioned by King Charles I and still displayed in their original home.

The hall also witnessed one of Britain’s most dramatic turning points. In 1649, Charles I walked beneath the ceiling created for his glory and stepped through a first-floor window to the scaffold outside, where he was executed before a London crowd. The palace around Banqueting House was later almost entirely destroyed by fire in 1698, leaving this magnificent structure as its sole survivor.

An admission ticket offers a close encounter with art, architecture, and royal history in the heart of the city. Visit London Banqueting House to see the room where these stories still meet.