Our verdict
Best overall
London: The London Eye Entry Ticket
The standard London Eye ticket at the same £29 as the official online price, with 40,000+ reviews. A rotation takes about 30 minutes — go near sunset for the best light.
4.6★ · 40,748from £29 GetYourGuide →
Best value
London: St Paul's Cathedral Entry Ticket
St Paul’s at £27 gets you the cathedral floor, the crypt, the multimedia guide and the climb to the dome galleries — two views and a cathedral for less than the Eye’s walk-up price.
4.7★ · 11,503from £27 GetYourGuide →
Best with kids
London: HMS Belfast Ticket & Southbank Highlights Audio Tour
A Royal Navy warship that served from the Second World War into the Cold War, plus an audio walk of the South Bank, for about £29. Under-fives go free on HMS Belfast.
4.6★ · 32from £29 GetYourGuide →
Skip it if
You only want the view
Sky Garden in the City is free with a timed ticket, bookable up to three weeks ahead. Save the paid towers for the ones with something inside.
How much do London attraction tickets cost?
Adult prices on each attraction’s own website on 21 October 2026, next to the “from” price on GetYourGuide today. Several sights use time-based pricing, so treat “from” as the floor.
| Attraction | Official adult price | GetYourGuide | Time to allow | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Eye | from £29 online · £39 walk-up | from ~£29 | ~1 h (30-min rotation) | Children 2–15 from £26 online |
| Tower of London | £38 (optional 10% donation on top) | ~£38 | 2–3 h | Yeoman Warder tour included; quieter after midday |
| Westminster Abbey | £32 | ~£32 | ~2 h | Mon–Sat only; multimedia guide included |
| Churchill War Rooms | £34 | ~£34 with audio tour | 1.5–2 h | Children 5–15 half price |
| St Paul’s Cathedral | £27 (65+ £24, child £10.50) | ~£27 | 1.5–2 h | Mon–Sat; last entry usually 4pm |
| The View from The Shard | from £28 (13+) | ~£38 with champagne | ~1 h | Children 4–12 from £10 |
| HMS Belfast | from £26.80 | ~£29 with South Bank audio tour | 1.5–2 h | Under-5s free |
| Tower Bridge | £18 | — (Tiqets sells it) | ~1 h | Child 5–15 £9; glass floors |
| Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) | £55, age 11+ | — | tour | Book via UK Parliament |
| Sky Garden | free | — | ~1 h | Timed ticket, up to 3 weeks ahead |
“Time to allow” for the Tower is Historic Royal Palaces’ own advice; the rest are our estimates, including queues and security.
Attraction tickets you can book now
London: The London Eye Entry Ticket
from £29
See on GetYourGuide
London: St Paul's Cathedral Entry Ticket
from £27
See on GetYourGuide
The View from The Shard: Entry Ticket
from £32
See on Tiqets
Tower Bridge: Entry Ticket
from £18
See on Tiqets
St Paul's Cathedral: Entry Ticket
from £27
See on Tiqets
London: The Shard Entry Ticket with Champagne
from £38
See on GetYourGuidePrices and ratings checked 21 Oct 2026; they change daily.
Official site or booking platform?
For the London Eye, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s, the platform price matched the official one when we checked. So the choice comes down to three things:
- Cancellation. GetYourGuide’s default is a full refund up to 24 hours before, unless the listing says otherwise; many dated attraction tickets are non-refundable. On Tiqets, cancellation is possible only where the product page says so. Our platform comparison has the details.
- Extras. Some platform tickets bundle something useful — HMS Belfast with a South Bank audio walk, The Shard with champagne, the London Eye with a river cruise. Compare against buying each part separately.
- Concessions. Official sites have the £1 tickets for people on Universal Credit and other named benefits (Tower of London, Tower Bridge locally), carer tickets and National Rail 2FOR1 offers. Platforms rarely carry these.
The London Eye
A rotation lasts about 30 minutes in one of 32 pods; on a clear day you can see across most of central London. Standard tickets are from £29 online and £39 walk-up, so never buy at the desk. Combination tickets with a Thames cruise are compared on our river cruises page.
The Tower of London and Tower Bridge
The Tower is the one attraction worth a whole morning: the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and a Yeoman Warder tour, which is included in the £38 ticket. Historic Royal Palaces recommends two to three hours and says it’s quieter after midday. Guided tours, early-opening and after-hours visits are on our Tower of London tours page.
Tower Bridge next door is a quick, good-value add-on at £18: the towers, the high-level walkways with glass floors and the Victorian engine rooms. It opens 9.30am–6pm daily, last entry 5pm.
St Paul’s, The Shard and the other views
St Paul’s at £27 includes the dome galleries — the climb is the point, and the views from the top are among the best in the City. The Shard is higher and costs from £28; a champagne ticket on GetYourGuide is about £38. For a free alternative, Sky Garden needs a timed ticket released up to three weeks ahead.
Westminster Abbey and Big Ben
The Abbey is £32 and open to sightseers Monday to Saturday only; our Westminster and Buckingham Palace guide covers guided options and the State Rooms’ summer opening. Big Ben can be climbed only on Parliament’s own tour (£55, age 11+).
Questions people ask
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Sources
- London Eye — tickets and prices (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- Historic Royal Palaces — Tower of London tickets and prices (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- Tower Bridge — entry tickets (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- St Paul's Cathedral — sightseeing tickets (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- St Paul's Cathedral — opening times (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- The View from The Shard — ticket types (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- Westminster Abbey — tickets (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- IWM — HMS Belfast and Churchill War Rooms (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- UK Parliament — tour prices (Big Ben tour) (checked 21 Oct 2026)
- Sky Garden — booking (checked 21 Oct 2026)
Written and checked by the Private Tours London desk