As people are starting to ask about Easter I thought I'd do my usual post and provide details of opening times during the Easter holiday.
In the UK, Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays so the lucky ones amongst us get a 4 day break from work. Also, the schools close down for 2 weeks at Easter so expect more families at attractions during this time.
Basically, the British Museum is closed on Good Friday, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's are open for worship only on Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Windsor castle has some closure.
Trains, tubes, buses will be running, however there will be engineering work on some lines. The link below has details.
tfl.gov.uk/assets/…track-closures.pdf
If travelling on National Rail, you'd be best to check on www.nationalrail.co.uk to see if there are any engineering works.
And for the shoppers amongst you, all the large stores will be closed on Easter Sunday as it is the law that large stores close on this day. Smaller stores, restaurants and cafes should be open as usual.
Westminster Abbey
Good Friday and Easter Sunday – Worship only – no tourist visiting
Saturday 11th April – Open from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm – last admission 1.30 pm
Monday 13th April – Normal Opening hours 9.30 am to 4.30 pm – last admission 3.30 pm.
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/
St Paul’s
Good Friday and Easter Sunday – Worship only – no tourist visiting
Open to tourist visitors on Saturday 11th April and Monday 13th April
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/planyourvisit/openingtimes.aspx
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.hrp.org.uk/HamptonCourtPalace/planyourvisit/openingtimes.aspx
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.hrp.org.uk/KensingtonPalace/planyourvisit/openingtimes.aspx
Windsor Castle
Closed on Good Friday
Saturday 11th April – Castle is open but St George’s Chapel opens at 11 am.
Sunday 12th April – Castle is open but St George’s Chapel is for services only – no tourist visitng
Monday 13th April – normal opening hours.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/default.asp?action=article&ID=34#openhours
Tower Bridge Exhibition
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English/Howtofindus/
The Monument
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.themonument.info/visit/
Natural History Museum
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/index.html
Science Museum
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum.aspx
V & A Museum.
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.vam.ac.uk/your_visit/opening/index.html
Kew Gardens
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/visitor/timeskew.html
Imperial War Museum, Churchill museum and Cabinet War Rooms, HMS Belfast
No closures - normal opening hours
http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00b002
http://cwr.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00f002
http://hmsbelfast.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00e002
National Maritime Museum, Queen's house and Royal Observatory (all in
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/visit/times-and-admission/#closures
The Cutty Sark is closed for conservation work to be undertaken.
Somerset House and associated galleries.
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.somerset-house.org.uk/planning/index.html
British Museum
Closed on Good Friday.
No closures on the other 3 days of the Easter weekend - normal opening hours
http://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/admission_and_opening_times.aspx
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/VisitUs/
Museum in Docklands
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/VisitUs/
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/plan/default.htm
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.npg.org.uk/visit/opening.php
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/information/default.htm
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/information/default.htm
Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/tourexhibition/visitingtheexhibition/openingtimes/
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.londoneye.com/VisitorInformation/OpeningTimes/Default.aspx
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.thedungeons.com/en/london-dungeon/opening-times.html#content
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.dickensmuseum.com/opening.htm
Britain at War Experience
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.britainatwar.co.uk/information.html
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.thelondonbridgeexperience.com/opening-times.asp
London Aquarium
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.londonaquarium.co.uk/opening-times-London-Aquarium
No closures - normal opening hours
http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/visit/
Please feel free to add any further information that I may have missed.
Happy Easter!!!




