Hampton Court Palace in South Hams

Very interesting outing. Possible hiring adult/ child recording through earphones whilst visiting. Beautiful gardens to explore. Loos not that much.

Stunning blend of baroque, tudor and flamboyant architecture. Worth a visit for sure

Magnificent palaces and gardens!

A complete waste of time and money. Most rooms just have portraits and tapestries in them. There's no furniture and nothing to see in most rooms There is hardly any signage so you can't find your way around, let alone know what the room was used for. The palace isn't opulent or anything special either. I love to take photos and didn't take a single picture there. Don't bother going.

It was a great experience for Halloween

Best place to visit...out of this world.... fantastic walks beside it too

Great Day out walking around, they had set up for Hollowen which was great for my grandson. Lots to see for sure.

Well worth a visit - very interesting and a lot to see!

Spent over 5 hours here. What a magnificent place/Palace! The audio headsets were a great asset.

Grandparents to take a children + grandchild £183 for one day in April. We live too far away to be members to go want to go regularly. Membership does not include a guest either. Most of the palace gardens including the Maze are private and not accessible unless you pay in one go,for the whole palace and gardens even if you visited before and don't want to do the whole thing again. The Maze and parts of gardens have been sectioned off for members and full house+garden paying visitors only. You have to be a full paying visitor every time - one cannot choose to go either to see the Palace or Palace and gardens or just the gardens or just the Maze . It is the most costly place to visit. We have been sectioned off, divided, segregated.

Lovely walk in the house and gardens

Totally worth the price of admission.

Visited on Halloween, was a lovely day out, children loved the displays and the actors, well worth visiting.

Well worth a visit, full of history.

I was here over 10 years ago but I appreciate it even more the second time. King Henry had very fine and expensive taste, haha. I can only imagine how busy he kept his masons.

Not been for over 60 years but will return soon. Was lots to do for children as was Haloween week. I will avoid that next time as children running everywhere

Great place to visit with little ones in Halloween.

Fascinating place Felt that signage etc could be improved, no obvious route to take and easy to miss some parts of the Palace. Tiltyard terrace cafe very disappointing. Unimaginative expensive food. Could have used the opportunity to provide more interesting food perhaps with a historical basis. Disappointing that such wonderful kitchens were built in the Palace and such dismal food could be served.

Went to Hampton Court Palace for Halloween with my daughter who is 11 in half term. My daughter is keen on photography so she loves taking pictures in the Palace and gardens. The gardens are great, the maze is smaller than I remembered, was in and out in 5 minutes. Food at the restaurant/ cafe is okay, we had chocolate fudge cake, good sized slice at £6.50 coffee and soft drink. Entry is a donation, nearly £50 for an adult and a child. I understand it is much cheaper, circa £1.00 per person, if you are a member or claim some sort of social payment such as income support. Also you can get a discounted on food and drinks. Parked in Bushey Park Car Park, which was very inexpensive, £2.00 donation, and it was good to see the deer walking around, when we returned my daughter had fun in the little kids play park. The walk from the car park is about 15 minutes or just under a mile. All in all quite expensive, but quite nice.

Great day out for the family. Lots to see, learn and enjoy. We loved the extra Halloween themed stuff that had been added. My daughter loved to ghost of young Henry 8th. Especially the fist bump for sitting in his chair.

Nothing like Halloween celebrations in a spooky Hampton court

Halloween Hampton court is great for the kids

Very well preserved and incredibly interesting.

Always a great day out however it seems overly packed, maybe due to the works that are going on. Halloween decorations were great

Love Hampton Court Palace, not been for years as I live too far away. It is full of so much history.

We went during the halloween event and it was worth it.

Rather overun with children as it was half term but still an enjoyable and informative place.

Fabulous day here with the family. It was Halloween and the Palace had pulled all the stops out to make it an event to remember. Thank you much. This has to be on your list of places to visit

I really hadn't expected to spend a full day here as my kids are usually bored after an hour in an historial place! We ended up staying until it closed, having got there just after it opened :-) This is how to do history. It was accessible, well-presented, with plenty of live action going on to hold everyone's attention. We had a decent meal in the cafe (although a long queue for hot food so we ate sandwiches and cakes). The magical garden is the best play area I've ever taken the kids to as well. A great day out and we really felt like we'd got our money's worth.

Very interesting with lots to see and marvel at. They had gone to a lot of trouble with Halloween stuff which the grandchildren liked. Staff were all very approachable and helpful. Cafe only adequate which is why it's 4star not 5.

