The London Dungeon

Opening times

Daily 10am to 5pm with extended opening hours at peak times as long as 9am to 8pm.

Location

The London Dungeon is located on the South Bank of the River Thames, in the Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB.

The Riverside Building also contains The Paddington Bear Experience, the ticket office for the London Eye, Shrek's Adventure! London and SEA LIFE London Aquarium, as well as the Premier Inn County Hall Hotel and The London Marriott County Hall Hotel.

On the opposite side of Westminster Bridge is Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.

Nearest Underground Station

4-5 minutes' walk from Waterloo Underground & Railway station, which is on the Northern, Jubilee and Bakerloo Lines. A similar distance away is Westminster Underground Station across Westminster Bridge and opposite Big Ben on the Circle, District and Jubilee Lines.

Hop-on, hop-off buses & river services

All of London's hop on, hop off sightseeing buses have stops at near to The London Dungeon which is very close to the London Eye.

The London Eye has its own pier where many of the river services stop including those used by the the hop on, hop off sightseeing buses. Westminster Pier is directly opposite on the other side of Westminster Bridge too and is one of London's busiest river service piers.

Combining hop-on bus tickets with The London Dungeon

Because of the numbers wanting to visit The London Dungeon, controlling the flow of people entering the building is important for safety as well as your comfort.

If you just turn up on the day looking for a ticket at peak times you may have a very, very long wait - at least an hour, or more.

There are several entrance ticket options giving different levels of priority for admittance all at very different prices.

1) Walk-up tickets

If you turn up on the day you probably get the worst deal of the lot.

You'll have to wait the longest time to gain entrance and you will pay the full entrance price which can be 30% more expensive than purchasing tickets in advance. At peak times slots can be sold out well in advance with hours to wait to gain entrance.

2) Advance purchase standard tickets (purchased from The London Dungeon website)

By purchasing your tickets in advance direct from The London Dungeon website as well as getting up to a 24% discount on your ticket price (against walk-up entry) you also enjoy potentially much less queuing.

There are two online advance prices through the official website: next day (a few pounds cheaper than walk-up) and 4-day in advance (a few pounds cheaper again).

At purchase you select a 15 minute window in time when you want to gain entrance. When you arrive at the attraction you join the queue for your entrance time slot.

For standard entry queue times vary depending on how busy the attraction is. At weekends and peak times the queue can get up to 50 minutes.

The price of tickets bought online for The London Dungeon are variable; you will normally find two different prices on the same day but you should still be able to find quite a few tickets available at the lower price.

Rates are variable according to season and day of the week. Peak rates apply during school holidays and at weekends.

If you are looking for next-day tickets then your cheapest price is likely to be a third-party seller such as Discount London. Here you can match the price Merlin only offer for their 4-day advance tickets. For tickets purchased 4 days or more in advance, ticket prices are the same whichever option you choose.

3) Advance purchase VIP tickets (purchased from The London Dungeon website)

For a stiff premium, that can be 2-3 times the price of the standard on-line ticket you can also pre-purchase a priority ticket that should get you into The London Dungeon immediately.

Unlike the standard tickets there is no 15-minute window in time you select to gain entrance. You can arrive at any time (during opening hours) of the date you select.

4) Combination tickets combining The London Dungeon with 4 other major attractions in London

The London Dungeon is owned by a company called Merlin who own and operate several other major attractions in London.

Big City Saver tickets allow you to combine The London Dungeon with 1, 2 or 4 of the remaining London Merlin attractions:

Madame Tussauds, The London Eye, The London Dungeon, Shrek's Adventure! London and SEA LIFE London Aquarium.

5) Third party discounters and combination tickets

For stand-alone tickets for The London Dungeon the best price guarantee offered by The London Dungeon is pretty good (especially if visiting outside peak periods). If you find somebody offering lower priced tickets than London Dungeon let us know!

However, very few visitors buy The London Dungeon tickets in isolation.

Great deals from third parties of all kinds are available - the best are those where you cannot identify how much exactly you are paying for The London Dungeon tickets hidden with in the package - thus neatly bypassing The London Dungeon best price guarantee for stand-alone tickets.

The most fruitful places to seek out these great deals are:

- Discounted combination tickets combining two or sometimes up to seven London attractions in one discounted package. Both third party discounters and Merlin who own The London Dungeon offer these.

- London's popular hop-on hop-off sightseeing buses will make available discounted attraction tickets when bought in advance together with their hop-on, hop-off bus tickets.

- There are several London attraction passes and discount schemes where The London Dungeon appears as a supported attraction.