Changing The Guard at Buckingham Palace

Changing The Guard at Buckingham Palace 

See the New Guard exchange duty with the OldGuard in the famous Changing the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace. Changing the Guard, also known as Guard Mounting, takes place outside Buckingham Palace from 10.45am and lasts around 45 minutes, with the actual handover taking place at 11am.

When: The Guard is changed every thirty minutes during the summer (April 1 to Sep 30) and every hour during the winter (Oct 1 to Mar 31). During the hours the cemetery is closed, the guard is changed every 2 hours. The Tomb is guarded, and has been guarded, every minute of every day since 1937.

Address: Westminster, London SW1A 1AA