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St James's Palace

 
 
ADDRESS
3 St James's Palace, St James's, London SW1A 1NP 
 
OPENING TIMES
Services at Chapel Royal or The Queen's Chapel: Sundays 8.30am & 11.15am throughout the year, except for August and September | Chapel Royal: from first Sun in Oct to Good Friday | Queen's Chapel: from Easter Sun to last Sunday in Jul
 

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St James's PalaceSt James's Palace on Pall Mall is one of the oldest palaces in London and the official residence of the sovereign yet the royals haven't lived here since Victorian times. The palace had "long since ceased to be used by royalty for any but ceremonial purposes" Charles Dickens's wrote in 1879. Built between 1531 and 1536, Henry VIII commissioned the palace as a hunting lodge, close his main official residence of
Whitehall Palace as well as the Royal Deer Park. Built on the site of the former St James's hospital for lepers - the saint after which both the Palace and nearby St James's Park are named - little remains of the Tudor original except for parts of the Chapel Royal and a fine 16th century gatehouse (thought to be to a design by the king's painter, Hans Holbein the Younger). There are two Chapels Royal in the Palace complex: the Chapel Royal itself and the 1620s Inigo Jones designed Queen's Chapel, both are active places of worship and open to the public for seleect services. The Palace itself is not accessible to the public.


 

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Underground Stations

Underground Stations

 
Green Park Tube Station
 
3 minutes walk
 
 
Railway Stations

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Victoria Railway Station
 
18 minutes walk
 
Car Parks
 

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Clarence House St James's Palace, SW1 1BA The official London residence of The Prince of Wales, his wife The Duchess of Cornwall and his son, Prince Harry, Clarence...

 
 
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Hotels near St James's Palace

Near St James's Palace
St James's Club and Hotel London
St James's Club and Hotel
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 69% off from £125
7-8 Park Place, SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Naming the St James's Hotel 'and Club' is a clever way of letting you know exactly what to expect from this establishment. Tucked away down a ...More
 
 
 
The Ritz London London
The Ritz London
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 17% off from £504
150 Piccadilly, W1J | 3 minutes from St James's Palace
...More
 
 
 
May Fair Hotel London
May Fair Hotel
London > Hotels > Luxury Chain Hotel  Double Rooms: 80% off from £144
Stratton Street, W1J | 4 minutes from St James's Palace
The luxurious May Fair Hotel is located in sophisticated Mayfair, resurgent again as London's true luxury quarter. The May Fair puts you in a peaceful ...More
 
 
 
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Alternative Historic Buildings nearest St James's Palace

Nearest to St James's Palace
Spencer House London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Spencer House
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
27 St James's Place, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Spencer family's 18th London residence. The ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Spencer family hasn’t lived in this, their London residence, since 1926. Following ...More
 
 
 
Clarence House London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Clarence House
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
St James's Palace, London, St James's, London SW1 | 5 minutes from St James's Palace
The home of the Queen Mother from 1953 to 2002, a tour of Clarence House is an excellent way of experiencing the living history of the ...More
 
 
 
Royal Institution of Great Britain London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
21 Albemarle Street, London, Mayfair, London W1S | 7 minutes from St James's Palace
Best known for its annual televised Christmas lectures, the RI is one of Britain's most famous science institutions and the place where famous scientists such as ...More
 
 
 
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Sights and Attractions near St James's Palace

The best museums, galleries, attractions near St James's Palace
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Chris Beetles
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
8-10 Ryder Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 2 minutes from St James's Palace
Gallery owner Chris Beetles has been dealing for 25 years, and for 16 years from this location in the heart of St James's. Specializing in English ...More
 
 
 
Fine Art Commissions Ltd London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Fine Art Commissions Ltd
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
7 Bury Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y6AL | 2 minutes from St James's Palace
Portraits, commissioned and otherwise, are a tradition as old as art itself, with representations made of great men and women for posterity from the time of ...More
 
 
 
