Hampton Court Palace in South Hams - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Truly transported back in time. An awesome Royal Castle and Palace that oozes history from every wall, ceiling and floor... Gardens too.

Seeing the palace of King Henry VIII was pretty cool and the fact that all the infrastructure felt authentic and not just stuck on after renovations is just an extra touch.

Castle amazing but you will need your own imagination to enjoy your visit. Garden area lovely for a sit down. Scones horrendous, so disappointing.

I only visited the garden because it was garden open day so it was free

Definitely worth a visit at least once. The inside is a bit pricey but the gardens are free to explore. Great place for a picnic

Excellent visit to Hampton Court. The gardens are wonderful and the free tour guide recording is very informative and interesting.

A splendid day out, and a real walk through time

Very lovely place to visit with family and kids. The palace and gardens are all beautiful. Kids loved the maze, very difficult to find the centre, but was fun. The kitchen garden and rose garden is a lovely place to take pics... in the main garden there is a lovely fountain with benches and greenery, if you want to eat your food there, remember to take a picnic blanket! The magic garden is a fun place for kids, they loved it there, take towels and spare clothes as there is a place to play with water. Best time to go in the morning so you can spend good couple of hours there and make the most of it. Definitely go when the weather is good as apart from the palace, it's all outdoors.

So worth it! Amazing views. I spend around 5 hours there, the maze was really fun.

Authentic experience and a wonderfully historic landmark. So pleased we were able to visit.

Such a fascinating place!! There is so much to see so recommend taking a whole day to visit. The audio guides are great and allow you to explore the place in your own time. Staff are super friendly and often give you tid bits about the palace. Gardens are great to explore too!

Magnificent sunny afternoon to visit the castle and its magnificent gardens. Beautiful walk along the Tamisé possible.

Really interesting, everyone really friendly, need more than one day to see it all

Historic beautiful palace. Staff was extremely friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful, especially the ladies in the shop!

It's a very interesting place for someone who is interested in history like myself. I did expect some rooms to be a little more extravagant, so I was a little disappointed when they were not. Lots of nooks and crannies. Huge fireplaces and high ceilings. Costumes were lovely, and the views of the gardens were amazing (loved the fountain). Beautiful flowers and shrubs, and there is a cafe, so good if you need a cuppa. There is a gift shop, great stuff but very expensive, overall I had a great day!

Stunning place. The magic park for children is amazing

You need to be serious about Henry VIII and others of that era to make any sense of this building. I thought that the 1611 Authorized Bible (KJV) was done here but building guard knew nothing about that. Kids liked the Maze and adults liked the cafe.

Nice place to hang out with family

The guides are incredibly friendly and fun! Even though they must explain the same things countless times a day, they remain patient and enthusiastic throughout. Their passion really made the experience enjoyable. Thank you 🙂!

Beautiful gardens and really informative about contextualizing Henry viiis life and how that transitioned into the Georgian era. This is reflected with the two wings and in the info displayed

It will be closed when it arrives

We went on a bank holiday weekend where they have amazing food stalls. Would highly recommend for a day out.

The Timeless Beauty of Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace, located along the serene banks of the River Thames in southwest London, is a magnificent testament to England’s rich history and architectural grandeur. The palace, renowned for its association with King Henry VIII, offers a unique blend of Tudor and Baroque architecture, making it one of the most captivating royal residences in the country. Originally constructed in the early 16th century by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Hampton Court was later seized by King Henry VIII when Wolsey fell out of favor. The palace soon became a central symbol of royal power and prestige, housing not only the king but also many future monarchs. Its sprawling halls, ornate chapels, and grand reception rooms provide visitors with a glimpse into the opulence of Tudor court life. The exterior of Hampton Court is an architectural marvel, blending the brick Gothic style of the Tudors with the elegant Baroque elements added later under King William III. Its iconic clock tower, intricate chimneys, and the vast Great Hall, adorned with majestic tapestries, create a striking visual experience for anyone who steps foot inside. Outside, the lush gardens extend the palace’s beauty into nature. Hampton Court’s famous gardens, including the meticulously maintained Privy Garden and the whimsical Maze, offer a peaceful escape, inviting visitors to wander through hedges, fountains, and floral displays. Whether admiring its historical significance or simply taking in the splendor of its design, Hampton Court Palace remains an enduring symbol of England’s royal heritage and architectural mastery.

