Enhancing your group visit
There are a number of ways of enhancing your group’s visit to the Royal Pavilion.
Audio guide tour
Maximum 53 people per group
Available all year
Duration 35 minutes to one hour
Pre-booked groups can benefit from a free audio guide. The tour takes up to one hour or – if your group is short of time – we recommend you book a quick tour, which lasts 35 minutes.
For language school student groups, we offer an easy English tour.
The audio tour must be booked in advance and you must specify which audio tour you require.
Price: included with admission
We offer the full audio tour in the following languages
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
We offer the following additional audio tours in English
- quick tour
- descriptive tour (for the visually impaired)
- easy English tour (ideal for language school students)
- children’s tour
Guidebooks
Available in English, French and German, the full colour guidebook gives a fascinating insight into the Royal Pavilion and its Regency gardens. It is the ideal souvenir of your group visit.
Special discounts on guidebooks are available for groups, if booked in advance.
Price: £4.99 each, or just £3.99 if you buy 15 or more
Specialist guided tours
Available all year
For prices of specialist guided tours go to Prices for groups
Please note that only in-house guides are permitted to conduct tours inside the building.
An introduction to the Royal Pavilion
Built for the eccentric Prince Regent (later King George IV), the Royal Pavilion is a unique building with a very rich history. Our experts will transport you back to the time when the king was holding his impressive banquets.
This tour is ideal for those who would like to have a glimpse of the social history, the architecture and the decorative art of the Royal Pavilion.
Group size 15-30 people
Duration one hour
A Regency Garden Restored
The perfect setting for the Prince Regent's bold Royal Pavilion, after 200 years of fluctuating fortunes and fashions the gardens have now been restored to their Regency splendour.
Group size 15-30 people
Duration one hour
Behind the Scenes
This special tour takes you to some areas of the building never open to the public. You visit servants’ staircases, hidden corridors and the famous underground tunnel. It is a unique opportunity to understand how the building was run when it was the residence of King George IV.
Group size 15-20 people
Duration 90 minutes
Afternoon tea
Your group can relax and take in the atmosphere with a visit to the licensed Royal Pavilion tearoom either before or after their tour.
Our function room located adjacent to the tearoom, with direct views over the gardens, provides a private area for your group with seating for up to 40 people.
Available all year
Cream tea package
This package includes a choice of tea or coffee and a scone with Sussex clotted cream and jam
£3.50 per person
Tea or coffee and biscuits
This budget-conscious package includes a choice of tea or coffee and biscuits
£2.50 per person
Lunch options
Menu options include gourmet sandwiches and hot and cold main courses. For more information and prices, please call the Booking Office on 03000 290901
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