Group visits

One free admission ticket is added per group booking of at least 15 paying visitors and can be used by a group organiser, leader or coach driver.

Alternatively, for groups of at least 15 paying visitors containing 10 or more children (6-17 years), one free supervising adult ticket is added for every ten paying children. Separate visiting opportunities are available to UK schools through our schools and family learning team. 

The two scenarios above cannot be combined. Blue Badge and City of London guides always receive free entry and do not require a ticket of any kind.

Using our multimedia guides

Admission includes use of our multimedia guide which is perfect for self-guided visits and available in nine languages plus British Sign Language. Visit our guided and self-guided tours page for more information.

Booking a guide

For groups who prefer to tour together with their own guide, we recommend a London Blue Badge guide or City of London guide (who has passed the St Paul’s accredited course). These guides, as well as teachers or lecturers with their students, are permitted to guide their groups in the Cathedral. If you are searching for a qualified guide to accompany your group, here are a couple of starting points:

• Guide London, run by the Association of Professional Tour Guides (ATPG)
• Britain’s Best Guides, run by the British Guild of Tourist Guides.

Using the Group Tour System

The group tour system (GTS) is a system for guiding groups, and is available for all London Blue Badge guides, City of London Guides (who have passed the St Paul’s Cathedral accredited course), St Paul’s Cathedral guides and teachers or lecturers visiting with their students.

It allows one guide or group leader to communicate to group members via headphones, using a microphone and transmitter.

Alternatively, a guide or group leader’s transmitter can be connected to our multimedia guide, allowing them to craft their own tour using our commentary and to add their own instructions and comments to supplement it. The GTS equipment is free to use and has helped thousands of group visitors to hear their guide far more clearly, keeping the group together and engaged.

The GTS equipment can be requested on the day, subject to availability of the devices. For larger group visits whom you know will want to use it, you can send us details of the planned visit date, arrival time and group size in advance. 

The GTS is always there for guides and group leaders to try. Feel free to go to the GTS desk (adjacent to the multimedia guide desk on the Cathedral floor) and test it. When you do, the team there will be happy to explain to you how it works.