It’s a great experience and an amazing setting. What a pity however they’re not able to control large groups of school children visiting. It is important that our children get a good exposure to history, but surely not at the expense of everyone else?

A wonderful place to visit. I have visited many times and still love going .

Love going to Hampton court palace with the family. Whether we go to the palace or to the magic garden. The days goes by quickly , highly recommend it

Great day out for the whole family. Lots to see especially for history lovers.

A fun spooky vibe and the playground is amazing!

Benefit ticket website didnt work then spent an hour loking for parking (ok should have come by public transport but doesnt make clear when booking how bad it is). No real explanation of rooms or furnishings then cafe closed way before closing time - great building.

We spend the whole day here as a family just before the magic garden closed for the season. Absolutely loved it, the Halloween activities were brilliant, one of the best Halloween events I've been to. Staff were all very friendly and helpful, especially a lady in the magic garden who replaced my little girls sticker & was very kind. Unfortunately our visit was married by a rude member of staff who shouted at me for taking photos while we were rushing through the apartments & missed the no photography sign. Genuinely quite shocked at how I was spoken to. The excuse that it can't be photographed for religious & copyright reasons doesn't sit well with me, as cultural spaces should be accessible for everyone regardless of religion. I have the photos and I'm not deleting them.

Had a great day out and glad I had a discounted ticket. I would have been disappointed with a full price ticket. Although it’s a beautiful place and great to see the history, I felt the place lacked information. Many rooms with just paintings on the walls, no information regarding the paintings and the room you were in. Went in the chapel wanted to know information about it but nothing written anywhere. Went on google when I got home. Very little artifacts to look at. Maybe you need the audio guide to find out information. Drinks and cafe EXTORTION! bring your own food and drinks wanted a bottle of water but on had water in a can for nearly £4! No thanks. Parking is £1.50 per hour. Probably won’t return and definitely wouldn’t pay full price. Tower of London owned by the same company is so much better!

Such great vibes!!! My boyfriend and I have been ice skating here every Christmas for the last 3 years. Of course I recommend going at an off peak time so you get more space especially if you’re a beginner like ourselves. We thoroughly enjoy it, and the cafe after serves up a perfect hot chocolate to finish the activity off.

We had an amazing, insightful day. The audio guide was great. The Architecture and history is unmissable. The effects for Halloween would have been great for younger audiences. The gardens were Lovely to explore and not crowded, we will be back in summer!!

£3.75 for a 125ml (not even 200ml) carton of orange juice which is not even fresh. In their cafe which is understaffed. Have I time travelled? That is more expensive than the freshest of the fresh at luxury boutique stores. Yet this is a general tourist attraction. Traffic control terrible, over 1 hour traffic delays with no signage stating car park full until the entrance. I am happy to pay for quality in all circumstances but here is simply daylight robbery. Many alternatives including some with far higher quality food offerings, better event management and visible reinvestment.

The staff here are very friendly and eager to help. The grounds and Palace are well kept and have such an interesting history. Loads of things to keep children interested and the magic Garden play area is a must.

Took visitors from Middle East here and they loved it!!

Beautiful and interesting place with beautiful gardens

Always love going and for Halloween it is EXCELLENT!

Really cool and I recommend buying membership because it’s cheaper and you can see Tower of London too

Very nice place with huge gardens. Worth the price 😁

We went during a food festival- everyone was out in the garden, and very few people were touring the palace, so we nearly had the place to ourselves. It was amazing to walk where so many important historical figures lived, worked and played. We also loved the gardens! If you plan to also visit Kensington Palace, Tower of London and Kew Gardens, consider purchasing a Historic Royal Palaces membership for a savings- plus 10% off in the cute gift shop!

A must-see for history buffs and architecture fans. The maze is brilliant, and the whole place is kept pristine, and the workers are pretty dedicated. The whole area is worth a whole day out.

Had a lovely day out at Hampton Court Palace. It’s quite expensive to get in although they do have student discount which we used. The house was amazing and the staff were super friendly and helpful. Food in the cafes was nice and the grounds were beautiful too!

We are so glad to we made the trip out there to see Hampton Court. It was one of our favorite places to see. We wish we had more time there since we went in the afternoon. It wasn’t crowded at all and we loved seeing how the different monarchs changes things around. You get to explore a lot of the place and many places take your breath away. The gardens and the hedge maze were worth the walk too. My husband and I did this with our three daughters (elementary thru HS). Highly recommend!

