Bus Tours
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Yellow Original Route
This route covers London's main attractions such as Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, The London Eye, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and St. Pauls Cathedral!
Buses on this route arrive frequently every 5-20 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 8:30am.
Every other bus has a multilingual commentary and kinds commentary - the buses in between them have a live guide.
There are connections to the Blue, Red, and Orange routes, the Morning and Purple Shuttles and many tube stations as well as Westminster Pier for your free Thames River cruise.
Blue Royal Borough Route
This route covers the Royal boroughs of London. You will get to see amazing sights such as Kensington Palace, The Royal Albert Hall, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Natural History Museum and Buckingham Palace!
Buses on this route arrive frequently every 15-20 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 8am.
All buses have a multilingual commentary.
There are connections to the Yellow, Red and Purple routes, the Morning, Red and Purple Shuttles and many tube stations.
Orange British Museum Route
This route covers the northern part of London including the British Museum, Chinatown, Trafalgar Square and King's Cross St. Pancras train station.
Buses on this route arrive frequently every 20-30 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 8:35am.
All buses have a multilingual commentary.
There are connections to the Yellow route as well as multiple tube stations.
Red Shuttle
This route serves as a shuttle to connect other routes to some of London's northern tube stations. It also covers Madame Tussauds and is a walkable distance from Oxford Street.
Buses on this route arrive every 30-60 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 9am.
All buses have a multilingual commentary.
There are connections to the Yellow and Blue routes, the Morning and Purple shuttle as well as multiple tube stations.
Purple Shuttle
This route serves as a shuttle to connect other routes to some of London's westerly tube stations. It also has a connection to KidZania.
Buses on this route arrive every 30-60 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 9:30am.
All buses have a multilingual commentary.
There are connections to the Blue and Yellow Route, the Morning, Purple and Red shuttles as well as multiple tube stations.
The Morning Shuttle
This route server as an early morning shuttle following a section of the blue route. It covers Hyde Park and Marble Arch.
Buses on this route arrive every 20 minutes at each stop with the first bus at 8am and the last bus at 9am.
All buses have multilingual commentary.
There are connections to the Blue and Yellow routes, the Purple and Red shuttles as well as multiple tube stations.
Free Thames River Cruise
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To receive your day pass for free sightseeing cruises on the River Thames, simply ask a member of staff on board the bus
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Depart from Westminster Pier near Big Ben (view on map) and travel to Tower Hill
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When you get to Westminster pier, show the free cruise pass to the staff and then you can hop on and off the boats at as many stops as you like, within the same 24 hour period as your bus ticket
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With a 48 hour ticket you can take a free return River Cruise from Westminster Pier to Greenwich
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See the cruise timetable here
Free Walking Tours
All walking tours last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.
The Original Changing of the Guard Walk
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Departs: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 10am from The Original London Visitor Centre
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The tour: takes in Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and the regiments that guard them. On non-guard change days the tour still takes place and there are plenty of photo opportunities at the palace. Changing of the Guard does not take place if it is raining
Rock ‘n’ Roll Walk
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Departs: daily at 1pm from The Original London Visitor Centre
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The tour: takes guests to locations including The Beatles on a roof top, the studio where The Rolling Stones recorded their first album and the location of the Sex Pistols’ first gig
The Original Jack The Ripper Walk
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Departs: daily at 4pm from The Original Tour bus stop 11 at the Tower of London (and finishes at Aldgate East Tube station)
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The tour: follows in the footsteps of the world’s most notorious serial killer and reveals the secrets of his murderous rampage in east London