My family and I just had the most amazing experience at Hampton Court which was all because of Zak Zvinis. He went way out of his way to walk us around for hours and showed us all of the nooks and crannies that we never would have noticed without him there. He showed us all of the Tudor graffiti and was so patient with all of our questions. He took us to some AMAZING places….. I cannot thank him enough! I am STILL shaking with excitement! My only regret is not taking more pictures!

Lovely to visit. Really enjoyed.Ample parking on site.Pay parking charges at the end of visit.So no stress of parking. lovely palace and Gardens and welcoming staff.

Wonderful experience. Stunning palace with a wonderful courtyard.

I go every year to the food festival and it gets better every time. It’s a great place to visit to get some different food and have a great time.

Of all the places I've visited since 2009, this one is among my favorites (top). It's worth all the money you spend on the tickets .This place is magnificent. I've never had the chance to visit something and feel emotionally like that... (I felt like crying). I can't explain this feeling....and the children's playground (magic garden ) was great 🤩

Attended the food festival event

I don't have any words to explain its beauty. It was taken 3hours to visit the whole palace . There is a cafe shop and toilet facilities inside of this palace.

Great place to visit for history

We visited whilst the food festival was on which was good but we really enjoyed walking through the many different areas of the palace with it's amazing history and artefacts. We had mobility needs (manual pushchair) and had lots of help. Disabled parking was close to the entrance and most areas were accessible. Staff were very helpful and helped with using the lift to access the upper floor.

One of the UKs best visitor attractions for history and traditional Tudor architecture etc

Really nice visit, plenty to see

If you like History this is well worth a visit. Fantastic place. You can walk the same rooms where Royals and Courtiers plotted against each other.

Great visit, the magic garden is perfect for children

Wonderful castle with a great audio guide and knowledgeable staff. Quite something to see. Takes about 4 hours to see everything.

Nice place with family out and chilling in sunny ☀️😎 day

Great day out, full of history, exhibits and wonderful gardens! The only downside for us was food/drink prices were quite high

I really enjoyed visiting this palace because you can go at your own pace and really take in the history. Much more modest than the working castle a d palace, but it has a great charm. Take note of the architectural mix created by past residents. Be sure to view the gardens and grab a quick bite in the queens private kitchen.

A lot to see, unfortunately we didn't get to see the large garden due to a car show on the grounds.

A truly amazing collection of interconnected palaces from several different British dynasties that shows the magnificence of each addition and extension made to the original palace. The audio guide is very good and really brings to life the amazing historical rooms, furniture and artifacts.

It was a very hot muggy day & we only went in the maze & magic garden before the boys decided they'd had enough. Next time, I will go on my own and explore the house! Especially now I know there is parking on-site. The sign out front kept directing us to a different parking area.

Great place! Definitely I will recommend it for visiting

When you step on the grounds, you notice how well kept everything is from the gardens to the trees. Once inside, you slip back back into a time of kings, queen, and knights. Each room in the castle tells its own story while you walk from one room to another. The castle has the royal tennis courts on the backside along with an area to the side where knights would joust. You can also take a carriage ride pulled by shire horses through the formal gardens at the Palace. You will need several hours to walk through the palace. It is an amazing site to see!

Absolutely beautiful, the cafe does need more Gluten and soy free options. Vegan and vegetarian are a life style choice celiac disease is not!!!

Our first time coming to Hampton Court and what an incredible day. We attended with two 9 year old boys and they were amazed listening to the history behind the walls on the free audio headsets provided as we explored the grounds. The secret garden and the maze topped the day as they spent right up until closing time running around and just being kids which was so lovely to watch as we sat back and rested before heading home. Would definitely recommend.

Hampton court was amazing , there were so many activities to do .

Excellent palace, worth visiting even on a short stay in London. Easy to get to by train.

