Historic Royal Palace membership?

The Historic Royal Palaces membership is not something anyone in our office has used, to my knowledge, after asking around with several people here. But, if you are particularly interested in palaces and think you will visit even just two of the sights included, it would be a good value. Since the Tower of London alone is 57 pounds for a family ticket, and the pass is 59 pounds for you and the children, that almost pays for itself right there. I think this is well worth it and I'll even pass this along to our book department so our researchers can consider putting information about the membership in our guidebook.

Thanks for your comments. I love that this idea may be worthy of inclusion in a future edition!

Thank you, Keith.

Apologies for the delay in responding. My husband and I purchased an Historic Royal Palaces membership for our trip to London in September, 2014. We knew we would be visiting both the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace, and hoped to visit Banqueting House, and so we went for it. If I recall correctly, it saved us a little bit of money on the ticket admissions but we mainly were attracted by a bit of convenience and also flexibility. Also, we were happy to support these locations because it costs a lot of money to maintain them, and we are grateful we can visit. I think we received a small (10%?) discount in the properties' shops and restaurants.

Alas, we did not get to Banqueting House on our last visit, so I am determined to do it this time. I had previously been to the Tower of London but liked it just as much the second time as the first. Hampton Court Palace was fabulous and I would return. I have not been to Kensington or Kew so cannot comment.

My husband and I are returning to London in the fall of 2015 and will purchase another membership. Please let me know if you'd like any further information.

Kyra,

Thank you for the additional information. Very helpful.

My husband and I also purchased the membership and definitely got our money's worth. We were in London for 10 days, so had more time to use it, but we visited the Tower (twice), Banqueting House (spent about 2 hours, it is not large, but was interesting), Kensington Palace and Hampton Court Palace. The 10% off was a nice perk. We saved money after 3 visits. If the individual admission prices add up to less than or close to the membership, it is definitely worth it. It did save some time in lines since you go right to the entrance, which is great at the Tower.

Thank you, Stacey. It sounds like this is a great purchase for us. I appreciate the thoughtful comments from everyone.

Stacey: where did you purchase your membership? In advance while in the U.S.? I am interested in making purchase but it looks like one must go to group sales office at Tower of London. My schedule has me visiting Kew Gardens/ Palace before any of other palaces and I cannot determine if I can purchase membership at Kew Gardens ticket kiosk. I appreciate guidance and tips regarding this topic.

Val, We did end up purchasing a membership ourselves. I did buy it at the group sales at the Tower of London. I saw I could have done the same at Hampton Court Palace. It was very easy to get at the different ticket offices of the various palaces. You should be fine purchasing it when you get to any of the palaces you wish to visit. It was a very quick process with a short form to fill out. Enjoy!