{"id":307643,"date":"2025-07-31T22:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307643\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T22:13:24","slug":"heres-how-you-could-have-a-snoop-inside-10-downing-street-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/307643\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How You Could Have A Snoop Inside 10 Downing Street Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_145853606-min-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"The entrance and iconic front door of 10 Downing Street\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: pcruciatti, Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>If noseying around other people\u2019s gaffs is even nearly as high up on your list of favourite hobbies as it is on mine; you\u2019re going to want to hear this.<strong> London\u2019s Open House Festival<\/strong> is returning in September, giving mere mortals (like you and I) the rare opportunity to step through the threshold of some of <strong>London\u2019s most exclusive establishments<\/strong>. Many of which are usually off-limits to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Between <strong>September 13 and September 21<\/strong>, hundreds of sites across the city are opening their (usually firmly locked) doors for the occasion, and allowing visitors to explore inside. The <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/free-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/free-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">free-to-visit<\/a> festival aims to champion <strong>accessibility, inclusivity, and community<\/strong>, and will include various tours, workshops and drop-in sessions.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_1999392419-min-1.jpg\" alt=\"The BT Tower and the London eye at dusk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"  \/>Credit: Colin Eby, Shutterstock The balloted buildings <\/p>\n<p>Some<strong> particularly legendary landmarks<\/strong> will be getting involved in the festival, and members of the public can enter the recently-opened ballot to be in with a chance of peeking inside one of them. The rather iconic likes of <strong>10 Downing Street, the BT Tower, the BBC Broadcasting House, Canada House and the London Museum<\/strong> will all be accessible to the fortunate folk whose names are drawn in the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The balloted buildings are<strong> rarely accessible to the public<\/strong>, so this really is a unique opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with some of the city\u2019s more iconic infrastructures. These extra special spots join over<strong> 700 other buildings<\/strong> and spaces as part of the festival\u2019s programme, from ancient architecture to modern masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-305860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/03_Canada-House-photography-\u00a9-Ben-Blossom-e1753972782570.jpg\" alt=\"London's Canada House at dusk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"934\"\/>Credit: Ben Blossom <\/p>\n<p>Offering a<strong> fair and free way<\/strong> to allocate some of the most sought-after tickets in town, the ballot is open now and closes on <strong>August 18<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Celia Mead<\/strong>, Festival Director, said: \u201cThis is our \u2018Golden Ticket\u2019 moment where we invite people to apply for the chance to get into some of London\u2019s unique and usually off-limits spaces. It\u2019s the fairest way to share access to the most popular and fascinating buildings. And if you don\u2019t get selected this time, don\u2019t worry. With thousands of other free events and openings across the city, there\u2019s still so much to discover when general booking opens on August 20. Whether you\u2019re a regular or it\u2019s your first time, we encourage everyone to get involved and experience London in a whole new way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the Open House Festival, plan your visit, and enter the ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/programme.openhouse.org.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/programme.openhouse.org.uk\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: pcruciatti, Shutterstock If noseying around other people\u2019s gaffs is even nearly as high up on your list&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,17009,257,10763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-307643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-local-trip","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-trip-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114950151461831988","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}