My first visit , on an overcast, drizzly day but a great place to visit as so much to see and do inside Hampton Court. Even after fours hours, we didn't really get around all of the outside, so will definitely visit again in the future to appreciate Hampton courts' lovely gardens'

The visit must be nice but we still need to give you time to finish it, we arrived at 2 p.m. and we were taken out of the castle at 4 p.m. because they had switched to winter hours, we still had to know... no reminder at the time of booking, nothing! In short, very disappointed, we drove 2.5 hours and barely visited half of the castle and we cannot say that the price of the tickets is cheap. We didn't even have time to set foot in the gardens...

Magnificent castle and very well decorated for Halloween

Wonderful experience, but avoid the food facilities (huge queues and terrible food). Parking is also a nightmare.

Amazing the tour.. get the headphones for the tour 👍👍

Went last week as I haven't been for over a decade and absolutely love the place! Halloween decorations were up and added a good atmosphere to the place. I got the £1 universal credit tickets and you get 50% off in the cafe/restaurant, which is brilliant. Definitely need all day there if you want to do the rooms and the gardens. Only complaint from my 70 year old dad, was that there needs to be more information in each room to read.

Stunning, well worth the visit.

We visited today & the palace & grounds are stunning & well worth a visit. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see as much as we would’ve liked to as we spent 1 hour queuing for hot food, then for there to be a limited choice as a number of items had run out. Had it been later in the afternoon, I would completely understand options having run out but this was only about 2pm. The cafe/restaurant is not running efficiently enough to cater for the numbers of people. Plenty of seating but dirty tables & only 2 people serving when the queue stretched outside the door. By the time we had managed to eat we only had 1.5 hours left to view the grounds before closing. The tickets were not cheap but due to time spent queuing, I feel we didn’t get our money’s worth.

Great day out. Takes 2+ hours to do the Palace properly and the gardens are also substantial and lovely. Young ones will enjoy the maze as well.

Hampton Court Palace is amazing! It was a royal palace beginning with Henry VIII until the reign of George II. Much of it was rebuilt in the 1690s, so you get to see both Tudor and Baroque architecture. When I was there, three staff members in period dress were demonstrating how they make dishes and glasses out of sugar. It was absolutely fascinating! Be sure to check out the Wolsey Rooms, the oldest remaining at the palace. They were built in the 1520s by Cardinal Wolsey before he gave the palace to Henry VIII. A few final comments. The entire staff was friendly and helpful. The gift shop was excellent. The palace is conveniently located a very short walk from Hampton Court Station.

Lovely Halloween time at Hampton Court Palace. Kids enjoyed it 👍💐

I’ve been here several times and absolutely love it, I never get tired of it. Gorgeous building with lovely grounds full of history, and helpful staff.

I love Halloween @ Hampton Court Palace. Each year, it’s so spooky and the attractions change. I highly recommend Halloween time. The cafe at Tiltyard is lovely. But they need to make the hot menu more visible. The staff are really lovely and make the whole experience memorable. Watch out for the spooky ghosts. Got to check out the Royal Tennis Court and Magic Gardens this time. Very cool

Never fails to impress. The magic Garden is always worth a visit. Halloween 2024 was the best yet! Excellent work HCP! 👏

Halloween event today, took the family, wonderful family fun with lots of ghosts and special spooky arears to gawp at. Not very scary but a fun day.

A truly unique piece of history. Must see Palace and gardens.

A lovely place to explore. Very interesting.

So much to see. Tiltyard café excellent, but Privey café poor.

A delightful walk on a blustery day. The gardens and kitchens were favorites.

Excellent place. Very beautiful Tudor and Jacobean palace. Great staff, with actors bringing it to life. Beautiful gardens And of course, there's the famous maze. Easy to drive to and easy by public transport.

When my friend suggested to visit this palace I need to admit, I have heard the first time about it. However the visit exceeded expectations. There are beautiful gardens, the maze, amazing playground for those who have kids, and the two sides of the mansion - a part of history related to Henry viii and about William the Orange. Tip: bring your headphones as you can scan a code with your smartphone and have a free audio guide (versions for adults and children are available). While we only stopped for lunch, we spent a good 4 hours there and the last minutes were very rushed, so plan more time to take your space

Beautifully kept historic palace about 30 minutes from London. Very knowledgeable and friendly guides too.

