Booking your visit

Students on a visit of Parliament in the ancient Westminster Hall.


Availability and booking dates

Visit availability advice and booking line opening dates are regularly updated here. Please note visits to Parliament are open to UK schools only.


Visit Parliament programme

Visits available year-round, for KS2 - KS5.

  • April - July 2013: fully booked
  • 9 September - 25 October and 4 November - 18 December 2013 (with reduced capacity during the Conference recess 13 Sept - 8 Oct): Limited space available on tour only visits
  • January - March 2014: lines open at 08:30am on a date TBC

Call 020 7219 4496 to book a visit.

More about the programme: Visit Parliament 


Discover Parliament sessions

This annual programme, tailored for post-16 courses, runs at the start of the academic year.

More about the programme: Discover Parliament 


Select Committee Experience

The Select Committee Experience enables key stage 5 students to explore the role of select committees in the setting of the Grand Committee Room.

Dates: Fridays, from summer 2013

Places are limited to 60 per session. 

More about the programme: Select Committee Experience  


Student Parliament programme

Student debates take place in the grand setting of a parliamentary committee room, using either House of Lords or House of Commons rules and conventions.

Available dates for 2013 have now been announced.

 

Preparing for your visit

Please download the documents below on preparing for your visit to Parliament. Take time to read them before your visit.

If you have any problem downloading these documents please contact us and we can post hard copies or email them to you as Word documents.

 

Booking and enquiries

Education Service
Houses of Parliament
London SW1A 2TT
020 7219 4496
education@parliament.uk
9am Monday - 5pm Friday

Europe House visits

The European Parliament's office in the UK is opening its doors to schools for the first time this autumn. Why not follow your trip to Parliament with an educational visit to nearby Europe House?

  • Learn about European Parliament and work of MEPs
  • Visit programme supports teaching in Citizenship, History, Politics, Geography and modern foreign languages.

To book: 
phone 0207 227 4300
email European Parliament visits  

Find out more:

Award-winning school visits



Our visit programmes are designed to support citizenship education, political literacy and the national curricula across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sandford Award for Heritage Education 2010