Plan your visit Opening times 2013 Admission prices 2013 THE ROYAL 1 February – 29 March (Including audio tour) 1 November – 20 December Adult £8.50 Open Monday to Saturday Over 60/Student £7.75 10:00–16:00 (last admission 15:15) Under 17 £5.30 MEWS Under 5 Free 30 March – 31 October Family £22.75 Open daily (2 adults, 3 under 17s) 10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:15) Advance tickets from Closed 29 March and during +44 (0)20 7766 7302 or State Visits and royal events. www.royalcollection.org.uk As the is part of a working palace, opening arrangements and the visitor route are subject to change Enjoy free re-admission for a year at short notice. if you buy your ticket directly from Keep in touch us. Simply ask us to stamp your ticket on your first visit. Sign up for our e-Newsletter at www.royalcollection.org.uk Access Visit the online Explore the royal residences and enjoy the Collection at For further information, please www.royalcollection.org.uk telephone +44 (0)20 7766 7324 or visit www.royalcollection.org.uk

How to get there RK

PA LANE Green Park Clarence The entrance to Entrance House

the Royal Mews is on GREEN PARK ALL M E Buckingham Palace Road TH ST JAMES’S PARK Buckingham By Underground: GR O Palace S Exit K Victoria, St James’s V E WAL E AG N BIRDC O Entrance R The Queen’s Park or Green Park

P Gallery L AC THE Entrance BROADWAY By bus: Number 11, E ROYAL AD St James’s MEWS RO Buckingham Palace Park and 211, C1 or C10 Entrance E Road Shop AC L B R E P S PA L S A E C N Postcode: SW1W 1QH E D T E N RIA STREE HAM VICTO

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UC B Victoria Station

Ticket Sales and Information Office T. +44 (0)20 7766 7302 Groups (15+) +44 (0)20 7766 7321 www.royalcollection.org.uk Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013

Admission to the Royal Mews is managed by The Royal Collection Trust, a charity registered The income from your ticket contributes directly in England and Wales (1016972) and in Scotland

to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. (SCO39772). Cover: © PA. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN Photographer: Pawel Libera Photographer: xxx Photographer: Pawel Libera Photographer: David Cripps THE ROYAL MEWS Home to the royal collection of historic coaches and carriages

One of the finest working stables in existence and a living part of Britain’s heritage, the Royal Mews Photographer: David Cripps is responsible for all road travel arrangements Cripps David Photographer: for The Queen and members of the Royal Family. Other coaches and carriages on The horses stabled at the The Mews staff and their families live on site. display include the , Mews are Windsor Greys and The most dazzling of all coaches on display is the Gold State used by royal brides, the Cleveland Bays, breeds chosen Coach, which has been used at every coronation since luxurious Australian State for their steady temperament that of George IV in 1821 and in 2002 played a central role Coach, with central heating and and stamina. As they may be in Her Majesty The Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. electric windows, and the Irish on duty, undergoing training State Coach, often used by or having a well-deserved rest The Queen to travel to the away from London, the horses State Opening of Parliament. are not always on view. Top: The Glass Coach leaves the Royal Mews for the State Above left: State Postillion liveries Opening of Parliament Top: Carriages line up in the Mews before Above right: A Rolls-Royce Phantom Right: The Gold State Coach the State Opening of Parliament leaves the Royal Mews FUN FOR FAMILIES Please ask for our family audio tour and at weekends drop into the Learning Room for art activities. Visit www.royalcollection.org.uk to see our family programme during school holidays.

Right: A family beside the Gold State Coach Photographer: Ian Jones