Tate Britain Tour
Chauffeur-driven Tate Britain visits at Millbank. Free entry, open 10:00 to 18:00, door-to-door at the Manton Entrance. Half days from £350. Book online.
Tate Britain Millbank's gallery.
Tate Britain Tour is a
chauffeur-driven visit to the national collection of British art at Millbank,
London SW1P 4RG, open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 with last entry at
17:30. Entry to the collection is free and needs no booking. Only the temporary
exhibitions carry a ticket price, and members enter those free as well.
One detail changes how you arrive. The
Millbank entrance stays closed until 2027 while the Clore Garden is built, so
every visitor now enters through the Manton Entrance on Atterbury Street
at the side of the building. Drop-off points sit on both streets, which is
where a chauffeur earns his fee on a wet Tuesday in January.
Inside, the displays run across 500 years of British art, from Tudor portraiture through Hogarth, Gainsborough and Constable to the Pre-Raphaelites, then on to David Hockney, Bridget Riley and Lubaina Himid. The Clore Gallery holds the Turner Bequest, the largest collection of J.M.W. Turner’s work anywhere, and the Duveen Galleries run through the centre as the sculpture spine. Free guided tours leave most days at 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00.
MILLBANK’S GALLERY BESIDE THE THAMES
Millbank held a prison before it held
paintings. The Millbank Penitentiary occupied this bend of the river until
1890, and it served as the last departure point for convicts transported to
Australia. Sugar magnate Henry Tate funded the gallery that replaced it, and
the building opened in 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art.
Names shifted twice. Londoners called it
the Tate Gallery for a century, then the 2000 opening of Tate Modern took the
international modern collection across the river and Millbank became Tate
Britain. The Victorian shell still shows: terrazzo floors, a domed rotunda, and
a black and white spiral staircase that draws more phone cameras than some of
the paintings. Free access to all of it comes with conditions worth knowing.
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FREE ENTRY, OPENING HOURS AND WHAT NEEDS A TICKET
Entry costs nothing for the permanent
collection, and no advance booking applies. Walk in through Atterbury Street
any day between 10:00 and 18:00, though galleries begin closing from
17:50 and last admission falls at 17:30. The gallery closes on 24, 25 and 26
December.
Temporary exhibitions work differently:
•
Book
ahead for major shows, since weekend and half-term
slots go early.
•
Arrive
15 minutes before your timed entry to clear the
entrance and find the right room.
•
Join as
a Member for unlimited exhibition entry without
booking, if you visit London often.
•
Try the
door on quieter weekdays, as some exhibition
tickets stay available on the day.
Two shops, a café and a restaurant sit
inside, and cloakroom capacity tightens during busy periods, so travelling
light helps. Most first-time visitors head straight for one wing.
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Yes. Entry to the collection is free with no booking required, and that covers 500 years of British art including the Turner rooms. Only temporary exhibitions charge, and Members enter those free.
10:00 to 18:00 daily, with last entry at 17:30 and galleries starting to close from 17:50. The gallery shuts on 24, 25 and 26 December.
The Manton Entrance on Atterbury Street, since the Millbank doors are closed until 2027 for the Clore Garden build. A ramp with handrails and automatic doors serve it, and your chauffeur sets you down alongside.
The Clore Gallery and its Turner Bequest, the largest holding of his work in the world, draw most visitors first. Millais’s Ophelia and Hogarth’s Gin Lane run close behind.
Tate Britain covers British art from 1500 to now at Millbank. Tate Modern shows international modern and contemporary work on Bankside. Different collections, different buildings, four miles apart by road.
Yes. The RB2 boat links Millbank Pier and Bankside Pier every 30 minutes, and the car covers the return leg. Allow two hours in each and the day works comfortably.
We don’t sell attraction tickets, and booking direct with Tate gives the widest slot choice. Send us your entry time and the pickup is set around it.
Nearby on Atterbury Street or Millbank, returning to the entrance when you call. Belongings stay locked aboard, which beats a cloakroom queue at closing time.
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