London Westminster Self-Guided Walking Tour and Scavenger Hunt

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Parliament Square Garden

  This is your start location, filled with monuments of historical figures significant to the UK's history. Spend a good 20 minutes here discovering these, and solving many challenges.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Big Ben (Pass by)

  Learn about Big Ben's history as you solve a challenge. Spend 5 minutes approaching parliament.

  Admission ticket free
• Houses of Parliament (Pass by)

  Learn about Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. and you walk from north to south along side it. Solve several challenges here. 10 min

  Admission ticket free
• 2
  Oliver Cromwell Statue

  Learn about this historical figure and what he did to warrant a statue outside parliament. solve a challenge here.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Saint Margaret's Church on Parliament Square (Pass by)

  Admire and learn about this 15th-century church and solve a challenge as you walk around it. Spend 5 minutes here.

  Admission ticket free
• Westminster Abbey (Pass by)

  Walk around and see the grand Abbey where kings and queens are coronated, married, and buried. Solve a challenge here. 10 minutes here.

  Admission ticket free
• Central Hall Westminster (Pass by)

  See and admire this beautiful venue for conferences and galleries originally called the Methodist Central Hall. Solve a challenge here. Spend 5 minutes here

  Admission ticket free
• 3

  Discover this small park with great views of Westminster Abbey, Central Hall Westminster, and the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. Solve a challenge here

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• The UK Supreme Court (Pass by)

  Walk around this building to see its beautiful façade. Learn about its history and current role. Solve 2 challenges here. Spend 5 minutes here

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Walk by another beautiful building, this one housing the treasury ministry of the United Kingdom. Solve a challenge and learn about films that shot scenes here. Spend 15 minutes seeing several monuments before getting here.

  Admission ticket free
• 4
  Statue of Queen Anne

  Make your way through a residential area to see a life-size statue of Queen Anne. Learn about her as you solve a challenge. Also solve other challenges on your way here.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• The Royal Military Chapel (The Guards’ Chapel) (Pass by)

  See a military barracks and chapel which is near Buckingham Palace. Learn how this elite and senior unity provides ceremonial functions. Solve a challenge here. Spend 10 minutes walking here.

  Admission ticket free
• Buckingham Palace (Pass by)

  Walk around the front of this grand palace, home of the reigning British monarch. Learn about its history and presence in film and television. Solve a few challenges on the grounds around it, including the Memorial Gardens, Victoria Memorial, Canada Gate, and more. Spend 15 minutes here.

  Admission ticket free
• 5
  St. James's Park

  Enter this park, which is nearest to Buckingham Palace. Learn about its history and which bird species call it home. Solve 2 challenges in the park as you walk across it.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  South African Royal Artillery Memorial

  Solve a code-breaking challenge with the information on this giant memorial. It will provide your next destination.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Duke Of York Column (Pass by)

  See this tall column from afar and learn who was the Duke of York. Solve another challenge with another nearby monument.

  Admission ticket free
• 7
  National Police Memorial

  Learn about this police memorial and solve a challenge here.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Admiralty Arch (Pass by)

  Learn about and admire the grand Admiralty Arch which faces Buckingham Palace on the south side. On its north is Trafalgar Square. Spend 5 minutes here

  Admission ticket free
• 8
  Horse Guards Parade at Whitehall

  Enter this large open space and discover 4 of its many monuments. Learn about British presence abroad and solve 4 challenges before walking through the arches across the field.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• The Household Cavalry Museum (Pass by)

  Walk by and learn about this museum as you walk through he arches from the Parade Ground to Whitehall. Solve a challenge as you walk buy it. Spend 5 minutes

  Admission ticket free
• 9

  See and learn about 6 important monuments between the Household Guard Museum and 10 Downing St. along Whitehall St. Solve 6 challenges. Spend 20 minutes waking your way from one to the next.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Ministry of Defence (Pass by)

  Learn about Great Britain's rich military history as you walk by the Ministry of Defence's building near Parliament. Solve challenges here Spend 5 minutes

  Admission ticket free
• Metropolitan Police (Pass by)

  Walk by and learn about the New Scotland Yard, otherwise known as the Metropolitan Police. Solve a challenge across the street. 5 minutes

  Admission ticket free
• 10
  Battle of Britain Monument

  Learn about the Battle of Britain as you walk around a grand monument, on the Victorian Embankment, next to the the Thames River. Solve 2 challenges and spend 5 minutes here.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• London Eye (Pass by)

  Learn about and see the London Eye, across the river from where you are. Spend 5 minutes walking to your next destination

  Admission ticket free
• 11
  Westminster Bridge

  This is your final destination, where you'll find the monument to Boadicea and Her Daughters. Solve a final challenge here.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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