Rolls-Royce Phantom
3 passengers · 2 large cases
Private Tours
A Private Tour of London, at Exactly Your Own Pace
London rewards the traveller who can stop, look properly and move on when they choose rather than when a timetable says so.
- Duration
- A full day of 8 to 10 hours, or a half day of 4 to 5 hours
- Departing
- London
Quoted individually. Share the outline and we reply with a written price — no rate card, no obligation.
- Tour
- London Private Tour
- Duration
- A full day of 8 to 10 hours, or a half day of 4 to 5 hours
- Departing
- London
- Stops
- 6
Most visitors see London through a window that never opens. A private day changes the shape of it entirely. Your car waits while you walk the length of the Mall. It is there again when you come out of St Paul's, warm, with your coats and your shopping still in the boot. It carries you across the river without a queue, a ticket barrier or a wait in the rain, and it lets you keep going long after a walking day would have run out of legs.
A morning usually begins in Westminster while the light is still low and the pavements are quiet: Parliament Square, the Abbey, the long view down Whitehall. From there the route turns to Buckingham Palace and the edge of St James's Park, then east through the City, past the Bank crossroads and up to St Paul's. The Tower and Tower Bridge come next, and the view back along the river from the south bank is the one most people photograph.
The afternoon is where the day earns itself. You might give an hour to a gallery, cross to Kensington for the museums and Hyde Park, wander Notting Hill, or simply ask to be taken somewhere good for lunch and given the time to enjoy it. Nothing is fixed. Your chauffeur holds the plan loosely and rebuilds it around whatever you decide at eleven o'clock, which is a freedom no coach and no itinerary can offer you.
We should be straightforward about what we are. Your chauffeur is a professional driver, not a licensed London tour guide, so there is no scripted commentary from the front seat. Admission tickets are arranged by you, and we are glad to advise on timings and the order that tends to work best. If you would like proper narration, we can arrange a qualified guide to travel with you for the day on request.
Traffic, weather and mood are all handled the same way: quietly, and without you having to think about them. Bags, coats and purchases stay in the car, which matters more than it sounds by the fourth stop. When the day is done, your chauffeur returns you to your hotel or takes you straight on to dinner.
Why Luxury Chauffeurs
Why Clients Choose Us for London Private Tour
01
Kerbside, not car park
Set down at the Abbey door and collected at St Paul's. Nobody walks back to where the car was left, and no one hunts for a space.
02
Driver, not narrator
Your chauffeur is a professional driver rather than a licensed London guide. Ask for a qualified guide to travel with you and we will arrange one.
03
Bags stay aboard
Coats, umbrellas and whatever the Burlington Arcade tempted you into all live in the boot, which matters far more by the fourth stop than the first.
04
Zones and charges
Congestion Charge, ULEZ and the low-traffic streets are handled in the planning, so a central London day never stalls on a restricted turn.
At a Glance
London Private Tour
The car simply waits
No parking, no re-hailing, no walking back to where you started. Your car is where you left it.
Rebuilt around you
Change the order, drop a stop, add an hour. The plan is a suggestion, not a schedule.
Half day or full day
Four hours covers the headline London. Eight to ten lets you actually go inside things.
Local Knowledge
What a London Day Actually Holds
A realistic full day holds three substantial stops and two short ones. The Tower alone absorbs two and a half hours; the British Museum will take whatever you give it. Between April and September you have light until nine, which buys an extra stop. In December the good photographic light has gone by half past three, so we front-load the outdoor sights and keep the galleries for the afternoon.
Admission is arranged by you, and the slot you hold is the hinge the whole route turns on. Tell us your Tower or Westminster Abbey time and we will build the morning backwards from it, because a ten o'clock entry and a two o'clock entry produce entirely different days. We will say honestly when two timed slots sit too close together, and suggest the order that leaves you walking downhill rather than across the city.
Very little of central London allows a car to wait at the door. Your chauffeur uses agreed set-down points a few minutes' walk away and holds nearby, so a message brings the car to you. Expect three or four miles on foot across a full day, mostly flat. When rain sets in we simply reorder: the museums, the Abbey and the covered arcades move forward. A qualified guide can travel with you if you would like the history properly told.
