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Discover the home of Henry VIII. Experience the public dramas and private Lives of Henry VIII, his wives the queens and their children in the world of the Tudor court. Admire Henry’s Great Hall and Tudor kitchens.
- Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace
The Spectre of Silverstick Stairs . A sad white wraith...
- The Gardens at Hampton Court Palace
In the early 1500s Cardinal Wolsey laid out the first small...
- The Story of Hampton Court Palace
By the 1530s, Henry VIII's Hampton Court was a palace, a...
- The Field of Cloth of Gold
At 6pm on 7 June 1520, Henry VIII of England met François I...
- Shopping
Henry VIII on Tour. Join Henry VIII on Tour where various...
- Schools
Guide for planning and booking an educational visit to...
- History and Stories
A collection of history and stories associated with Hampton...
- What's On
See the much-loved books brought to life at Henry VIII's...
- Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace
- The King's Apartments
- The Chapel Royal
- The Great Watching Chamber
- The Great Kitchens
The Great Halland Chapel at Hampton Court survive as testament to Henry’s spectacular building programme and grand interior designs. At some point during Henry VIII’s reign, all six of Henry’s wives visited Hampton Court and most had new and lavish lodgings. The King rebuilt his own rooms at least half a dozen times. Many of Henry VIII’s sumptuous ...
Henry's last great building project at the palace, the Chapel Royalwas begun in 1535. The most important change was the addition of the fantastical ceiling, which still survives. The ceiling's components were carved at Sonning, several miles further up the River Thames, before being transported to Hampton Court and reassembled there.
The Great Watching Chambergot its name from its position beyond the Great Hall, where Yeomen of the Guard were stationed to ‘watch’ and control access into the more private royal apartments.
In 1529-30, the capacity of the Great Kitchento serve the meals eaten in the Great Hall was doubled and a second serving-place was added to the south, allowing twice as many waiters as before to carry food up to the Great Hall. To its west three new small courtyards sprang up, surrounded by many specialised offices for boiling, pastry-making, fruit...
Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed 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, Greater London, England
- Historic Royal Palaces
- Hampton Court Palace
The Great Hall at Hampton Court was largely rebuilt by Henry VIII in 1532 to designs by Christopher Dickenson and James Nedeham. The most stunning feature is its hammerbeam roof, decorated...
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...
Henry VIII’s royal workmen take over building works at Hampton Court Palace. Extensive works will include transforming the kitchens, royal lodgings, Great Hall, chapel, and tennis courts.
