If you would like to visit Parliament please email me: [email protected]
For visitors
Free guided tours of Parliament are available to constituents. The walking tour of the Palace of Westminster includes -
- Westminster Hall, the ancient hall at the heart of the Palace where Parliament first sat and where many historic events have taken place
- The House of Commons, including the Speaker's Chair and the famous green benches and the 'lobbies' where MPs actually vote
- The House of Lords, including the Royal Throne
- The Queen's Robing Room, Royal Gallery and many other fascinating parts of the Palace of Westminster
For schools
There are also free educational visits which, in addition to a tour of the Palace, offer children and students the chance to learn more about Parliament through interactive workshops. There is also a travel subsidy available to state schools which could cover up to 75% of your travel costs.
All bookings are made by phone, one school term in advance, on a given date. To make a booking for an educational visit, please visit www.parliament.uk/education/visiting-parliament .
Thank you very much for arranging a tour of the Houses of Parliament for us all and especially when we got to meet you and see Prime Minister's Questions.
We really enjoyed hearing the history of the building on our tour and about the robing room. We also liked seeing the different portraits of all the previous Kings and Queens.
During Prime Minister's Questions there was a question from Nicky Morgan about encouraging more girls to be involved with politics, which we thought was good and an interesting topic as we have only had two female Prime Minister's so far!
We saw ourselves on the TV, as Mummy had recorded Prime Minister's Questions , and the building looks much more amazing in real life than it does on the television.Some of my friends are not very interested in politics. However, when we discussed what we'd had been up to in half term, they said politics sounded more interesting after hearing what we had done.
The pictures we took did not come out very well I know you are very busy but if you can, would you minding sending me the ones you took so I can show my friends.
Thank you very much, we really enjoyed the opportunity of visiting.
By Evie & Abigail - 8 and 5 years old - Day visit