The Royal Mews
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Venue: Entrance in Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1A 1AA
Access: 2007. 24 March - 31 October. 10am - 4pm, (last admission 3.15pm), Closed Fridays; 28 July to 25 September, open daily, 10:00-5pm (last admission 4.15pm). Closed during State Visits.
Tickets: Adult £7. (Concessions). Royal Mews and Queen's Gallery Joint ticket: £13.50. At door or Book online
London Transport: Nearest Tube. Hyde Park Corner (Piccadilly Line), Victoria Rail Terminal, (Victoria, Circle and District Lines).
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Imperial Road, Imperial Wharf, Fulham, SW6 2GA
The hotel offers spacious 3-star air-conditioned comfort at reasonable prices. Additional facilities include a licensed restaurant with fine wine list, the hotel's convivial bar with all-day menu for informal dining, and a coffee bar. Its Fulham location is close to the King's Road and Chelsea's colourful shops, antiques market and fairs, pubs and restaurants. Buckingham Palace and all the attractions of the West End are just a short Tube ride away
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he Royal Mews maintains and displays the Queen's State vehicles. These include the magnificent Gold State Coach used for Coronations, together with those open and closed carriages used by The Queen and members of the Royal Family for Royal and State occasions, State Visits, weddings, the State Opening of Parliament. A State motor vehicle is also usually on display.
Coronation Coach and Windsor Greys. Photo: Thamesweb |
The Gold State Coach built in 1762 for George III to upstage the grandeur of the Lord Mayor's golden coach built four years earlier, is used now only for Coronations and Coronation Jubilee celebrations. Weighing 4 tons and covered in gold leaf, it is pulled by eight Windsor Greys which are stabled in the Mews. Until resprung in modern times it provided such an uncomfortable ride that Queen Victoria refused to ride in it. Compare this with the Lord Mayor's coach, which you can see at the Museum of London.
The Mews also houses the Queen's horses in what are undoubtedly one of the finest working stables in existence. When not on duty or out to pasture, (horses need and enjoy a vacation too), you can see Cleveland Bays, the only British breed of carriage horse, and the Windsor Greys, which traditionally draw the carriage in which The Queen is travelling. Royal Mail have commemorated The Queen's Horses in a colourful set of stamps.
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Discovering London - A Full Day London City Tour
8.5 - 9 hours - Enjoy sightseeing in London via motor coach in the morning including a stop near Buckingham Palace to see the colorful ceremony of the Changing of the Guard.
After visiting a traditional London pub for lunch, the afternoon starts with a cruise on the River Thames, during which a Thames Waterman will point out the places of interest along the way. Disembark to visit the Tower of London.
Starting from USD $109.34 per person
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