London Dungeon

Fast Track Tickets are cheaper than purchasing a General Admission ticket from the Dungeon.
• The main queue will reach lengths of at least two hours between 11am – 3pm
• A Fast Track Ticket to the Dungeon should gain you admission to the attraction in 30 minutes (during peak times of day)

Deep in the heart of London, buried beneath the paving stones of historic Southwark, lies the world's most chillingly famous horror attraction.

The London Dungeon brings more than 2,000 years of gruesomely authentic history vividly back to life....and death.

As you delve into the darkest chapters of our grim and bloody past, recreated in all its dreadful detail, remember: everything you experience really happened.

A warning - in the Dungeon's dark catacombs it always pays to keep your wits about you... some of the 'exhibits' have an unnerving habit of coming back to life...

SURGERY : BLOOD AND GUTS NEW AT THE LONDON DUNGEON

LONDON'S BLOODIEST OPERATING THEATRE OPENS ITS DOORS EASTER 2009

Guests to the London Dungeon's newest experience should hold onto their stomachs and prepare to witness history's most horrific blood soaked surgery in graphic, gangrenous detail as Surgery : Blood and Guts opens Easter 2009.

The legendary attraction with a unique talent for uncovering history's horrible bits lifts the lid on some of the brutal practices of medicine's blood splattered past as Tooley Street's blundering 18th century butcher-surgeon opens the doors to his filthy make-shift operating room. Full of fresh body parts, rusty blood encrusted surgical instruments, puss-ridden bandages, dog eared anatomical diagrams and the discarded or partially dissected corpses of previous patients, this is a dark, dismal and decidedly dangerous place. As guests gather to witness some of the toe curling therapies commonly used in the days before anaesthetic, antiseptic and patient's charters, the menacing surgeon selects his next patient and straps them securely in to his "state of the art" treatment chair to showcase his skills. First up is a spot of trepanning as a large hand drill is used to bore through the patients' skull to relieve any pressure to the brain. Next a blood letting demonstration will quickly sort the squeamish from the strong before the Surgeon finally pulls out his deadliest tools with blood curdling consequences!

Adding to the gore factor is a "live" dissection on the amazingly "death-like" cadaver of one of the Surgeon's previous patients as horribly realistic intestines and internal organs are carefully removed and examined.

WARNING: THIS SHOW IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE OF A SQUEAMISH DISPOSITION.

For those who emerge unscathed there's a whole dungeon full of frightening fun. From the Victorian stomping ground of Jack the Ripper to Sweeney Todd's hair-raising barber shop, a hanging inspired drop ride and with plenty of twisted humour, blood, gore and more in between, there's centuries of history's horrible bits to discover.

All the usual frightening features will be on display including:

• Extremis: Drop Ride to Doom!
• Traitor: Boat Ride to Hell!
• The Great Plague - dodge those rats!
• Jack the Ripper - who was the killer?
• The Great Fire of London - beware of the raging flames.

Opening Times 2009

2nd January-13th February - 10.30am-5pm
14th February-22nd February - 9.30am-6.30pm
23rd February-3rd April - 10.30am-5pm
4th April-19th April - 9.30am- 7pm
20th April-22nd May - 10am-5.30pm
23rd May-31st May - 9.30am-6.30pm
1st June-17th July - 10am-5.30pm
18th July-31st July - 9.30am-6.30pm
1st August-31st August - 9.30am-7pm
1st September-23rd October - 10am-5.30pm
24th October-1st November - 9.30am-7pm*
2nd November-30th December - 10am-5pm**

* 31st October 9.30-10pm
**Except 24th Dec, 26th Dec, 31st Dec, 1st Jan (2010) 11am-4pm and Closed on Christmas Day.

Ride Maintenance

• 23rd February – 26th February 2009 inclusive Extremis: Drop Ride to Doom! will not be available to customers as it will be undergoing its annual maintenance.
• 2nd March – 16 March 2009 inclusive Traitor: Boat Ride to Hell! will not be available to customers over this period.