Down Street Tour & Cocktail Experience

This experience includes one ticket to our award-winning tour of Down Street station and one ‘Darkest Hour’ cocktail or equivalent non-alcoholic drink per guest, accompanied by tasty nibbles.

The meeting point for this tour is inside the Athenaeum Hotel, 116 Piccadilly, W1J 7BJ. Please ask to be directed to the right suite by a member of staff.

To plan your journey to the meeting point, we recommend using TfL’s Journey Planner or downloading the TfL Go app. 

Please arrive 15 minutes before the time on your ticket.

Once the tour is over, please make your way to the Flemings Hotel at 7-12 Half Moon Street, W1J 7BH, where a booking will have been made for you.

A smart casual dress code is required to enter the Flemings Mayfair.

Visitors must also wear flat sturdy shoes for the tour. Guests wearing open toe sandals or shoes, or high heels, will be refused entry due to health and safety restrictions. Sturdy walking shoes are recommended as there are uneven underfoot conditions throughout the tour.

Do not bring large or heavy bags as there are no cloakroom facilities.

Please also bring with you photo ID and your email confirmation to be permitted entry.

Children under 14 are not permitted on the tour.

All under 18s are eligible for concession tickets.

Please note that for this special experience, all under 18s must be accompanied by at least one legal guardian at all times. Only non-alcoholic drinks can be served to guests under 18.

Your tour of Down Street will last for 75 minutes and will involve walking for most of this time, including 122 stairs connecting the entrance at street level to the platforms. Following the tour, you can stay in Manetta’s Bar for as long as you like.

There are no cloakroom facilities or public toilets available on the tour. Please do not bring large or heavy bags.

There is no step-free access on the tour and there is no lift on site. There are 122 stairs connecting the entrance at the ground level to the Down Street station. It is advisable therefore that you should have an adequate level of fitness to undertake this tour. You may be refused entry if you appear to not meet this requirement.

The tour will include access to confined areas which may be unsuitable for people with claustrophobia. There will be areas which have low lighting and may be dusty.

Due to the nature of the tours, we are unable to accommodate visitors with wheelchairs.

Once you’ve booked your tickets, you will receive your order confirmation to the email address you provided at checkout. This may take up to 24 hours - please check your junk mail folder after this time, and if you have still not received confirmation, contact the Museum booking office via our Contact form. 

Tickets are non-transferrable. Please bring your email confirmation and ticket (preferably on an electronic device) as well as photographic ID for each ticket holder to be permitted entry.

The ‘Darkest Hour’ cocktail is an exclusive cocktail designed specifically and exclusively for Hidden London guests by The Flemings Mayfair. It was inspired by Winston Churchill, and in it you’ll find sweet Italian vermouth, sweet liqueur, and whisky – his favourite drinks.

One non-alcoholic drink can be offered as an alternative to the ‘Darkest Hour’ cocktail per guest, at no additional cost. All under 18s will be offered a non-alcoholic drink.

The nibbles offered by the Flemings Hotels are sliced French saucisson, spicy olives marinated in herbs, smoked almonds, and a mix of picos with pecorino and peppercorns and tomato & paprika served with Harissa mayonnaise.

Please inform a member of staff of the hotel if any of the above is not suitable to you and they will be happy to provide an alternative.