White Cube Mason's Yard London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
White Cube Mason's Yard
London > Attractions > Art Galleries
25-26 Mason's Yard, Off Duke Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 4 minutes from St James's Palace
In 2000, Jay Jopling's pioneering White Cube gallery - the spiritual home of the Young British Artists - upped sticks from its home in St James's ...More
 
 
 
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Events near St James's Palace

Near St James's Palace
Choir Of Les Chanteurs De Saint-Eustache London
Choir Of Les Chanteurs De Saint-Eustache
London > Events > Concerts  Dates: Friday 1st June 2012 - 1.10pm
St James's Church Piccadilly, 197 Piccadilly, W1J | 6 minutes from St James's Palace
The choir performs Michel Corette's Laudate Dominum and Campra's Requiem....More
 
 
 
Cityscapes
London > Events > Exhibitions  Dates: 30th May, 31st May and 1st June 2012 - 10am-6pm
The Medici Gallery, 5 Cork Street, W1S | 8 minutes from St James's Palace
Contemporary works in a variety of media by Michael Alford, Piers Ottey and Barry Wilson....More
 
 
 
Culture Now: David Kirkland In Conversation With Richard Andrews
London > Events > Exhibitions  Dates: Friday 1st June 2012 - 1pm
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), 12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, SW1Y | 9 minutes from St James's Palace
A talk on youth culture and hip hop music....More
 
 
 
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Entertainment near St James's Palace

Near St James's Palace
Pigalle London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Pigalle
London > Entertainment > Jazz Clubs
215-217 Piccadilly, London, St James's, London W1J | 8 minutes from St James's Palace
Forties-themed late-night supper club. If you’re considering a more glamorous and alternative evening’s entertainment, head to Piccadilly and burlesque cabaret club, Pigalle. Inspired by the genteel, romantic ...More
 
 
 
Criterion Theatre London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Criterion Theatre
London > Entertainment > Theatres
Piccadilly Circus, London, Soho, London W1J | 9 minutes from St James's Palace
The tiny entrance of the Criterion theatre is almost invisible among the massive advertisements, traffic and crowds of Piccadilly Circus. To ignore it, however, is to ...More
 
 
 
Comedy Store London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Comedy Store
London > Entertainment > Comedy Clubs
1a Oxendon Street, London, Soho, London SW1Y | 10 minutes from St James's Palace
The Comedy Store is the spiritual home of stand-up in the UK. Despite being the best large comedy venue in the country, the Store still succeeds ...More
 
 
 
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Shopping near St James's Palace

The best shops and markets near St James's Palace
Truefitt and Hill London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Truefitt and Hill
London > Shopping > Hair and Grooming
71 St James Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
As any gentleman knows, there are times when only a shave by the finest of barbers will do. It's a bit like going to the gym ...More
 
 
 
Lock & Co London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Lock & Co
London > Shopping > Clothing
6 St James's Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 2 minutes from St James's Palace
Founded in 1676, for centuries Lock & Co. has been the place to shop for a top hat if you're off to Ascot. The quaint shop ...More
 
 
 
John Lobb's & Co London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
John Lobb's & Co
London > Shopping > Shoes
9 St James's Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 2 minutes from St James's Palace
This historic bootmakers in St James's has been ensuring its well heeled customers remain as such since it was set up by Cornish farmboy John Lobb ...More
 
 
 
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Restaurants near St James's Palace

What are the best dining options near St James's Palace London?
Seven Park Place by William Drabble London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Seven Park Place by William Drabble
London > Restaurants >
7 - 8 Park Place, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Tucked away in the St James's Hotel, the tiny 26-cover Seven Park Place restaurant is a triumph of modern European cooking. The restaurant is run by ...More
 
 
 
Wheeler's Of St James's London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Wheeler's Of St James's
London > Restaurants > Fish and Seafood
72-73 St James's Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Marco Pierre White has teamed up with Sir Rocco Forte to revive Wheeler's of St James's as a fish restaurant - a fitting purpose given this ...More
 
 
 
