Buckingham Palace @ London

Witness the Changing Guard ceremony takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 every day in summer, every other day in winter. The New Guard marches to the Palace from Wellington Barracks with a Guards band, the Old Guard hands over in a ceremony during which the sentries are changed and then returns to barracks. Drop by Borough Market for lunch, a wholesale and retail food market in Southwark, London, England. It is one of the largest food markets in London and sells a large variety of foods from all over the world.

Buckingham Palace

London SW1A 1AA

United Kingdom

Tel: 020 7930 4832

Open Mon-Sat 9am-6pm

Public transit: Victoria
The Palace is located between The Green Park, Hyde Park and St. James's Park.

Changing of the Guard Times:

The Changing of the Guard takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at 11.30am every day in summer, every other day in winter, and scheduled to last about 45 minutes.

Changing the Guard is the traditional ceremony performed at Buckingham Palace involving a new guard exchanging duty with the old guard. The proper name of the ceremony is actually the Guard Mounting. The Queen's Guard are the mounted troopers of the Household Cavalry who guard the official entrance to Buckingham Palace. They wear a full-dress uniform of red tunics and bearskins. The new guards arrive at the forecourt of the Palace at 11:30am from Wellington Barracks. The journey takes about 5 minutes and the soldiers are accompanied by a brass band called the Guards band. The handover ceremony is conducted on the Palace forecourt and takes approximately forty five minutes during which time the band plays music to entertain the New and Old Guard as well as the watching crowds.

 

 

Buckingham Palace
 

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