WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2000

THE BIG
All route times are subject to change.

CITY CRUISES*

WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2001/03

THE CLASSIC RED TOUR
First Bus First Bus

WINNER SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF THE YEAR 2004

EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES
PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR GUIDE OR DRIVER First Bus First Bus

BLUE TOUR
31 4 32 33 34 6 35 7 36 8 37 9 38 10 39 11 40 12 41 13

COMMENTARY IN A CHOICE OF 8 LANGUAGES

First Bus First Bus

EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES
PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR DRIVER

LIVE ENGLISH COMMENTARY

08.25 08.27 08.31 08.34 08.37 08.46 08.50 08.53 08.58 09.03 09.04 09.06
13 41

COMMENTARY

First Bus

MARBLE ARCH Speakers Corner Oxford Street, Hyde Park MADAME TUSSAUDS - Big Bus stop, Marylebone Road Planetarium, Sherlock Holmes Museum, London Zoo OXFORD CIRCUS - bus stop RF, Regent Street Oxford Street, Fitzrovia REGENT STREET - bus stop RK, Regent Street, Hamleys, Carnaby Street PICCADILLY CIRCUS - bus stop G, Regent Street Soho, Chinatown HAYMARKET - Big Bus stop, outside No.11 Haymarket Leicester Square, Planet Hollywood, Trocadero TRAFALGAR SQUARE - bus stop Z, by the National Gallery National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Nelsons Column CRAIGS COURT junction of Craigs Court and Whitehall Admiralty Arch, The Mall, St Jamess Park BANQUETING HOUSE - Big Bus stop opposite Horse Guards Horse Guards, St Jamess Park WHITEHALL Big Bus stop, Parliament Street Downing Street, Cenotaph, Cabinet War Rooms, Big Ben LONDON EYE - next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge River Cruise, Dal Universe, London Aquarium

08.25 08.35 08.44 08.50 08.54 08.57 08.59 09.04 09.06 09.08 09.13

WATERLOO - Big Bus stop, York Road London Eye, South Bank Arts Centre, Waterloo International Station COVENT GARDEN - Big Bus stop outside No.1 Aldwych 43 15 Royal Opera House, Londons Transport Museum, Somerset House 44 16 80 ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street ST PAULS 45 17 The City, Barbican, Museum of London, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern LONDON BRIDGE - outside No.29 Tooley Street 46 18 London Dungeon, Tate Modern, H.M.S. Belfast, Southwark Cathedral, Globe Theatre TOWER OF LONDON - Big Bus stop, Tower Hill 47 19 River Cruise, Tower Bridge Experience, Docklands Light Railway EMBANKMENT PIER - Victoria Embankment 48 20 Embankment Gardens, Cleopatras Needle WESTMINSTER PIER - bus stop M, Victoria Embankment 49 21 River Cruise BIG BEN - opposite Westminster Underground Station, Bridge Street 50 22 Houses of Parliament, Big Ben (Stop Temporarily out of use) LONDON EYE next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 51 23 River Cruise, Dali Universe, London Aquarium LAMBETH PALACE bus stop outside Lambeth Palace 52 24 Imperial War Museum, Museum of Garden History
42 14

09.17 09.22 09.23 09.31 09.43 09.51 10.00 10.02 10.06 10.10 10.14

53 25 54 26 55 27 56 28 57 29 58 30 59 3 60 61 62 1 63 2 64 65

PARLIAMENT SQUARE bus stop D, Abingdon Street Houses of Parliament, Tate Britain WESTMINSTER ABBEY - bus stop T, Victoria Street New Scotland Yard, Westminster Cathedral BUCKINGHAM PALACE - outside No.1 Buckingham Gate ROYAL MEWS - outside No. 31 Buckingham Palace Road Big Bus Information Centre VICTORIA outside Westminster Thistle Hotel Big Bus Information Centre VICTORIA STATION outside Thistle Victoria Hotel QUEEN MOTHER GATES Big Bus stop, opposite London Hilton, Park Lane Hyde Park, Mayfair, Shepherd Market MARBLE ARCH - Speakers Corner Oxford Street, Hyde Park MAYFAIR - Park Lane Oxford Street, Little America GREEN PARK UNDERGROUND Big Bus stop PE St Jamess Palace, Bond Street HARD ROCK CORNER Big Bus stop, opposite Hard Rock Cafe Constitution Hill, Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch HYDE PARK CORNER - bus stop L, outside Lanesborough Hotel Wellington Museum, Belgravia, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch HARRODS - bus stop outside Harrods, Brompton Road Knightsbridge, Harvey Nichols, Sloane Street

10.19 10.22 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.31 10.37 08.25 08.29 08.33 08.36 08.38