Luciano London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Luciano
London > Restaurants > Italian restaurants
72 St. Jamess Street, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Named after Marco Pierre White's son, Luciano is located on St. James's Street in the former famed Madame Prunier site. The Italian restaurant is a joint venture ...More
 
 
 
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Education near St James's Palace

Near St James's Palace
English [Out There!] London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
English [Out There!]
London > Education > English Language Courses
10 Coptic Street, London, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 23 minutes from St James's Palace
English [Out There!] takes a very hands-on approach to learning English. The course places an emphasis on using what you have learned. Students are taken out ...More
 
 
 
La Cucina Caldesi London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
La Cucina Caldesi
London > Education > Cookery Courses
118 Marylebone Lane, London, Marylebone, London W1U | 23 minutes from St James's Palace
The Caldesi family first set up a cooking school in Giancarlo's native Tuscany. His 'Return to Tuscany' was captured by BBC cameras and dished up on ...More
 
 
 
Courtauld Institute of Art London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Courtauld Institute of Art
London > Education > Arts and Drama
Somerset House, London, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 24 minutes from St James's Palace
The Courtauld is one of the most prestigious art schools in the country, affiliated with the Oxbridge system and boasting a huge private location and prime ...More
 
 
 
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Leisure near St James's Palace

St James's Palace gyms, sporting activities, health & beauty and fitness.
Catalyst Health and Fitness Ltd London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Catalyst Health and Fitness Ltd
London > Leisure > Fitness
30 Bury Street, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 2 minutes from St James's Palace
Catalyst personal trainers are among the best in London. Get fit without doing yourself an injury, lose weight with a specially devised programme or build your ...More
 
 
 
Green Park London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Green Park
London > Leisure > Parks and Gardens
Piccadilly, London, St James's, London W1J | 5 minutes from St James's Palace
Although many of the parks in London are officially owned by the sovereign, it is the four central London parks (one of which is Green Park) ...More
 
 
 
May Fair Spa London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
May Fair Spa
London > Leisure > Health and Beauty
May Fair Hotel, Stratton Street, London, Mayfair, London W1J | 5 minutes from St James's Palace
The subterranean spa within the luxury May Fair Hotel offers a compact gym, herbal sauna and a good size aromatic steam room as well ...More
 
 
 
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Pubs near St James's Palace

The best pubs near London St James's Palace.
The Reform Club London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Reform Club
London > Nightlife > Pubs
104 Pall Mall, London, St James's, London SW1Y | 6 minutes from St James's Palace
Located in the heart of London's traditional Clubland in Pall Mall, The Reform Club was founded in 1836 and was membership was initially restricted to those who ...More
 
 
 
Ye Grapes London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Ye Grapes
London > Nightlife > Pubs
16 Shepherd Market, London, Mayfair, London W1J | 7 minutes from St James's Palace
Built in 1882 this gorgeous Victorian pub could be the perfect spot for a night out, if you can find it, that is. Very close to ...More
 
 
 
The Only Running Footman London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Only Running Footman
London > Restaurants > Gastropub
5 Charles Street, Mayfair, , London, Mayfair, London W1J | 8 minutes from St James's Palace
Part of a trio of great restaurant slash pubs from the Meredith Group, this is the flagship with a restaurant upstairs and pub with food downstairs ...More
 
 
 
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Nightlife near St James's Palace

St James's Palace clubs, bars, cabaret nights, casinos and interesting nightlife.
Dukes Hotel: Cognac and Cigar Garden London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Dukes Hotel: Cognac and Cigar Garden
London > Nightlife > Bars
35 St James's Place, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Famous for its martinis - a favourite with James Bond author Ian Fleming - Dukes Hotel extends its drinking area to include an outdoor Cognac and ...More
 
 
 
Mahiki London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Mahiki
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
1 Dover Street, London, Mayfair, London W1S | 4 minutes from St James's Palace
A favourite with young royals - Princes Harry and William, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been spotted here... all at the same time. And ...More
 
 
 
