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The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace

Mobility access at the Royal Mews

Wheelchairs

Manual wheelchairs and rollators (wheeled walking aids with a seat) are available to borrow free of charge, on a first come, first served basis. Visitors will be provided with antibacterial wipes to use on mobility aids before use, staff will clean equipment when it is returned.

 

Access and surfaces

All areas of the Royal Mews have level access. As the Royal Mews is an historic building the floors are uneven and cobbled in places so please take care.

The outside areas of the Mews.©

Respite seating

Limited benches are available on the visitor route. Seating, in the form of wheelchairs and rollators, can be borrowed. Visitors will be provided with antibacterial wipes to use on mobility aids before use, staff will clean equipment when it is returned.

 

Toilets

Accessible toilets and a toilet/changing space are available once visitors have passed through the security process, about half way along the visitor route. The changing facility is just over 8m square and has an overhead, ceiling track, loop hoist.

Assistance animals

Assistance animals are welcome. We recommend that if possible animals wear a jacket or lead slip to identify them as working.

Staff reserve the right to ask visitors to remove their animal if it is deemed not to be behaving appropriately. Arrangements will then be made for the visitor to return without their animal. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Shops

Visitors exit through the Royal Mews shop where the flooring is level with tiles and carpet. All Royal Collection shops are currently operating a cashless system.

Parking and transport

More information on parking in Westminster.

There is no parking available at the Royal Mews. The nearest public parking, on-street bays, are on Palace Street.

The nearest public car parks are:

Public transport

The nearest wheelchair accessible London Underground station is Green Park. Visitors leave the station and travel down through Green Park, before crossing the front of the Palace and turning right. The Royal Mews is 3 minutes down the road, in the direction of Victoria.

The following buses run close to Royal Mews and are accessible for wheelchair users: 11, 36, 211, C1 and C10.

For further information please see maps & directions.


The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.