Ways to Travel
Chauffeur Services
Every service is available on this page's journeys. Each has its own detail, timing and pricing basis.
Luxury Chauffeur Service
Chauffeur Services
Private Chauffeur
Private Travel
Personal Chauffeur
Regular Arrangements
VIP Chauffeur
Discreet Travel
Executive Chauffeur
Executive Travel
Business Chauffeur
Business Travel
Airport Chauffeur
Airport Travel
Chauffeur by the Hour
Hourly Hire
Chauffeur for the Day
Full-Day Hire
Luxury Vehicles
Choose Your Chauffeur Driven Car
From an executive saloon to a Rolls-Royce. Model, colour and specification are subject to availability and booking confirmation.
Rolls-Royce Cullinan
4 passengers · 3 large cases
Rolls-Royce Ghost
3 passengers · 2 large cases
Mercedes-Benz V-Class
6 passengers · 6 large cases
Land Rover Defender
5 passengers · 4 large cases
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
3 passengers · 2 large cases
Mercedes-Maybach
3 passengers · 2 large cases
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
3 passengers · 2 large cases
Four Steps
How Booking Works
Chauffeur booking with us is a conversation rather than a checkout. Every journey is priced individually.
01
Tell us the journey
Send the date, the addresses and the shape of the day on WhatsApp, or use the journey planner. There is no obligation and no card details are taken to get a price.
02
We quote in writing
You receive a written quotation covering the vehicle, the timings and everything included — no estimates that move later, and no surge pricing.
03
The car is held
On confirmation a vehicle and a named professional chauffeur are assigned to your date, and the terms are put in writing.
04
Your chauffeur arrives
Briefed on the route, the access and the waiting arrangements before the day, so nothing is decided at the kerb.
Included as Standard
What Every London Private Tour Booking Includes
Quoted as one price. No hidden extras added at the end of the journey.
- A professional chauffeur assigned to your day alone
- An unbranded executive car held between every stop
- Congestion Charge, ULEZ and parking inside the quotation
- Set-down and collection points agreed for each sight
- Advice on timed admission slots and realistic stop lengths
- Still water, phone charging and umbrellas in the car
- Child seats fitted on request at no extra charge
- A qualified guide arranged to accompany you on request
London rewards the traveller who can stop, look properly and move on when they choose rather than when a timetable says so.
Corporate & Business
Incentive Days and Delegations
When a board meets in the City, the spare afternoon is what people remember. A sightseeing chauffeur turns that gap into a proper experience: Greenwich and the meridian, the Docklands skyline, or an hour at Kensington's museums before dinner. Several vehicles can run together for a delegation, each with its own chauffeur, all coordinated through a single point of contact so nobody is left standing on a pavement.
Partner programmes running alongside a conference are the other regular request. While delegates sit in sessions, their companions take a half-day city tour and return to the hotel in time to change. We plan around the conference schedule rather than a tourist one, and where a group wants informed commentary we will bring in a qualified guide to travel with them.
Who We Drive
Who Travels with Us for London Private Tour
First-time visitors
Travellers with four days in Britain who want the capital's headline sights in one confident sweep rather than three separate underground journeys and a missed booking.
Families with children
Parents who know that a six-year-old has roughly two museums in them, and that the difference between a good day and a meltdown is a warm seat nearby.
Couples with an evening
Two people who want the morning unhurried, lunch somewhere worth sitting in, and the car at the restaurant door long after the last tour bus has gone.
Returning to London
Guests who have already done Westminster and now want Spitalfields, Dulwich or a single gallery given three proper hours instead of twenty rushed minutes.
Events & Occasions
Anniversaries and First Visits
A milestone birthday spent being driven between the places you have only seen on screen is a different proposition from a crowded open-top deck. Couples marking an anniversary often take a late-morning start, a long lunch, an afternoon gallery and dinner somewhere the car can reach at eleven. Nobody watches the clock, and nobody has to be the one who stays sober.
