Essential Information

Important changes to visitor entrances at our venue

Due to the repair of the Palace of Westminster’s Victoria Tower, from August 2025, our main public entrance for events, Black Rod’s Garden Entrance, will close for the foreseeable future. 

Victoria Tower Gardens Visitors Entrance, will be our new main entrance for event organisers and guests attending our House of Lords venue, from Monday to Friday. After your event has finished, you will need to exit via Chancellor’s Gate. House of Lords Event Staff, Event Doorkeepers, Security Officers or Visitor Assistants will help direct you to the exit (depending on the time of your event). Routes in and out of our venue will also be signposted. 

If your event takes place on the weekend, please continue to use Cromwell Green Entrance to enter our venue and exit via Carriage Gates (refer to existing maps to see locations).

The pedestrian footpath outside Black Rod’s Garden Entrance, on Abingdon Street, will also close. Refer to the map above to see where to enter Victoria Gardens and follow the orange segmented line on the footpath to get to Victoria Tower Gardens Visitors Entrance. Our new entrance will open at 08:00 and close promptly at 19:45, Monday to Friday.

For all visitors attending an event in one of the following rooms; Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, Attlee and Reid Room, Home Room, Committee Room G and River Room, between Monday to Friday, must use Victoria Tower Gardens Visitors Entrance to access our venue.

The Victoria Tower Project will repair the stonework on the exterior of Victoria Tower to minimise the risk of stone fall. It will also encompass other elements such as conservation works to the window glazing, roof and flagpole.

Mobility Access

Please refer to the map below to view mobility access routes for the Palace of Westminster.

• Palace of Westminster Mobility Access Routes (pdf, 2MB)

For further accessibility information, please refer to our dedicated 'Accessibility' page for visitors to the Palace of Westminster.

CEVA Logistics

Event organisers are strongly advised to have event materials delivered to their event using CEVA Logistics. Event materials will be delivered in advance of your event and before the event organiser arrives at our venue by CEVA Logistics.

Event organisers are reminded that whilst we work closely with CEVA Logistics, CEVA Logistics are independent from our operation so one would need to directly contact them to arrange delivery and collection of event materials. The drop-off and collection point at the House of Lords is ‘Drop-off/collection point 32’ (used in conjunction with CEVA Logistics documentation).

Address: CEVA Logistics 40-48 Chase Road, Park Royal, London NW10 6PX (Drop Point 32)
Telephone: + 44 (0)17 2729 7001
Email: osccarrivals@cevalogistics.com
Website: www.cevalogistics.com
Drop-off/collection point: 32 (for CEVA Logistics documentation)

• CEVA Logistics

Corkage rates

Event organisers may supply their own drinks for an event but need to consider the corkage rates (see the link below), the logistics of bringing the drinks to their event and lastly the collection of their drinks after the event has taken place (assuming some drinks are not consumed).

We strongly advise that drinks are delivered onto the Parliamentary estate using CEVA Logistics (parliamentary approved courier service). CEVA Logistics will deliver the drinks (including event materials) in advance of your event, allowing us to store and/or cool the drinks (space-permitting) and lastly CEVA Logistics can collect your drinks after the event, should there be any unconsumed.

If event organisers choose to supply their own drinks for an event, we the venue, are not responsible for a shortage of glasses or the lack of types of glassware available.

• Corkage rates (pdf, 433KB)

Planning your visit

For full access information, view our planning your visit pages.