Museums · London
The Royal Mews
Buckingham Palace's working royal stables — home of the Gold State Coach (1762).
Chris Gorringe — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace is the working stables and coach houses of the British monarch — home of the Gold State Coach (1762, used at every coronation since George IV), the Australian State Coach, the Diamond Jubilee State Coach and the royal horses. Open to ticketed visitors when the State Rooms are closed.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
The Royal Mews is a mews, or collection of equestrian stables, of the British royal family. In London these stables and stable-hands' quarters have occupied two main sites in turn, being located at first on the north side of Charing Cross, and then (since the 1820s) within the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, includes an extensive display of royal carriages and other associated items, and is open to the public for much of the year. It is also a working part of the palace, where horses and people live and work, and where carriages and cars are in daily use supporting the work of the monarch as head of state. The titular head of the Royal Mews is the Master of the Horse (one of the three great officers of the Royal Household). The executive head is the Crown Equerry, who lives on site and oversees the Royal Mews Department (which is a department of the Royal Household).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The following chart shows the staff structure of the Royal Mews Department at the end of the twentieth century (when around fifty people lived and worked at the Mews). The position of Superintendent, which included oversight of the staff of the Mews, was abolished in 2000.
Visiting
As well as being a full-time working facility, the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, is regularly open to the public. The state coaches and other carriages are kept there, along with about 30 horses, together with their modern counterparts: the state motor cars. Coachmen, grooms, chauffeurs and other staff are accommodated in flats above the carriage houses and stables. In late 2025, it was announced that the Royal Mews (including stables, carriages and cars) would be relocated from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle, as 'senior members of the Royal Family no longer live in the capital'.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4994, -0.1450
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW1W 0QH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Official site
- www.rct.uk
Sources
- manual: royal-mews (manual)
- wikipedia: Royal Mews (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Royal Mews?
- The Royal Mews is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW1W 0QH), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- When was The Royal Mews built?
- Dates from the Georgian period.
- Who owns The Royal Mews?
- The Royal Mews is owned by The Crown.
- How do I get to The Royal Mews?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SW1W 0QH. It sits within the Cities of London and Westminster parliamentary constituency.