Lovely area however the place grounds was closed but a great cafe opposite

Great place for family day out with young kids

The grounds are great and the Concourse of Elegance was a very good event to have there

Concours of Elegance it some of the finist grounds England has to offer

Excellent place of historical interest but terrible customer service. I have been to over 100 castles, museums and palaces over the years and the customer service is the worst I have ever experienced. Gardens weren’t open on my visit despite full price charged. I wrote to them to ask for a partial refund and they said no due to terms and conditions and the fact they were advertised as being closed. Admittedly I did miss this, however I think the lack of being able to accommodate a reduced price re-visit or partial refund shows a lack of interest. Also, other parts of the site were taken over by a car auction was taking place on the same day meaning it wasn’t as presentable. I realise that other events are a big part of their revenue stream and they need to take place, however it really isn’t acceptable that the team don’t recognise the importance of individual customers and that the gardens in affect belong to the nation.

Visited for the concorse of elegance motoring event.

Really loved Hampton Court, was really pleasantly surprised and will definitely return. We fortunately read up about the audio guide beforehand and remembered to take our earphones for our phones. Accessing the audio guide was simple and free and really enhanced the visit. Loved the gardens. The history was fascinating and we will definitely return when the chapel is open again.

Transported in time, visiting this palace ❤️

Very peaceful and tranquil. Leisurely strolling highly recommended 👌

Definitely improving over the years, displays were good and it gave an overview of the time periods and the detail; from the politics to the clothing and ways of the court and how it is managed. There was also a food festival - massive bonus; a large array of drinks to sample - Chocolate Liqueur!!!

We had to do a speed through because we were catching a plane at Heathrow in the afternoon so we concentrated on the Tudor rooms. The line was really long but moved with remarkable efficiency. There's plenty to look at, it's beautiful, and it was a nice, very grand compliment to our other Tudor stop, Hatfield House. If we had had time we would have spent the day there. You can watch films, series, and read books, but nothing beats standing in those rooms and walking through those corridors where this history actually occurred. We (family of 4 from the U.S.) really enjoyed it. Also, the food at the café was GREAT.

Amazing place, went there for the Concours of Elegance. Staff were really friendly. Highly recommend visiting. Also if you're an automotive enthusiast, highly recommend visiting attending the Concours of Elegance. Truly an incredible event with the most rare and expensive cars in the world.

Fascinating history. Many of the building are as they were at the time the king lived there. The magic garden was great for kids.

I love history, but when you want to have a sit down and a cup of tea it is shocking how much you have to pay... Been to plenty of historic places and the cafes here are the most expensive...let us not start on thr food prices

The audio guide/tour is amazing. Very easy to navigate using a little tablet. The palace is beautiful, with so much history! When you walk through it’s very interactive, and you are able to touch anything inside the rooms. They also have the kitchen ovens running so you can smell food throughout the kitchens (my favourite part was the Tudor Kitchens) The palace gardens are also worth a visit. This was my second time at Hampton Court Palace and I’m already looking forward to my next visit!

It's been FABULOUS learning more about the English kings and queens, but I still have a lot of questions about the English kings and queens.

It is one of the best royal palaces in London.

Lovely day out and activities for the whole family. We went during the August bank holiday and got to enjoy the food festival in the palace gardens. There is a far amount of walking but there are places to sit and get your energy back.

Former home of Henry XVIII and the Tudors, the castle is as beautiful from the inside as from the outside, you can attend themed shows inside the castle and the staff is courteous and pleasant.

Nice experience. Must visit place.

The most amazing palace and grounds in the uk.

I enjoyed every part of the Palace!! And each corner had magic! So good experience

Beautiful Palace, Loads to do and see. We spent 4.5 hours here and only managed the Palace rooms and tearoom; will return another day to see the maze and gardens. Worth every penny.

Absolutely very interesting and very good info. I enjoyed thexday there.

Amazing! Audioguides perfectly guide through the differenti historical sections of the castle. Garden are very beautiful!

Good half marathon course here.

very historic and educational. Staff very polite helpful and knowledgeable about the place. Shame chapel was closed due to renovations but one could still see from balcony. very nice day . parking was a 500 m walk away but happened to find parking g easily

Very interesting audio guides for the rooms tours but they are only the family friendly versions for the courtyards etc. There is very little information around unless you get the audio guide, book a tour or buy the guidebook. Having said that, we were there for around 4 hours by which time the mind was beginning to go!