66 67 68 69 70 71 72

73 74 75 76

08.42

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUMS - bus stop F, Cromwell Gardens Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum GLOUCESTER ROAD - bus stop outside the Stanhope Arms Pub BADEN POWELL - bus stop outside 70 Queens Gate Baden Powell House, Natural History Museum ROYAL ALBERT HALL - bus stop outside Royal Albert Hall Albert Memorial, Princess Diana Memorial Fountain KENSINGTON PALACE - bus stop N, Kensington Road Kensington High Street NOTTING HILL - bus stop M, Notting Hill Gate Portobello Road Market, Holland Park KENSINGTON GARDENS by Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Bayswater Road Queensway, Whiteleys Shopping Centre PRINCESS DIANA MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND by Thistle Kensington Gardens Hotel, Bayswater Road The Elfin Tree, Round Pond PETER PAN - by the Thistle Lancaster Gate Hotel, Bayswater Road BAYSWATER - bus stop by London Elizabeth Hotel, Lancaster Terrace The Italian Gardens, Serpentine, The Long Water PADDINGTON STATION temporary bus stop, London Street (next to Praed St)

08.45 08.49 08.51 08.55 09.01 08.50 08.52 08.54 08.56 08.58 09.02

1 62 2 63 3 59 4 60 5 61 6 34 7 35 8 36 9 37 10 38 11 39 12 40

GREEN PARK - by the Ritz Hotel St Jamess Palace, Bond Street HARD ROCK CORNER - Big Bus stop, opposite Hard Rock Caf Constitution Hill, Green Park, Hyde Park Corner, Wellington Arch QUEEN MOTHER GATES Big Bus stop, opposite London Hilton, Park Lane Hyde Park, Mayfair, Shepherd Market MARBLE ARCH - Speakers Corner Oxford Street, Hyde Park MAYFAIR - Park Lane Oxford Street, Little America REGENT STREET - bus stop RK, Regent Street Hamleys, Carnaby Street PICCADILLY CIRCUS - bus stop G, Regent Street Soho, Chinatown HAYMARKET - Big Bus stop, outside No.11 Haymarket Leicester Square, Planet Hollywood, Trocadero TRAFALGAR SQUARE - bus stop, by the National Gallery National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Nelsons Column CRAIGS COURT junction of Craigs Court and Whitehall Admiralty Arch, The Mall, St Jamess Park BANQUETING HOUSE - Big Bus stop opposite Horse Guards Horse Guards, St Jamess Park WHITEHALL Big Bus stop, Parliament Street Downing Street, Cenotaph, Cabinet War Rooms, Big Ben

LONDON EYE - next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 09.08 River Cruise, Dal Universe, London Aquarium WATERLOO - Big Bus stop, York Road 09.13 14 42 London Eye, South Bank Arts Centre, Waterloo International Station COVENT GARDEN - Big Bus stop outside No.1 Aldwych 09.17 15 43 Royal Opera House, Londons Transport Museum, Somerset House 09.19 16 44 80 ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street ST PAULS 09.27 17 45 The City, Barbican, Museum of London, Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern LONDON BRIDGE - outside No.29 Tooley Street 09.42 18 46 London Dungeon, Tate Modern, H.M.S. Belfast, Southwark Cathedral, Globe Theatre TOWER OF LONDON - Big Bus stop, Tower Hill 09.50 19 47 River Cruise, Tower Bridge Experience, Docklands Light Railway EMBANKMENT PIER - Victoria Embankment 09.54 20 48 Embankment Gardens, Cleopatras Needle WESTMINSTER PIER - bus stop M, Victoria Embankment 09.56 21 49 River Cruise BIG BEN - opposite Westminster Underground Station, Bridge Street 09.59 22 50 Houses of Parliament, Big Ben (Stop Temporarily out of use) LONDON EYE next to South Bank Lion, Westminster Bridge 10.04 23 51 River Cruise, Dali Universe, London Aquarium LAMBETH PALACE bus stop outside Lambeth Palace 10.07 24 52 Imperial War Museum, Museum of Garden History PARLIAMENT SQUARE bus stop D, Abingdon Street 10.13 25 53 Houses of Parliament, Tate Britain

26 54 WESTMINSTER ABBEY - bus stop T, Victoria Street 27 55 28 56 29 57 30 58

New Scotland Yard, Westminster Cathedral BUCKINGHAM PALACE - outside No.1 Buckingham Gate ROYAL MEWS - outside No. 31 Buckingham Palace Road Big Bus Information Centre VICTORIA outside Westminster Thistle Hotel Big Bus Information Centre VICTORIA STATION outside Thistle Victoria Hotel

10.17 10.22 10.23 08.25 08.27

THE GREEN

THE GREEN LINK

EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES
PLEASE CHECK LAST BUS TIMES WITH YOUR DRIVER
NO COMMENTARY ON THE GREEN LINK
First Bus

LINK

RUSSELL SQUARE - Big Bus stop, Woburn Place WC1 Dickens Museum, University of London 78 ROYAL NATIONAL HOTEL Woburn Place (bus stop BP2166) Kings Cross/St. Pancras stations, Euston Station 79 BLOOMSBURY - SOUTHAMPTON ROW outside Cafe Nero British Museum, Lincolns Inn Fields 80 16 44 ALDWYCH - bus stop K, Aldwych The Law Courts, St Clement Danes, Fleet Street
77

08.55 08.56 09.00 09.05

LAST BUS DEPARTURE TIMES:

CHANGING DIRECTION ON THE BLUE TOUR
From Marble Arch (stop 4 31 60 ) buses depart both Westbound (towards Harrods) and Eastbound (towards Piccadilly Circus). *At 18.00 last buses depart for either the West or East section of the tour. Please consult staff if unsure about which bus to take. From The London Eye (stop 23 13 41 51 ) you may change direction to travel Eastwards (towards the Tower) or Westbound (towards Victoria). Please consult staff if unsure.

