Once in London, can one buy tickets ahead of time...for example, show up on a Monday to buy tickets for Thursday (entry and Vergers)

Good advice, Feldie. Thank you!

Thanks Caph, but it's a question, not a suggestion - I forgot to add the '?'! We aren't going to be there until next month and I'm trying to 'bust' as many queues as I can.

I'm so sorry, Feldie. For the second time in the past couple of weeks, I have to ask whether it's possible to develop dyslexia in your old age! ;) I obviously read it as "one can" instead of "can one". :-D

Hope someone pops in with an answer!

My sister got through to the Abbey and they told her that I could not book a week out-- I should call, instead, the day before and put my name on the list for the verger's tour.

Thank you for that information, ekscrunchy. We aren't going until August, so if I can't call until the day before, it's one less thing to obsess about right now!

We plan to go on Monday, so if we can't get the verger tour, we have London Walks as a fallback.

Ah foof. Thanks ekscrunchy. Better than nothing! There is also the audio guides, I suppose.

Abbeys Information Desk on +44 (0)20 7654 4834

I just got back an email confirming ekscrunchy's sister's info.

FWIW - we bought our Verger tickets the day before and had no problems. We were in the area and decided to do some "advance" planning. Maybe we were just lucky but we were also very flexible about the time.

Hope you have a great trip CAPH!

Thanks, dfr! Both for the info and for the good wishes!

I just want to report that we took the 11am Verger's tour today and it is wonderful! I had forgotten to call yesterday to put our names on the list, so we showed up today at 9:30am opening time and there was no queue and no problem putting our names on the list for the 11am tour. The tour costs an extra 3 pounds each and takes about 90 minutes.

Thanks very much for that report, ekscrunchy! Good info to have.

Good to know you enjoyed the tour :)