The family and I had a great day at Hampton Court Palace. There's a lot to see and read, we didn’t have the audio headset, so i probably missed quite a bit of information, so if you don't want to miss out, I would suggest you hire a set, and if you don't mind carrying bags I'd suggest you pack a picnic we didn't and we found the cafe rather expensive for what we had, would we go again probably yes in a few years and take our youngest grandson he would love the magical garden, I would just make a couple of judgement on my next visit, headset and picnic and eat in one of the iconic gardens, I've given 5 star because the house and grounds are amazing and the guides and other members of staff was very helpful - friendly and knowledgeable,

Awesome place to visit so beautiful inside and out

Beautiful castle and gardens. We were here for 5 hours including lunch. There are several audio tours to follow. They are very informative. That alone took us almost 3 hours. It's really amazing how much has been preserved. Definitely worth your money! The gardens are beautiful too.

Very nice! A lot of richly decorated rooms, the specially designed rooms where the meals were cooked, a large and well-kept park, panoply of weapons, a gallery with a lot of paintings, a cafe where you can have a snack or a drink. Great, you need at least 3 hours to see everything.

Beautiful castle with the largest kitchen in Europe with the copper cauldron, kept in the boiling room, still active for tourist purposes, and the dining room where six hundred courtiers ate a day. In Henry VIII's apartments, the family portrait stands out with Jane Seymour and her children Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.

A great day out, loads of history and a food festival for good measure (!) Every single member of staff we spoke to was LOVELY! It was an extremely wet day but thankfully the shop sold emergency ponchos. The family room where you can chuck bags in lockers was also helpful.

This is one of the best historical palaces we have visited. We visited on food festival weekend and it still didn't feel cramped. We actually only had time to visit the palace and apartments in 6 hours, so going to have to book another trip for the grounds! The palace itself was immaculate outside and in with very little litter, cobwebs, dust around. Very impressive for outside late August. The palace staff were so friendly, helping us with a double kids buggy. Great day out!

Food festival was a fun day out in the beautiful setting of the palace grounds

Lovely day out exploring the home of Henry VIII and William III. Lots to see and do. Food wasn't too expensive and there is something for everyone.

A great day out with the family, and especially when they host special events like the good fair this weekend. Staff are friendly and very knowledgeable about the palace and its history. The grounds are amazing and peaceful.

A must, very well renovated rooms, friendly and helpful staff. It is located in a wonderful garden. We were there for the food festival. Also a cool experience

Walk in the corridors where Henry VIII walked. Portraits of all the unfortunate wives. His bedroom. Thrilling. See where they guillotined Helen Boleyn.

Very good, history comes alive. Worth a visit. Recommend getting a Royal Palaces pass and you can visit the other lala ds also.

We had a fantastic time at Hampton Court Palace. I definitely recommend buying the tickets in advance, so you can just walk up to the entrance and show the QR code, otherwise you will need to purchase at the ticket office before going to the entrance. There is car parking on site, but I could see this getting full quickly on busy weekends. It’s ANPR operated and you pay at the machine before exiting. There are so many exhibits at the Palace, we learnt so so much. You can get audio guides from the Palace shop if you want. We especially loved the Queen’s Apartments, Mary II, which were very beautiful and full of information. Afterwards, we toured the gardens and loved finding out about the World’s largest grape vine, the maze and eating the fantastic food at the Tiltyard.

A fantastic place to visit. The history of this place is so rich.

Lots of empty rooms, food was very expensive.

Lovely visit. Home to Henry VIII and William III among others.

Fantastic place, need to go back...4hrs and still not enough time to see everything

The the palace is beautiful but even more so are the gardens

Had a great time visiting this truly amazing place. We were lucky that there was also a food festival on made the experience better

Great experience as ever, super friendly staff, audio guides easy to use and added a good level of extra information. We really enjoyed the performance in the main hall at 2pm as part of the untold voices - Arabella's story was really well told.

Great castle with a special history. The audio guide is available in several languages ​​and is informative. There is also a version that tells a story and is therefore particularly suitable for children. The only drawback is the extremely high entrance fee.

Nice place. Recommend going in the summer. Make time for the gardens too! Especially with toddler. Great play area.