BLUE TOUR*see inset

Marble Arch

From Marble Arch 31

APRIL- SEPT 18:00

RED TOUR

From Green Park 1

APRIL - SEPT 18:00

GREEN LINK

From Russell Square 77

APRIL - SEPT 18:00

LOOK AFTER YOUR TICKET - IF YOU LOSE IT, YOU LOSE YOUR RIDE!

London Eye

Phoenix Theatre

Lyric Theatre

BIG BUS INFORMATION CENTRE

48 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD
OPEN EVERY DAY
EXCEPT CHRISTMAS DAY

A two hour ride on an open top Big Bus is an excellent way to get the wide-angle picture of Londons key sites.
The Mail on Sunday March 2005

N Big Bus Tour tickets N Friendly advice and information N Fast-entry tickets to many of Londons major attractions N Tickets for The London Eye N Superb Big Bus model buses N Big Bus BONUS card

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The company's guides and commentary are excellent blending humour, information and interaction. Spontaneous, entertaining and never dull, the guide provides a raft of unusual information to hold the attention....
Visit London Sightseeing Tour of the year Award 2004

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National Rail

River Cruise (one way only)

Walking tours

See more of London on foot with our fantastic FREE guided walking tours! (5 if purchased separately)
Daily at 10:00am Departs from Trafalgar Square - Stop 9 37

ROYAL LONDON WALK

INCLUDES CHANGING OF THE GUARD

FREE!

THE BIG BUS BEATLES WALK

Its been 40 years since Beatlemania swept the world so come and join us in our groovy Fab Four Tour celebrating the greatest rock band of all time. Soho and Mayfair are where the Beatles based themselves throughout their meteoric rise in the Swinging Sixties and where Paul McCartney still has his London office today. Hear of John Lennons cheeky remarks to the upper-crust VIP guests at a Royal Variety Show. Relive the fan frenzy at the premieres of their hit movies A Hard Days Night and Help! Discover where they recorded their classic hit Hey Jude and see the nightclub where Paul first met Linda Eastman in 1967. Finally, stand outside the Beatles famed Apple headquarters where they played their last rooftop gig in 1969. Join us as we lift the lid on the extraordinary world of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Walk finishes at Piccadilly Circus Stop: 7 35

Our classic Royal London Walk takes you to the very heart of historic Royal London from St. Jamess Palace, former official residence of Prince Charles, to Buckingham Palace, celebrated home of the Queen, taking in one of the worlds most spectacular ceremonies on the way the Changing of the Guard. Walk finishes at Big Bus Information Centre stop: 29 57

FREE!

GHOSTS BY GASLIGHT
The Spooky London Pub Crawl
Beyond the bright lights of the West End there co-exists an older more chilling London of dimly-lit alleyways, gas-lights and ghosts. Hear tales of haunted underground stations. Chill to the foul deeds of demon barber Sweeney Todd. Learn how a black cat prevents fatal consequences whenever 13 dine together at a world-famous hotel. A pint of ale in a dark corner of an old tavern or two will chase away your fears. Join us if you dare on Londons best ghost walk. Daily at 6:00pm Walk finishes at a convenient Underground station. Departs from Trafalgar

FREE

RIVER THAMES CRUISE THE GREEN

WITH YOUR TICKET!
BUS COMPANY
We are delighted to announce that new Cummins ISCe engines are installed in all of our London buses, conforming to Euro 3 Standard and exceeding the Euro 2 requirement for London.

Join the tour at any stop Tickets valid for 24hrs (during bus service times)

Valid for one way trip only while your Big Bus Ticket is valid. Departures from Westminster, Waterloo or Tower Pier.

Cruise operated by City Cruises, whose terms and conditions apply. Later cruises run during peak periods and weekends. Times subject to change.

YOUR

Hop-on, Hop-off as often as you like walking tours Ticket includes AND a one way River Thames cruise Change tours at any stop with an additional colour spot. For example: 80 16 44 ALDWYCH You may change here between the red and blue tours and the green link

RIVER CRUISE DEPARTURE TIMES - Daily every 20 to 40 minutes

FREE!

FROM TO TIMES

Westminster Pier OR 21 49 Waterloo Pier 13 41 Tower Pier

19 47

Tower Pier Westminster Pier OR Waterloo Pier

19 47 21 49 13 41

BIG BUS

Daily at 2:30pm Departs from Trafalgar Square - Stop 9 37

TICKET

First boat 10.00 Last Boat 18.00

First boat 10.10 Last Boat 18.50

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Square - Stop

9 37

ALL WALKING TOURS LAST APPROXIMATELY 112 - 2 HOURS AND DEPART FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE - STOP

9 37

- BUS STOP OUTSIDE SAINSBURY WING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY