Tour of White Lodge

Tours of White Lodge provide an introduction to the Grade I listed hunting lodge, commissioned by George I in 1727, which has been home to The Royal Ballet School since 1955. Tour routes may vary depending on activities taking place on site, but would normally include access to the original fine rooms of the main villa; ballet studios; the dining hall; the boarding houses (including the room in which Edward VIII was born in 1894); the brick-lined tunnels dating from the 1760s; the Georgian kitchens, now the School Library; the Victorian Stable block, now the School’s academic classroom area, and the gardens. All tours will culminate with a visit to White Lodge Museum

Please note: Tours of White Lodge do not include viewing the students in training; tours take place during school holidays, when the students are off-site. The standard tour includes stairs and some uneven ground. However, White Lodge is accessible for wheelchair users; please let us know if you have any access requirements at the time of booking.

Duration: The entire visit will last approximately 1 hour 45 minutes (a 1 hour site tour, followed by a visit to White Lodge Museum).