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Highlights

Embark on the ultimate London adventure with our 48-hour Explore Ticket, which includes hop-on, hop-off sightseeing on our open-top buses, our Big Bus Walking Tours and Night Tour, and a City Cruises river cruise along the Thames.

Hop-on, Hop-off

Explore the city at your own pace with our flexible hop-on, hop-off tours.

Our hop-on, hop-off bus tours give you the freedom to plan your own sightseeing - explore London’s landmarks for as little or as long as you like. Hop off the tour as much as you want within the validity period of your ticket, and simply hop back on when you're ready. If you purchase a ticket that offers validity for more than 1 day, you must travel on consecutive days.

See all the top Landmarks

Big Bus gives you the best view of all London's famous sights.

Our Big Bus tour of London has been carefully designed to show you all of the top London tourist attractions, including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the London Eye.

Red Route

See central London's best sights

Our Red Route showcases London's famous landmarks and monuments, from exclusive Belgravia in the west, to Tower Bridge in the east. Listen to stories and facts about the city's 2000-year history via our entertaining pre-recorded commentary. For Red Route stops, bus times, frequency and tour duration, please visit our Red Route Schedule Page.

Blue Route

See the best of West London

Our Blue Route showcases the best of London. In the east you'll see iconic London landmarks like the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, the London Eye, the old City of London and Trafalgar Square. In the west you'll pass elegant Kensington Palace and bustling Harrods, stylish Notting Hill and the famous Paddington station. Along the way, you'll enjoy an entertaining and informative pre-recorded commentary. For Blue Route stops, bus times, frequency and tour duration, please visit our Blue Route Schedule Page.

Green Link

Connecting King's Cross and Euston with Central London.

Hop on our London Green Link Route, connecting King's Cross and St. Pancras stations with Covent Garden, where you'll be able to easily join our Red Route and Blue Route bus tours. For Green Link stops, bus times, frequency and tour duration, please visit our Green Link Schedule Page.

Hotel Return Service

Return to your West London hotel once your tour ends.

Customers who arrive at our Marble Arch bus stop after the final tour has departed can hop on our Hotel Return Service (Purple Route) to connect with hotels in Bayswater, Kensington & Notting Hill. This service is exclusively available from our Marble Arch bus stop for 2 hours after the last Red or Blue Route bus tour has departed.

Thames River Cruise

One-way trip included with your Big Bus ticket

Take to the water with a one-way river cruise, operated by our partner City Cruises. The cruise gives you a fantastic opportunity to see the city from a different angle on the River Thames, with fascinating live commentary offered in English. For further information, please visit our River Cruises page.

Evening Tour

See London's best sights lit up at dusk.

Our panoramic London Evening Tour showcases the city's famous landmarks and monuments as they're illuminated in the evening. Need-to-know: Hop on at the London Eye (Stop 11) at 19:30. The full tour circuit is 2 hours. Please note that the Evening Tour is not a hop-on, hop-off tour. Your Evening Tour ticket must be redeemed within the period of validity of your ticket – it cannot be used after your ticket has expired.

Big Bus Walking Tours

Discover the heart of London on foot.

Our walking tours, led by one of our expert Big Bus tour guides, give you access to areas that you can’t visit by bus, while our guides reveal historical facts and fascinating stories about famous London buildings and cultural institutions. Our Changing of the Guard Walk (Stop #7, 10am, 1.5hrs) reveals iconic royal pageantry (will revert to the Royal Walk on days the Changing of the Guard doesn't take place), our City of London Walk (Stop #14, 1pm, 1.5hrs) will explore the history and modern architecture of the City of London, and our Jack the Ripper Walk (Stop #16, 4pm, 1.5hrs) explores the East End while sharing tales of London's most notorious serial killer. Please note: all three walking tours are included with selected Big Bus Tours ticket!

Pre-recorded Commentary

Available in 5 languages on all buses.

Tune in to our pre-recorded commentary during your tour. Our engaging virtual guides will entertain you with incredible facts and stories about London's history, landmarks, famous figures and more! Choose from 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Free Mobile App

Now with live bus arrival times!