Family history days are quietly common here: a street in Bermondsey, a church register, a name on a memorial. Send us the addresses and we will thread them into the route between the better-known stops. Tickets remain yours to book, and we will tell you how long each place realistically takes so the personal part of the day is not squeezed to the end.
Airports
Airport Chauffeur Connections
Met in arrivals with a name board, luggage carried, and departures planned around your check-in.
Popular Journeys
Long Distance and Intercity Journeys
Quoted door to door as a single movement, including the return leg and any waiting in between.
- 01London to ManchesterTypically 4 to 5 hours by road, depending on traffic
- 02London to BirminghamTypically 2 hours 30 to 3 hours 30 by road, depending on traffic
- 03London to OxfordTypically 1 hour 30 to 2 hours by road, depending on traffic
- 04London to CambridgeTypically 1 hour 30 to 2 hours by road, depending on traffic
- 05London to BathTypically 2 hours 30 to 3 hours 30 by road, depending on traffic
- 06London to BristolTypically 2 hours 30 to 3 hours 30 by road, depending on traffic
- 07London to the CotswoldsTypically 2 to 3 hours by road, depending on traffic
- 08London to SouthamptonTypically 2 to 2 hours 30 by road, depending on traffic
Timing & Availability
Seasons, Daylight and Booking
May, June and September are the kindest months: long light, gardens at their best, and pavements not yet at August density. July and August bring the crowds and the school holidays, so early starts matter more. Winter has its own case — bare trees open up the views, the galleries are calm, and the Regent Street lights are genuinely worth an evening loop.
Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable for most dates. Half terms, the fortnight either side of Christmas and summer Saturdays fill earliest, and the larger vehicles go first when families travel. Short notice is often possible midweek. Because timed admission slots are released long before we are usually asked, secure those first and we will build the day around whatever you managed to get.
Professional Chauffeur Standards
The Standard We Hold
What a premium chauffeur service should mean in practice, rather than in a brochure.
Vetted professional chauffeurs
Every chauffeur is licensed, insured and vetted before they drive for us. They are briefed on your journey in advance and dressed for the occasion.
Discretion by default
Vehicles carry no branding. Your chauffeur speaks when spoken to, and what is discussed in the back of the car stays there.
Immaculate vehicles
Current-generation cars, valeted before every journey, with still water and charging in the rear compartment.
One point of contact
The same person handles your enquiry, your quotation and your booking, so nothing is explained twice.
Where We Travel
Nationwide Chauffeur Service
London is where most of our work begins, but a chauffeur can be arranged to and from any address in the United Kingdom.
The shape of the day
- 01Westminster, Parliament Square and the Abbey
- 02Buckingham Palace, the Mall and St James's Park
- 03The City, the Bank crossroads and St Paul's Cathedral
- 04The Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the South Bank
- 05Kensington, Hyde Park and the museum quarter
- 06Notting Hill and the pastel terraces of Lancaster Road
Suggested only — the route is yours to change on the day. Your chauffeur is a professional driver, not a licensed tour guide, and admission tickets are arranged by you. A qualified guide can travel with you on request.
Get a Quote
Request a Personalised Quotation
Every journey is priced individually against distance, duration, vehicle and timing. Send the outline and we will reply with a written quotation.
Frequently Asked
London Private Tour — your questions
No. Your chauffeur is a professional driver rather than a licensed guide, so there is no scripted commentary. They know the city well and will happily point things out, and if you would like expert narration we can arrange a qualified guide to travel with you.
Tickets are arranged by you. We are happy to advise on which timed slots work best with the route and how long each stop realistically takes, so the day flows rather than rushes.
Yes, and most people do. The itinerary is yours. Tell your chauffeur at any point that you would like longer somewhere, or somewhere else entirely, and the rest of the day is rearranged around it.
For two passengers an S-Class is ideal. For a family or a group of four to six the V-Class gives everyone their own seat and room for coats and shopping. Tell us the party size and we will recommend.
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London & the whole UK
Quoted individually, in writing, before anything is confirmed.
Arrange Your Chauffeur
Where Will Your Next Journey Take You?
Tell us the date, the destination and the mood of the day. We will reply with a written quotation and a chauffeur assigned to you.