The London Pass: London’s best-known sightseeing pass

The London Pass is London’s best-known sightseeing pass and offers great savings if you’re planning on visiting a number of London attractions during a trip to London.

In this article we will explain how this sightseeing pass works and whether it’s worth buying it. We will also discuss how to get the most out of it when visiting London.

What is The London Pass?

The London Pass is a digital sightseeing pass for a chosen number of days. It is a credits package: each attraction uses part of the pass’s credit allowance. Once you first use it, its days run consecutively and finish at midnight, rather than lasting for 24-hour blocks. Check the terms and any booking requirements before choosing your start day.

Use the Go City app to hold your pass, browse attractions and make reservations. Scanning at your first attraction activates the pass; each attraction can normally be visited once. The day-based pass is offered for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or ten days. Plan your first scan for the morning of a full sightseeing day, because the days are calendar days rather than 24-hour periods. A credit allowance applies to the attractions you use, with a different limit for each pass duration.

If you want to spread a handful of major visits across several weeks, the attraction-count London Pass Explorer may be a better match: it covers a chosen number of attractions over a longer validity window. The day-based pass is better suited to several paid visits on consecutive days.

Which attractions are included?

The live attraction list is the place to confirm inclusions for your pass and dates. It currently lists the Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, the London Eye, City Cruises’ Thames river pass and many other experiences. The London Eye requires a booking. Attractions, pass types and reservation rules can change, so check the entry conditions for each stop rather than relying on an older printed list.

Classic sights and attractions by area

• Westminster and the Thames: Westminster Abbey, the London Eye and the City Cruises 24-hour Thames river ticket. Abbey and Eye visits need booked slots. The river ticket can be used between Westminster, London Eye, Tower and Greenwich piers.
• Tower and London Bridge: Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast and The View from The Shard. Tower Bridge and The Shard require reservations; allow a full morning for the Tower rather than treating all four as quick stops.
• The City and Covent Garden: St Paul’s Cathedral, the Monument, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Tour and London Transport Museum. The Globe inclusion is a guided tour, not a theatre performance.
• Greenwich and further afield: Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory when available, the Painted Hall, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, London Zoo and Kew Gardens. Travel to these attractions may cost extra; the Royal Observatory listing flags a closure from 1 November 2026 until spring 2027.

The London Eye and Madame Tussauds are included with the pass and both need timed bookings. Choose attractions from the pass type you intend to buy and book the popular ones first. Our detailed London Pass itineraries group these stops into routes you can enjoy at a realistic pace.

Does the pass let you skip queues?

A reservation gives you an arrival window for selected attractions, but it does not remove security checks or every queue. Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and The View from The Shard are examples to schedule ahead; Tower of London visitors do not currently need a pass reservation but may still wait at busy times. The booking page has the steps for each attraction. Book the places with fixed entry times first, then fit walks and flexible stops around them.

Is public transport included?

A Visitor Oyster card is not included with The London Pass. Budget separately for the Underground, buses and rail. Depending on your circumstances you can use contactless payment or an Oyster card for pay-as-you-go travel; see our contactless, Oyster and Travelcard guide and the TfL payment guidance. An overseas card may have charges set by its issuer.

London Pass prices and offers

Choose the number of days and the people travelling, then compare the current checkout price with the tickets you would otherwise buy. Adult and child passes have different prices and credit limits; some attractions admit very young children free. Look at the final total if a promotion is running, and remember that transport and any separately ticketed attractions are additional costs.

Is the London pass worth it?

One of the things we get asked the most is whether this sightseeing pass is actually worth the money. Our answer is that to get the most out of this sightseeing pass, you really have to plan your day well to make sure that you visit as many attractions as possible.

When planning your sightseeing itinerary, it’s important to take into account the distance between the attractions, and how many attractions you can realistically visit in a day. Since many of the attractions in London are located quite close to one other, it is possible to see several in the same day.

We recommend making a list of the London attractions that you know you want to visit, calculating the entrance cost for each of the attractions separately, and then comparing the total with the price of the Sightseeing Pass.

Ways to get the most out of the London Pass

To make this easier for you, we have prepared some suggested itineraries to get the most out of this London Sightseeing Pass. We have designed sightseeing routes for 1, 2 and 3 days which include the most important attractions in London and we have also highlighted the must-see attractions if you have a pass for 6 or 10 days. We designed these when planning a week-long visit for our friends, so that they could make the most of their time on the days that we had to work.

⇒ For more information check out the official website: London Pass official website.

Alberto & Amy

Hi, we are Alberto and Amy, the London locals behind PlanTrip London. We’ve lived in London since 2010 and have spent every year since exploring the city, from its famous landmarks to the markets, pubs, parks and hidden corners most visitors never find. Over the years we became the go-to trip planners for friends and family visiting London, so we created this site to share the same first-hand, tried-and-tested advice with you. Every itinerary, tip and recommendation here comes from our own experience with our two children, so you can plan a London trip that’s easier, better value and far more memorable.