Such an awesome and historic place. Walking around and listening to history is one of the best things I know. You can borrow headphones and the player on site and choose what you want to listen to. A trip to the park is a must. If you like history, this is a must!

Beautiful Palace! My sister is a Tudor fan and loved her visit to Hampton Court.

Very educational, easy to follow self tour. No line up in the afternoon

Large tourist attraction near river Thames plenty to keep occupied if not come back another day, gardens well kept, several restaurant choices however can be expensive. Kids anoy you just lose them in the maze also bushy park is across the road by the lion head gate.

Wonderful experience. Used the London Pass for the tickets. Absolutely stunning palace and gardens.

Staff very helpful and answered all of our questions. The free audio guide was very well done. The gardens were lovely, even on a cool October day. Allow plenty of time to walk the grounds.

Terrific history to this place, I learnt a lot.

We visit here as a family and with friends on a regular basis. Every time we always notice something different that we may not have picked up on previous visits. The various events they hold here are always worth going to, be it: Food festival, Christmas market or even the Easter egg hunt for the children. They do other events too, so keep an eye out on their website for details.

Great place to visit, especially if you like Henry VIII.

It was an awesome experience to visit the palace

Plenty to see. Kept us busy for 5 hours. Take a picnic as food prices are very high. Disappointed with the amount of replicas on show; could do with some more interactive displays. Also, we realise candlelight was par for the day but many exhibits were too dark to appreciate. Beware of gift shop prices....extortionate!!!

The most complete and beautiful palace you can visit. Go there and soak in the perfection of a complete historical experience that is cared for with love and respect.

Very friendly and knowledgeable staff, used the free headphones and took the tour.

Beautiful, majestic Palace. Well maintained garden area. Another interesting British history. Beautiful medieval paintings and embroidery works. All ages can enjoy the place and learn more about history.

Nice palace. Admission is free until 5pm

An excellent historical experience. I live locally but hadn't visiting for some considerable time. I brought a friend from New Zealand to visit. The palace and staff did not disappoint fabulous. BUT my goodness...what are you thinking!!! we stopped for a coffee. £6.50 for a thin slice of Victoria sponge and £4.50 small cup cake. Come on......

Charging full prices and more despite the main gardens being closed off for a private event, so you go to see everything, get charged to visit everything then find out you cant because some extremely wealthy individual is taking up the main gardens for his little get together. Thanks Hampton Court, use my donation on the toilets please, so I can at least leave your next review in the pan.

Had a fantastic day as always. The cafe in the gardens was very good ,with outdoor seating available. Food and service very good.

Just an amazing building. I’d actually take my time and visit over three days as there’s so much to see!

Very expensive to get in and the restaurant is also very expensive.

Lovely historical building where you can take the family and explore

Throughly enjoyed our day here. The Maze was a giggle. Finaly after 55 years I managed the Maze. Staff all very smiley & polite. Thank you for a knowledgeable day.

Great Palace to visit. If you get a Historic Royal Palaces pass, you can visit other great places as well. These allow unlimited access for a year. Has a nice outdoor maze, a great play area for children & a large palace. The palace has 3 unique sections (built in different times). Also Royal Tennis Courts (an unusual tennis game - if visiting you can't just play this). Informative museum, lots about Henry the VIII. Recommend!

If you need to go to the toilet, you have to pay an entrance fee...

Absolutely a must see if you're interested in Tudor history, or British history in general. The palace is absolutely stunning. Audioguides are included in the cost of admission, and provide hours of interesting content to listen to. We came on a Wednesday, and there were hardly any crowds (by the end of the day it almost felt like we had the place to ourselves). The staff were all very friendly and answered all of our many questions thoroughly, and then some. There was so much to see inside the palace that I didn't have much time to explore the gardens, but the ones I did see looked lovely. Definitely stop by the cafe for tea and some treats when if you need a break. My one tiny complaint is that it would have been nice to have been made aware in advance that one of the tour routes was half closed (whether by word of mouth or a sign at the beginning of the route). The last room open was rather small, and it got very crowded in there, and it was hard to figure out if the route was totally closed or not, since there wasn't a staff member in that area. All in all though, it was a very fun time.

The £30 entry fee is too steep (£33 if you don't ask to omit the "voluntary" contribution). You can't even view the gardens or separately do the maze anymore.

Awesome visit! Well done displays of the history of this beautiful palace. People working at the site are very friendly and seem to truly like people and are willing to assist people with their visit. Well done!