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1193127. Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces, a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties.
- Hampton Court Railway Station
Hampton Court railway station is a suburban terminus station...
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Hampton Court Maze is a hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace...
- Hampton Court Railway Station
The story of the buildings at Hampton Court begins before Henry VIII’s Palace and even before Cardinal Wolsey’s country house. Around 1494, a courtier named Giles Daubeney leased the land at Hampton Court from a group of monks known as the Knights Hospitallers. An outline of Daubeney’s manor is laid out in red bricks in Clock Court to ...
Tickets and prices. Explore Hampton Court Palace. Pre-booking is recommended and ticket prices are different for peak and off peak visits. Dogs are not permitted within the palace, courtyards or gardens unless they are trained assistance dogs. Ticket prices from (excluding donation): Members: Free. Adult: £27.20.
Historic Royal Palaces marks 500th anniversary of Henry VIII 's accession to the throne with celebrations and new garden in the Chapel Court. It is inspired the garden depicted in The Family of Henry VIII painting (c1545), which hangs in the Haunted Gallery. Hampton Court Palace was an important backdrop to these moments in history and more.
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Hampton Court, Tudor palace in the Greater London borough of Richmond upon Thames. It overlooks the north bank of the River Thames. In the 1520s the palace was given by Thomas Cardinal Wolsey to Henry VIII (reigned 1509–47), who enlarged it as his favourite residence.
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Hampton Court Palace. Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London. The British royal family have not lived there since the 18th century. The palace is 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. The palace was bought by the English ...
Henry VIII's Tudor Palace Virtual Tour. Hampton Court was Henry VIII’s pride and joy and is the most magnificent surviving Tudor palace in the world. He took it over from his disgraced minister, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, in the late 1520s and immediately embarked upon an ambitious programme of building. 1.
