From Hampton Court train station, the palace is a ten-minute walk. I recommend that any visitor to London download the CityMapper app. Every Londoner swears by it as it provides real-time public transport recommendations to get you anywhere in London.
There are also child and family tickets available. You can buy your tickets directly from the palace website. As this is the low season, the palace usually offers half-price tickets when booked online. I spent just over 4 hours there and it was plenty for me. After 4 hours in the cold I could barely feel my toes! In winter this would be enough for all but the most hardcore of history fans. I wish I could have spent longer exploring the gardens as they made me feel like a princess, but, as previously mentioned, the temperature was becoming an issue.
Hampton Court Palace is open every day except December; from in summer 29 March-3 November and in winter 4 November — 28 March. You will spend a lot of time outdoors and even the inside of the palace can be chilly. In summer, bring a picnic lunch and enjoy it on the grass.
In my opinion, the perfect time to arrive at the palace is Trying to navigate the palace is mind-boggling! The man running my tour was acting as Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous explorer, but I believe this changes regularly so your tour guide could be anybody from the Tudor era.
After the Welcome Walk have a look if there are any other tours you would like to join. Tours offered include a garden history tour, Elizabethan cookery and more! It was good fun, and the actors crammed quite a bit of information about that area of the palace in. Unfortunately, the hall was closed off for conservation when I visited, but there were still windows to peek in so that I could see its famed opulent ceiling.
The second best area of the palace is, in my opinion, the Georgian Story. Wander the rooms of George II and Queen Caroline and peer in at their rooms, which include original furniture. If you brought a picnic now is the perfect time to enjoy it! I opted for the Privy Kitchen Cafe and ordered a steak pie with mashed potato and gravy, the most popular choice.
I knew the price when I ordered it. I knew that I was at a tourist attraction, meaning prices would be higher than elsewhere. Interestingly, the cloth was used as an altar cloth for centuries before being identified as a rare piece of clothing. A beautiful portrait named the Rainbow Portrait is also on display which shows Elizabeth wearing the dress, which was a cool piece of evidence pointing towards its authenticity.
In the summer months April to October there are river services. The most frequent service is by Turks boats see their web site for times , between Richmond and Hampton Court, a journey of around 1 hour 45 minutes. There is also a service from Westminster Pier adjacent to Big Ben for a three to three and a half hour trip out to Hampton Court stopping at many stops including Kew Gardens, Richmond and Kingston.
Nowadays this service is down to a single schedule in each direction, you could not squeeze a visit to Hampton Court between the schedules. A Windsor - Hampton Court shuttle has been introduced connecting Hampton Court with Windsor Castle, further details further down the page. Hampton Court has a straight forward ticketing system with concessions for children but not seniors and there are family tickets too. Your ticket includes access to the palace, maze and gardens, plus a multi- language audio guide, costumed guided tours, children's activity trails, entry to the Cumberland Art Gallery, Magic Garden, the Young Henry VIII exhibition and much more!
Tickets purchased on-line in advance are cheaper than purchasing on the day at Hampton Court. Tickets from discounters like Discount London banner link below are normally cheaper than buying from the Hampton Court official website, link at the top of the page. However, in the winter months Hampton Court often run offers where if you purchase tickets directly through their website, they can be up to half the price of summer ticket prices.
These offers normally only apply to around the second week in February, so do check the official price for more details. Entrance queues at Hampton Court are not really an issue, just buying a standard ticket on-line in advance will skip any queue waiting to buy tickets from the ticket desk. The original palace was built by Cardinal Wolsey who spent lavishly to build the finest palace in England at Hampton Court.
Henry added the Great Hall which was the last medieval Great Hall built for the English monarchy and the Royal Tennis Court, which was built and is still in use for the game of real tennis today. Not the present-day version of the game. This court is now the oldest Real Tennis Court in the world that is still in use.
During the reign of William and Mary, parts of Henry's additions were demolished. A new wing was added partly under the supervision of Sir Christopher Wren , and the state apartments came into regular use.
Half the Tudor palace was replaced in a project that lasted from Hampton Court is one of those places where you can spend a couple of hours or a day. The Palace itself is split into three major sections broadly corresponding to phases in its development. The most popular is the Tudor section with Tudor kitchens and Great Hall. The driest is probably the Georgian section.
Throughout the day there are interesting demonstrations to supplement the audio tours along the routes. So it's a bit like scheduling your visit to a zoo so you see the various feeding times. Demonstrations are on things like musical instruments in Tudor times, the life of a maid or expert talks on some of the paintings. There are also costumed characters that do scheduled talks in the grounds. These are relatively lightweight but are good for kids.
To 'do' the whole Palace will take you half a day. Besides the core Hampton Court Palace there is much else that might divert you. For kids and those young at heart there is the famous Hampton Court Maze. There are extensive landscaped gardens and often horse and buggy rides available if it takes your fancy too. Of course there are also restaurants and gift shops too. Two hours before the next high water the curtains are lifted, which allows vessels to navigate unimpeded through the bridge.
She is a two level boat with a deceptively large enclosed saloon and an open top deck. This historic vessel, built by Salter Brothers Oxford in , has plied the river for over a century.
Princess Freda was built in by T. Letcher on the Isle of Wight, and has been restored to a particularly high standard. Cookie Notice : This website does not store personal data in cookies.
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