Planning your visit
Audio guides
Audio guides are free with admission and are a perfect accompaniment to your tour of the palace.
Audio tours are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Cantonese, Mandarin, easy English and a children’s tour.
An audio tour is also available for people with a visual impairment.
Collect your audio guide at the admission desk.
As you move from room to room, you will
- learn more about the history of the Royal Pavilion
- receive an in-depth guide to each room and its furnishings, and
- listen to informative and entertaining historical detail about George IV and the Regency era.
Audio guides are also available for groups
Please note that during July and August we do not admit unbooked groups into the Royal Pavilion at the weekends. The building is very busy at these times. Please book your group in with our bookings team, who will be able to give you a time slot for entry.
Special interest talks and tours
Discover more about the Prince Regent and his extravagant seaside royal palace at our special interest talks and tours.
Explore areas of the palace not normally open to the public, learn more about the structure and planting of Regency gardening and find out all about gastronomic feasts and Regency buffets.
Search What’s On for details of current talks and tours.
Special interest talks and tours are also available for groups. Visit the Travel trade and groups area for more information
Disabled visitors
The Royal Pavilion is accessible (ground floor only) to wheelchair users, with facilities for the visually impaired and hard of hearing.
More information about disabled access
Royal Pavilion Tearoom
Our spacious tearoom, with a sunny balcony overlooking the Royal Pavilion gardens, offers light lunches, daily specials, and teas with home-made cakes and scones. The tearoom is on the upper floor.
More information about the Royal Pavilion Tearoom
Cloakroom facilities
Please note there are no cloakroom facilities at the Royal Pavilion.
Bags and luggage must be kept with you at all times.
There is a buggy park on the ground floor (any items left are at the owner's risk).
Toilets are located near the entrance desk and also on the upper floor.
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