Old Royal Naval College - home to the Painted Hall, Greenwich | 30 minutes to 2 hours

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The Painted Hall
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, Japanese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
  • Helios is on display in the Painted Hall until 25th March 2025
  • Multi lingual Audio guide of Painted Hall included. (in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, German and Japanese). Guided Painted Hall talks run every 30 minutes from 11 -4pm
  • Visitor Centre entry included and Skittle Alley (open 12-3pm)
  • Optional guided tours depart the visitor centre on the hour (11am - 3pm)

Overview

The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College is one of Europe’s finest interiors and located in the heart of Greenwich's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Luke Jerram’s astonishing installation Helios in the Painted Hall until 25th March 2025. Included is a Painted Hall audio guide (in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, German, and Japanese + British Sign Language) or take a guided Painted Hall talks which run every 30 minutes from 11am – 4pm. The site has a fascinating 600 years of history, including being the birthplace of Henry VIII, but is also Britain’s no.1 heritage film location, featuring in hits from Bridgerton to Bond. Tickets also include an optional guided tour of the Buildings and grounds which leaves the visitor centre hourly from 11am - 3pm. Included is entry to the Visitor Centre (Discover Greenwich Museum), Chapel and the Skittle Alley (usually open from 12-3pm) where you can try your hand at Victorian bowling.

Itinerary

  • Old Royal Naval College

    Don't miss a visit to the breath-taking Painted Hall (known as the UK's Sistine Chapel), which took 19 years to Paint, located in the heart of the Old Royal Naval College Grounds in Greenwich. Included is an optional tour of this magnificent 17 acre riverside estate, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Learn of the fascinating 600 year story of this site, formerly Greenwich Palace - the birthplace of Henry VIII. Included in the ticket is admission to the Visitor Centre, the Victorian Skittle Alley (open 12-3pm) and visit the Chapel. Tours depart from the Visitor Centre hourly throughout the day with expert guides. The stunning architecture means that this has become one of the most popular film locations in the world.

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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Awesome Old Royal Naval College

Published on Mar, 2025

A real treat - the tour Guides are well informed and very kindly reply to questions. There is so much history the tours are well worth undertaking. The Solar display is awesome. The tour of the Chapel is very worthwhile too.

Excellent introduction to this UNESCO Greenwich site

Published on Mar, 2025

We had a very pleasant tour of the Painted Hall, which contains the UK's "Sistine Ceiling". Our guide was Jim, a volunteer, who gave an enthusiastic , informative and clear account of the many features worthy of note within the Hall. He followed this up with another tour of the UNESCO site with a history of the area which put the buildings in Maritime Greenwich into context. Buying a standard ticket gives you access to many buildings and all of the tours.

Fantastic Tour Guide

Published on Mar, 2025

We can here for the Helios installation and it was wonderful. Even better was the tour by an expert French guide who was very informative and entertaining. The hall is huge and the painting overwhelming. The tour put everything in context and made me feel like we were in the hands of a proper, professional organisation.

A Hidden Gem in Lomdon

Published on Feb, 2025

An amazing day full of historical fact, Baroque style features, learnt more about my ancestor Admiral Masterman Thomas Hardy who lived within the grounds. The tour is split between 3 buildings then we visited the Painted Hall on a further tour which full descriptions of the paintings and architecture fascinating to learn about. I played with the old wooden skittles in the cellar which I use to play in my younger days. Well worth a visit.

Amazing tour guide in the Painted Hall.

Published on Jan, 2025

I much prefer a human to an audio guide. Peter, a retired history teacher, was amazingly clear, amusing and authoritative. He certainly knew his stuff and delivered info to a quiet and respectful group of us. Thornhill’s work sells itself but I learnt more anecdotes, tales and facts from this talented man. I shall never look at the Painted Hall in the same way again. I wish I could have had him as my teacher at school. Thank you so much.

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