Download our free mobile app for the perfect pocket companion to your sightseeing adventure. Our new live bus arrival times feature shows you exactly where the bus is along the route, along with an ETA for your nearest stop! This gives you the freedom to make the most of your time exploring. In addition to live bus arrival times, you'll also get detailed maps and route information, stop images, walking directions, facts about famous landmarks and attractions, ticket offers and more. Save memory-making minutes on your city adventure with the Big Bus Tours App!

Check Service

Plan ahead for your tour with our service updates

Visit our Service Information Page for up-to-date information about our current service.

Free Wi-Fi

Available on all buses.

With free Wi-Fi across our entire fleet of London buses, you can email, tweet and post whenever and wherever you’re on-board.

Fully Flexible

You can change your ticket date!

This ticket is fully flexible, which means you can change your ticket date to another travel date within 14 days of your original date, up to 72 hours before beginning your bus tour! Just contact us to learn more.

  • Wellington Arch
  • Downing Street
  • Temple Church
  • Abbey Road Crossing
  • Bank of England Museum
  • H.M.S. Belfast
  • Grosvenor Square (Little America)
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Admiralty Arch
  • Cleopatra’s Needle
  • Eros Statue
  • St James’s Park
  • The Mall
  • St Mary le Strand
  • The Shard
  • Buckingham Palace
  • Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
  • Somerset House
  • Lambeth Palace
  • Trafalgar Square
  • Houses of Parliament
  • Hyde Park
  • Kensington Gardens
  • Royal Opera House
  • St Clement Danes
  • Royal Courts of Justice
  • Cenotaph
  • Big Ben
  • Leicester Square
  • Marble Arch
  • Nelson’s Column
  • OXO Tower
  • Regent’s Park
  • Southwark Cathedral
  • Royal Albert Hall
  • Royal Exchange
  • St James’s Palace
  • The Monument
  • Westminster Cathedral
  • Madame Tussauds
  • 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin)
  • Wellington Memorial
  • Westminster Abbey
  • Tower Bridge
  • New Scotland Yard
  • River Cruise
  • The Foundling Museum
  • Tower of London
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum
  • Apsley House/Wellington Museum
  • Changing Of The Guard
  • National Gallery
  • Southbank Arts Centre
  • Tate Britain
  • Dr Johnson's House
  • Imperial War Museum
  • The Cartoon Museum
  • Serpentine Gallery
  • Florence Nightingale Museum
  • London Transport Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • London Dungeons
  • London Eye
  • Museum of London
  • Science Museum
  • Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
  • British Library
  • British Museum
  • Royal Academy of Arts
  • Kensington Palace
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Tate Modern
  • Handel House Museum
  • ZSL London Zoo
  • Clarence House
  • Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
  • Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms
  • Dickens Museum
  • Sir John Soane's Museum
  • Shrek's Adventure!
  • V&A Museum
  • St Paul’s Cathedral
  • SeaLife Aquarium
  • Carnaby Street
  • Oxford Street
  • Selfridges
  • Borough Market
  • Harrods
  • Portobello Road Market
  • Hamleys
  • Planet Hollywood
  • Hard Rock Cafe
  • Chinatown

4

Marble Arch (westbound) Park Lane (TfL bus stop L, near Speakers' Corner)
First Stop 08:10
Last Stop 18:10
Marble Arch (westbound)

11

London Eye (Eastbound) Westminster Bridge Road (bus stop next to Lion Statue, outside London Marriot County Hall))
First Stop 08:41
Last Stop 18:42
London Eye (Eastbound)

14

St Paul’s Cathedral Corner of Ludgate Hill & Ave Maria Lane (bus stop opposite McDonald's)
First Stop 09:01
Last Stop 19:02
St Paul’s Cathedral

16

Tower of London 362 Tower Hill (TfL Bus Stop "TA")
First Stop 08:50
Last Stop 19:21
Tower of London

5

Regent Street 144 Regent Street (TfL Bus Stop "V", near corner with Beak Street)
First Stop 08:21
Last Stop 18:21
Regent Street

6

Piccadilly Circus Lower Regent Street, TfL Bus Stop "F", outside Peregrine
First Stop 08:24
Last Stop 18:24
Piccadilly Circus

