Audio Tours in London: Book These 12 Before You Fly

1.Westminster Abbey Entrance Ticket Including Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 661 reviews · from $41Our pick

Explore Westminster Abbey at your own pace with timed admission and a multimedia guide in 14 languages. See royal tombs, Poet’s Corner, the Coronation Chair, and Gothic chapels. Plan for two to three hours, arrive early, and check entry arrangements carefully because third-party vouchers may involve an extra queue.

“The whole booking and ticketing process is 5 star but the experience wasn’t very good hence why I’ve scored it 3 stars. That’s nothing to do with Viator but the Abbey itself. They need to control the people going in better and slow them down around the various sections on the tour , it was so congested throughout I found myself out of sync with the audio and skipping queues and missing parts of it.”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.London Panoramic Open Top Bus Tour with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 209 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $48

Start near the London Eye and circle central London by partially open bus. You’ll see Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, and Trafalgar Square while an audio guide explains the sights in 12 languages. Some departures include live guides such as Andy, Emma, Dominic, Joe, or Simon.

“Good way to get the lay of the land & help decide where to prioritize your time. Tourguide was knowledgeable, informative, & personable.”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.Emirates Stadium and Arsenal Museum Entrance Ticket Including Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 113 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $48

Walk through Emirates Stadium with a self-guided audio tour in nine languages. Visit the players’ entrance, dressing rooms, tunnel, dugouts, pitchside areas, manager’s office, and Arsenal Museum, where club artifacts include famous shirts and boots. Allow 90 minutes to two hours.

“Hearing the history of the team. Touring the different areas including the team areas. Seeing the time capsule and the current team picture.”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.Buckingham Palace: Walking Tour with Entry & Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 91 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $92Top rated

Join an English-speaking guide such as Lee, David, or Sion for a 20-minute royal walk from St. James’s Square through St. James’s Park and along The Mall. Then enter Buckingham Palace independently with the palace audio guide, visiting grand state rooms, the Picture Gallery, and a 2025-only special exhibition.

“Unfortunately I tried to reach aviator due to incorrect date. Nobody answered. The tour guide help me to do the cancellation but no one can support on rebooking. Thanks God I went to the kiosk and was able to take the tour.”

Check availability →Read our full review

5.British Museum Audio Guide & Small Group Entry

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 81 reviews · from $12

This self-guided British Museum visit gives you timed entry support, a host at Russell Square, and a phone-based audio guide with more than 50 stops. Follow highlights such as the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian galleries, and Leonardo da Vinci works in one of seven languages. Bring your own headphones and arrive early.

“The meet up and entry was very smooth and on time. Escorts were nice and thorough in instructions. Well worth not waiting in line”

Check availability →Read our full review

6.British Museum Audio Tour with Free Guaranteed Entry

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 30 reviews · from $11

Visit London’s British Museum with a reserved entry time and a self-guided audio tour. English commentary is detailed, while shorter highlights are available in Spanish, Mandarin, French, Italian, and German. You explore at your own pace, but you must download the correct ticket and audio link before arriving.

“Apparently the Museum was unaware of this "3rd party audio tour" and had no way of supporting it. We had to download the museum app at additional cost. We've respectfully requested a refund from Viator.”

Check availability →Read our full review

7.London Walks – 12 Self-Guided Audio Walking Tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 17 reviews · 1 to 6 hours (approx.) · from $34

Use your phone to explore London with 12 self-guided audio walks from Vidi Guides. Hear local or historian-led commentary as you visit Westminster, Buckingham Palace, South Bank, Kew, Soho, Shoreditch, Brixton, and Notting Hill. Download each route for offline use, follow the GPS map, and stop whenever you like.

“Excellent Tours! There is a lot of great information while you explore the city. We were here for 4 days and did 3 tours, well worth the price. The actors who do the tours speak well, and do a great job. We thought the information was excellent as we love to hear about the history of the area. We had misunderstood the initial instructions. We got the app and signed in to get our tours. What we missed is that you have to start the tour to download. We were able to do this, but want to advise to do this important step. We found that we could pair two…”

Check availability →Read our full review

8.British Museum’s English Audio Tour with Free Reservation

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 15 reviews · from $11

Reserve a free timed entry to London’s British Museum and use a separate English audio-tour app on your phone. The route points you toward major treasures from Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, and the Islamic world. Museum Wi-Fi helps, but bring headphones and find the actual PDF ticket in your email or WhatsApp.

“Unfair illegal business practice. They hark up free tickets and sell them, there are only so many tickets per day so they take scam people who want to go on a busy day. Audio tour is not provided, meeting point incorrect nobody there, way better of getting into the museum for free and doing an audio tour via them. Viator facilitates this scam.”

Check availability →Read our full review

9.Britpop Camden: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in London

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 1 hour 20 minutes to 4 hours (approx.) · from $9Best value

Follow a GPS-guided audio tour through Camden and Primrose Hill, hearing mid-1990s Britpop stories at music pubs, market stalls, record shops, and venues such as Electric Ballroom and The Good Mixer. You set the pace, pause when you like, and use the app offline in English. Bring your own phone and headphones.

“I liked the way the tour was setup. I recommend to a solo traveller who wants to discover and learn at the same time.”

Check availability →Read our full review

10.National Gallery English Audio Tour with free fast Entry

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 8 reviews · from $11

Explore London’s National Gallery at your own pace with a phone-based audio tour covering major paintings from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Your $11.01 booking includes a timed entry reservation, but not headphones or a live guide. Download the app and audio before arrival, and check the language carefully.

“Compramos la audioguía en español y nos la enviaron en inglés. Además, había muy pocos audios, no estaba completo.”

Check availability →Read our full review

11.London’s Alternative History: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Follow a self-guided VoiceMap walk from Covent Garden to the Savoy, stopping at theatres, Somerset House, the Thames, Waterloo Bridge, and London’s last Victorian gas lamp. GPS audio gives directions and stories at each place. The tour takes about 60 to 90 minutes, with lifetime offline access and no group schedule.

“What an amazing experience, thank you. Your pace was exactly right. Four of us absolutely loved the walking tour, all interesting, Covent Garden, Dickens flat, Somerset house even though we had a very interesting tour there the day before, the Savoy cabs and carts!! Also, the voice was soothing and perfectly paced. Excellent 👌. Looking forward to another.”

Check availability →Read our full review

12.Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $11

Use your phone and headphones to follow a private, self-guided route from Marble Arch to Queensway. The English VoiceMap tour takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes and covers Speakers’ Corner, Serpentine Lake, Kensington Palace, Italian Gardens, and quieter park landmarks. Download the audio, maps, and route for offline use.

“Bit disappointed as it doesn't take you to some of the key areas of the park. I also couldn't get it to work on pocket mode. That could have been my mistake but it wasn't easy for me to work out why not.”

Check availability →Read our full review