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Our address
Royal Academy of Arts
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London WIJ OBD
Registered Charity No. 212798

Telephone +44 (0)20 7300 8000

Our opening hours
We are open seven days a week from 10am to 6pm and until 10pm on Fridays (and Saturdays during AZTECS). Last admission to the galleries is thirty minutes before closing.

Getting here by Tube
The closest tube stations are Piccadilly (on the Piccadilly and Bakerloo lines) and Green Park (on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines). Oxford Circus and Bond Street are the nearest tube stations on the Central Line. Both are approximately 10 to 15 minutes walk away.

Getting here by bus
There are five bus routes, listed below, which stop on Piccadilly. The main stages of each route are listed along with a link to more detailed information on www.transportforlondon.gov.uk

• The number 9 bus service
  Route: Hammersmith, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Aldwych.
  Click here to visit www.transportforlondon.gov.uk for information on the number 9 bus service
  

• The number 14 bus service
  Route: Putney Heath (Green Man), Putney, Fulham Broadway, South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, Tottenham Court Road Station. On schooldays two afternoon journeys start from Putney (Elliott School).
  Click here to visit www.transportforlondon.gov.uk for information on the number 14 bus service
  

• The number 19 bus service
  Route: Finsbury Park, Highbury, Islington, Bloomsbury, Tottenham Court Road Station, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Sloane Square, Chelsea, Battersea Bridge (Southside).
  Click here to visit www.transportforlondon.gov.uk for information on the number 19 bus service
  

• The number 22 bus service
  Route: Putney Common, Putney Bridge, Parsons Green, Chelsea, Sloane Square, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus.
  Click here to visit www.transportforlondon.gov.uk for information on the number 22 bus service
  

• The number 38 bus service
  Route: Victoria, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly Circus, Tottenham Court Road Station, Bloomsbury, Islington, Dalston, Hackney, Clapton Pond.
  Click here to visit www.transportforlondon.gov.uk for information on the number 38 bus service
  

Some useful telephone numbers

• Transport for London
  020 7222 1234 (24 hours)
  

• Transport for London textphone
  020 7918 3015
  

• Transport for London email enquiries
  travinfo@tfl.gov.uk
  

• National Rail Enquiries
  08457 484950