The bottom line
The London Pass is a fixed-fee tourist pass that allows you to visit more than 55 popular attractions at no additional cost.
The London Pass saves you time (without queuing) and saves you money. Plus, you’ll know exactly how much you’ve spent on tourism without worrying about conversion rates throughout your time in London.
Pros
- Visit more than 55 attractions for a fixed price
- Includes a river cruise
- You can visit expensive London attractions more than once
Cons
- There are many free attractions in London, so check your picks first
- Only one river cruise included
- The day starts from the first use, so start in the morning for the best value
Description
- Skip the line – look for the London Pass signs at each attraction and you can show your card and go straight.
- Includes free guide to London.
- Always plan ahead so you can see as many attractions as possible (and save as much money as possible).
- It can include London transport trips as well.
- More than 40 additional offers, discounts and gifts. Visit popular cafes and shops and attractions for London Pass savings.
- Really great for budgeting as you can buy the London Pass in advance and you don’t have to pay for more tickets.
Guide Review – The London Pass
The London Pass is a ‘smart card’, like a credit card with a computer chip inside, that allows you to enter more than 55 London tourist attractions completely without cash. Once you’ve purchased your London Pass, you don’t have to pay to enter any of the attractions covered by the pass, and the more sights you see, the more money you’ll save.
Just choose the number of days you want and book online to make the most of your time in London. Remember that a ‘day’ is based on a calendar day, so if you use your pass at 4pm on Monday, Monday is counted as the first day of use of the pass.
The only real downside I found was my lack of energy – there was so much I wanted to see and my steam ran out! It’s certainly easier to get good value from a 3-day card pass, but I tried another 1-day pass in 2011 and managed to get more than double the value of the card in one day so that it can be done.
Attractions included
- Aspley House
- Benjamin Franklin House
- Cartoon museum
- Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
- City cruises
- Courtauld Gallery
- Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
- Florence Nightingale Museum
- Foundry museum
- Guards museum
- Hampton court palace
- Handel House Museum
- Museum of Domestic Cavalry
- HMS Belfast
- Kensington Palace
- kew gardens
- London Brass Friction Center
- London Bridge Experience and London Tombs
- London Wetlands Center
- London zoo
- Monument
- Museum of brands, packaging and advertising
- National Backstage Theater
- Old operating room
- Queen’s Gallery
- Royal mews
- Southwark cathedral
- Shakespeare’s Globe Theater Tour and Exhibition
- Tower Bridge Exhibition
- Tower of London
- Wellington Arch
- windsor castle
Official Website: www.londonpass.com
