Many visitors who come to London inevitably come to see the changing of the guard in front of Buckingham Palace. The ceremony itself takes place in front of the palace when the old guard, those soldiers who are to be relieved of guard duty, are replaced by other soldiers.
All of this takes place with the presence of the marching groups from the military. The ceremony itself lasts for around 45 minutes while soldiers wearing red uniforms and hats made out of bear skin march next to the guards themselves. If visitors want to visit London between May and July, they can witness this ceremony every day at exactly 11:30am.
Between July and April, the changing of the guard takes place every second day of the month. It can happen that the ceremony is cancelled due to bad weather, which is always announced on the official website of Buckingham Palace.
What is definitely a con of the entire experience is the fact that you could wait for quite a long time to get a good spot. We therefore highly recommend that you come earlier if you want to see the whole ceremony taking place. The ceremony itself is not particularly spectacular, but many tourists come to see the changing of the guard, even if they don’t visit Buckingham Palace itself.