Funky Buddha London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Funky Buddha
London > Nightlife > Nightclubs
15 Berkeley Street, London, Mayfair, London W1J | 4 minutes from St James's Palace
Between the Victorian elegance of Berkley Square and the Imperial magnificence of Piccadilly, you might be surprised to find a club that oozes with Eastern decadence, ...More
 
 
 
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Meeting venue hire near St James's Palace

Where to have your meeting, conference, exhibition, private dining or training course near St James's Palace.
Spencer House London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Spencer House
London > Business > Venue Hire
27 St James's Place, London, St James's, London SW1A | 1 minute from St James's Palace
Spencer family's 18th London residence. The ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Spencer family hasn’t lived in this, their London residence, since 1926. Following ...More
 
 
 
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
The Ritz Hotel
London > Business > Venue Hire
150 Piccadilly, London, St James's, London W1J | 3 minutes from St James's Palace
World famous luxury hotel, right on Piccadilly, with a roof terrace looking across Green Park. The fine food (particularly the Afternoon Tea) at the Ritz attract ...More
 
 
 
Dover Street Restaurant and Bar London
Editor's Top Pick - Recommended
Dover Street Restaurant and Bar
London > Business > Venue Hire
8-10 Dover Street, Mayfair, , London, Mayfair, London W1S | 4 minutes from St James's Palace
This long established night spot in Mayfair's Dover Street has been providing Londoners with a sophisticated setting to enjoy food, drink and live entertainment for 30 ...More
 
 
 

Alternate names and popular misspellings for St James's Palace

St James's Palace, St Jamess Palace
 
 

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Near St James's Palace

 
 
 
 
American Figurative Exhibition
Exhibitions | Until 23rd June 2012 

Albemarle Gallery 4 minutes walk from St James's Palace

Paintings by Paul Oxborough, Cesar Santos, Michael De Brito, Daniel Greene, Gabriella Gonzalez Dellosso and Zach Zdrale....More

Thank Funk It's Friday!!
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 29th June 2012 

Funky Buddha 4 minutes walk from St James's Palace

DJs Nicole B, VY and Will spin funky house, electro and R&B....More

Soul Fiesta
Concerts | On 1st June 2012 

Dover Street Restaurant and Bar 4 minutes walk from St James's Palace

Latin-influenced funk and soul from the six-piece....More

Tiffin Boys Choir
Concerts | On 1st June 2012 

St James's Church Piccadilly 6 minutes walk from St James's Palace

The choir performs Purcell's Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes Mei, O Sing Unto The Lord, My Beloved Spake, Rejoice In ...More

Choir Of Les Chanteurs De Saint-Eustache
Concerts | On 1st June 2012 

St James's Church Piccadilly 6 minutes walk from St James's Palace

The choir performs Michel Corette's Laudate Dominum and Campra's Requiem....More

Andy Lewis Duo
Concerts | Until 15th June 2012 

The Living Room 8 minutes walk from St James's Palace

Dance and jazz covers by the piano and trumpet duo....More

Friday Fever
Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 29th June 2012 

Strawberry Moons 8 minutes walk from St James's Palace

DJ Marky Marky and Dave K play retro R&B, pop, soul and dance....More

Stories Before Bedtime: Summer Time (The New Dress/Diary Of A Nobody/I Capture The Castle)
Theatre | On 1st June 2012 

Criterion Theatre 9 minutes walk from St James's Palace

Miranda Richardson, Sonya Cassidy and Mathew Horne read extracts from stories written by Virginia Woolf, Dodie Smith and George Grossmith, ...More

Culture Now: David Kirkland In Conversation With Richard Andrews
Exhibitions | On 1st June 2012 

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) 9 minutes walk from St James's Palace

A talk on youth culture and hip hop music....More

Piccadilly Comedy Club
Comedy | On 1st June 2012 

The Comedy Pub 10 minutes walk from St James's Palace

Sketch comedy from Pappy's, plus Paul Harry Allen and Sean Brightman....More

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