My daughter and I have fast track tickets to the London Eye for 2 pm on 9/1 and are thinking we can do that and get to Westminster Abbey for the 3:30 pm tour. Are we being too ambitious?
Thanks for any helpful advice.
Posted by
Land of La
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It’s 15-20 minute walk across Westminster Bridge from The Eye to the Abbey.
The ride on the Eye takes 30 minutes.
Posted by
Nashville, TN, USA
3896 posts
Better to go to the Abbey as soon as it opens in the morning to avoid the crowds.
General admission time is 9:30 AM.
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/prices-entry-times
If you're talking about these tours, there's not one at 3:30:
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/guided-tours
2 PM is the last one.
From Westminster Abbey's website:
"We close for visiting one hour after last entry."
For General Admittance, last entry is at 3:30 PM.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
Sorry, should have been clearer - meant last general admission entry, not a tour. The last entry window is 2:30-3:30.
Entering in the morning is not an option for us as we are heading to the Tower of London in the morning first thing.
There is an Evensong that Thursday night at 5 pm as well and thought we'd stay for that.
Posted by
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If by chance you miss the 3:30 entry, go to Evensong anyway. We attended just the Evensong and it was really lovely. It took longer to walk to the entrance than we'd anticipated so we just made it in time. There was a queue.