7

Trafalgar Square Pall Mall E (TfL Bus Stop 'Z' Between Suffolk and Whitcomb Streets)
First Stop 08:30
Last Stop 18:30
Trafalgar Square

13

Covent Garden 1 Aldwych (bus stop outside One Aldwych Hotel, near corner with Strand)
First Stop 08:51
Last Stop 18:52
Covent Garden

1

Green Park Underground Next to the Ritz by entry to Green Park Tube Station
First Stop 08:15
Last Stop 18:00
Green Park Underground

2

Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly (TfL Bus Stop E, opposite the Hard Rock Cafe)
First Stop 08:17
Last Stop 18:02
Hard Rock Cafe

3

Queen Mother Gates Park lane (TfL Stop Y, opposite London Hilton)
First Stop 08:21
Last Stop 18:06
Queen Mother Gates

8

Craig's Court Junction of Craig's Court & Whitehall
First Stop 08:33
Last Stop 18:33
Craig's Court

10

Whitehall Whitehall (TfL bus stop "G", opposite Westminster tube station entrance)
First Stop 08:37
Last Stop 18:37
Whitehall

12

Waterloo (Eastbound) York Road (bus stop outside M&S Foodhall)
First Stop 08:46
Last Stop 18:47
Waterloo (Eastbound)

15

London Bridge Tooley Street (TfL Stop "J", near Weaver's Lane)
First Stop 09:11
Last Stop 19:12
London Bridge

17

Temple Underground Station Victoria Embankment (TfL Stop "O", opposite entrance to Temple Underground Station)
First Stop 08:58
Last Stop 19:29
Temple Underground Station

18

Westminster Pier Victoria Embankment (TfL Stop "K", opposite entrance to Westminster Pier)
First Stop 09:07
Last Stop 19:38
Westminster Pier

23

Buckingham Palace 1 Buckingham Gate (opposite the Queen's Gallery)
First Stop 09:27
Last Stop 19:58
Buckingham Palace

25

Victoria Station Buckingham Palace Road (opposite entrance to Phipp's Mews)
First Stop 09:31
Last Stop 20:02
Victoria Station

20

Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace Road (TfL Bus Stop 'SA', outside Lambeth Palace)
First Stop 09:17
Last Stop 19:48
Lambeth Palace

21

College Green Abingdon Street (ouside College Green)
First Stop 09:20
Last Stop 19:51
College Green

27

Marble Arch (westbound) Park Lane (TfL bus stop L, near Speakers' Corner)
First Stop 08:18
Last Stop 18:18
Marble Arch (westbound)

11

London Eye (Eastbound) Westminster Bridge Road (bus stop next to Lion Statue, outside London Marriot County Hall))
First Stop 09:28
Last Stop 18:43
London Eye (Eastbound)

14

St Paul’s Cathedral Corner of Ludgate Hill & Ave Maria Lane (bus stop opposite McDonald's)
First Stop 09:48
Last Stop 19:03
St Paul’s Cathedral

16

Tower of London 362 Tower Hill (TfL Bus Stop "TA")
First Stop 10:08
Last Stop 19:23
Tower of London

24

Victoria, Nova Complex Corner Buckingham Palace Road & Bressenden Place (outside Sourced restaurant)
First Stop 08:00
Last Stop 18:00
Victoria, Nova Complex

5

Regent Street 144 Regent Street (TfL Bus Stop "V", near corner with Beak Street)
First Stop 09:08
Last Stop 18:23
Regent Street

6

Piccadilly Circus Lower Regent Street, TfL Bus Stop "F", outside Peregrine
First Stop 09:11
Last Stop 18:26
Piccadilly Circus

7

Trafalgar Square Pall Mall E (TfL Bus Stop 'Z' Between Suffolk and Whitcomb Streets)
First Stop 09:17
Last Stop 18:32
Trafalgar Square

13

Covent Garden 1 Aldwych (bus stop outside One Aldwych Hotel, near corner with Strand)
First Stop 09:38
Last Stop 18:53
Covent Garden

28

Green Park Underground Next to the Ritz by entry to Green Park Tube Station
First Stop 08:30
Last Stop 18:30
Green Park Underground

