The Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum

Nearly 1,000 years in the making. Returning to England for the first time.

Two complimentary tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum, included with 15% off your stay at The Londoner, Leicester Square.

Available for stays between Friday 18 September and Monday 30 November 2026.

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For lunch or dinner before or after your visit, we recommend Whitcomb's, our Mediterranean brasserie steps from Leicester Square, and just a short journey from the British Museum.

Bayeux Tapestry, England, about AD 1072–77. Photo © La Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie / Antoine Cazin.

For the first time in nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is returning to England. Following a historic agreement with France, the 70-metre-long embroidery, depicting the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of 1066, will be on loan to the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027. 

No year in English history is more studied, more debated or more present in the national imagination than 1066. The Tapestry is both a remarkable work of art and an extraordinary historical record, offering a vision of life in 11th-century England from castles and warfare to clothing, food and the ships that crossed the Channel. Likely commissioned by a Norman patron and made by English embroiderers working from manuscript drawings in Canterbury, it is one of the true wonders of the medieval world. 

As a corporate partner of the British Museum, The Londoner is pleased to offer guests complimentary tickets to this once-in-a-generation exhibition. 

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