Venues / Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

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Located on the south side of Kensington Gardens in London and with a capacity of almost 6000, the world-famous Royal Albert Hall is where all the main orchestral Prom concerts take place.

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Seating Plan

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How to get there

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By Underground

South Kensington (District and Piccadilly lines) High Street Kensington (Circle and District lines)

By Bus

The following buses serve the Royal Albert Hall (via Kensington Gore, Queen's Gate, Palace Gate and/or Prince Consort Road):

9/ N9, 10/ N10, 49, 52/ N52, 70, 74, 360 & 452

For 24-hour London travel information, call 020 7222 1234 or visit www.tfl.gov.uk

Please note that all Proms venues lie inside the Congestion Charging Zone which operates 7.00am-6.00pm Monday - Friday.

Cyclists

There are bicycle racks near Door 11 of the Royal Albert Hall. (Neither the Hall nor the BBC can accept responsibility for items lost or stolen from these racks.) The Royal Albert Hall is unable to accept folding bicycles in the cloakrooms."

Information

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Leith's are the official caterers at the Royal Albert Hall providing a wide range of food and drink within the bars, restaurants and boxes.

Restaurants
Café Consort is fully licensed and offers a menu of contemporary dishes. Post-concert drinks and light meals are also available on selected dates.
Recently refurbished, Coda is a new restaurant offering an elegant dining experience with a modern British menu.
The Elgar Restaurant offers a varied menu catering for all tastes with views over Hyde Park.
The Lanson Arena Bar serves a selection of light dishes.

The restaurants open two hours before the performance, except the Café Consort which opens two-and-a-half hours before. Tables should be booked in advance, except for the Lanson Arena Bar. Call the Box Office on 0845 401 5040* to make your reservation.

Bars
Bars are located on all but the Gallery level, offering a full range of drinks, sandwiches, confectionery and ice cream.The Lanson Arena Bar, North Circle Bar and Champagne Bar open two hours prior to each concert. All other bars open 45 minutes before the start of the performance.
Interval orders
Interval orders can be arranged from any bar. Please ask any member of bar staff.
Box hospitality
If you have seats in one of the Hall's boxes, you can pre-order catering. Please call 020 7589 5666 for details. Orders should then be placed in writing at least two working days before the concert that you attending. Please note Leith's do not permit the consumption of your own food and drink in the Hall, with the exception of cold soft drinks in closed plastic containers. In the interests of health and safety, glasses and bottles are not allowed in the auditorium, except as part of box hospitality ordered through Leith's.

Car Parking
A limited number of parking spaces, priced £7.50 each, is available from 6.00pm (or one hour before weekend matinee concerts) in the Imperial College car park (Prince Consort or Exhibition Road entrances). These can be booked using the Advance Booking Form in the Proms Guide, online using the Advance Ticket Request System (from 21 April) or by calling the Box Office on 0845 401 5040*, 9.00am-9.00pm daily (from 27 May). Please note that if attending both early- evening and late-night concerts only one parking fee is payable.

Doors open 45 minutes before the start of each concert (earlier for restaurant and bar access).
Latecomers will not be admitted into the auditorium unless or until there is a suitable break in the music. There is a screen in the Door 6 foyer with a digital audio relay.
Bags and coats may be left in the cloakrooms at Door 9 (ground level) and at basement level beneath Door 6. For reasons of safety and comfort only small bags are permitted in the Arena.
Security In the interests of safety, bags may be searched upon entry.
Children under 5 Out of consideration for both audience and artists, children under the age of 5 are not allowed in the auditorium.
Dress code Come as you are: there is no dress code at the Proms.
Mobile phones and watch alarms should be turned off.
The use of cameras, video cameras and recording equipment is strictly forbidden.

Royal Albert Hall Shop The Royal Albert Hall Shop, offering a selection of Proms and Royal Albert Hall gifts and souvenirs, is located in the South Porch at Door 12. The Shop is open daily from 10.00am to 6.00pm. Proms merchandise can also be purchased at the Door 6 foyer during performance times.