29

Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly (TfL Bus Stop E, opposite the Hard Rock Cafe)
First Stop 08:31
Last Stop 18:31
Hard Rock Cafe

26

Queen Mother Gates Park lane (TfL Stop Y, opposite London Hilton)
First Stop 08:05
Last Stop 18:05
Queen Mother Gates

8

Craig's Court Junction of Craig's Court & Whitehall
First Stop 09:19
Last Stop 18:34
Craig's Court

10

Whitehall Whitehall (TfL bus stop "G", opposite Westminster tube station entrance)
First Stop 09:23
Last Stop 18:38
Whitehall

12

Waterloo (Eastbound) York Road (bus stop outside M&S Foodhall)
First Stop 09:33
Last Stop 18:48
Waterloo (Eastbound)

15

London Bridge Tooley Street (TfL Stop "J", near Weaver's Lane)
First Stop 09:58
Last Stop 19:13
London Bridge

17

Temple Underground Station Victoria Embankment (TfL Stop "O", opposite entrance to Temple Underground Station)
First Stop 10:16
Last Stop 19:31
Temple Underground Station

18

Westminster Pier Victoria Embankment (TfL Stop "K", opposite entrance to Westminster Pier)
First Stop 10:25
Last Stop 19:40
Westminster Pier

23

Buckingham Palace 1 Buckingham Gate (opposite the Queen's Gallery)
First Stop 10:46
Last Stop 20:01
Buckingham Palace

25

Victoria Station Buckingham Palace Road (opposite entrance to Phipp's Mews)
First Stop 08:03
Last Stop 18:03
Victoria Station

42

Baker Street Marylebone Road (outside entrance to Metropolitan Bar)
First Stop 08:57
Last Stop 18:12
Baker Street

20

Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace Road (TfL Bus Stop 'SA', outside Lambeth Palace)
First Stop 10:35
Last Stop 19:50
Lambeth Palace

21

College Green Abingdon Street (ouside College Green)
First Stop 10:39
Last Stop 19:54
College Green

30

Hyde Park Corner Knightsbridge (TfL Bus Stop 'L', outside Lanesborough Hotel)
First Stop 08:38
Last Stop 18:38
Hyde Park Corner

31

Harrods Brompton Road (TfL Bus Stop 'KA', outside Harrods)
First Stop 08:41
Last Stop 18:41
Harrods

32

South Kensington Museums Thurloe Place (TfL Bus Stop 'N', near Rembrandt Hotel)
First Stop 08:45
Last Stop 18:45
South Kensington Museums

33

Gloucester Road Gloucester Road (TfL Bus Stop 'GR', outside Underground Station)
First Stop 08:02
Last Stop 18:47
Gloucester Road

34

Kensington Palace Kensington High Street (TfL Bus Stop 'N', opposite corner with Palace Ave)
First Stop 08:08
Last Stop 18:53
Kensington Palace

35

Notting Hill Notting Hill Gate (TfL Bus Stop 'M', opposite Nandos)
First Stop 08:23
Last Stop 19:08
Notting Hill

36

Kensington Gardens Bayswater Road (Outside the Hilton Doubletree Hotel)
First Stop 08:25
Last Stop 19:10
Kensington Gardens

37

Thistle Hotel Kensington Gardens Bayswater Road (Outside Petrol Station, near corner with Porchester Terrace)
First Stop 08:26
Last Stop 19:11
Thistle Hotel Kensington Gardens

38

Lancaster Gate Bayswater Road (TfL Bus Stop 'LE', outside Columbia Hotel)
First Stop 08:27
Last Stop 19:12
Lancaster Gate

39

Paddington Station London Street (by corner with Conduit Place)
First Stop 08:29
Last Stop 19:14
Paddington Station

40

Praed Street Praed Street (near corner with Sale Place, outside Superdrug)
First Stop 08:37
Last Stop 19:22
Praed Street

13

Covent Garden 1 Aldwych (bus stop outside One Aldwych Hotel, near corner with Strand)
First Stop 09:23
Last Stop 18:38
Covent Garden

17

Temple Underground Station Victoria Embankment (TfL Stop "O", opposite entrance to Temple Underground Station)
First Stop 09:10
Last Stop 18:25
Temple Underground Station

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