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Hampton Court

Would you like to explore a little further?

On the outskirts of London

  • Hampton Court Palace, home to each of Henry VIII’s six wives, with its magnificent dining hall and chapel, Tudor wood-panelled rooms, royal suites of apartments and recently-restored gardens.

Beyond London

Windsor Castle
  • Windsor Castle is just 25 miles/40km from central London. Visit the largest inhabited castle in the world, weekend retreat of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The State Apartments contain a fabulous art collection and St George's Chapel, with its royal tombs and Garter Knight stalls, is one of our finest examples of Gothic architecture.
  • New College, Oxford Oxford, city of Britain's oldest university - walk through the Colleges, admire their gardens and visit their dining halls and chapels.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Enjoy the Cotswold countryside with its stone cottages, thatched roofs and “wool” churches.
  • Warwick Castle: Splendid medieval castle complete with torture instruments, fine Apartments and Royal Weekend Party — there’s even a ghost!
  • Salisbury and Winchester — charming medieval Cathedral cities.
Stonehenge
  • The mystery of Stonehenge, prehistoric monument — why was it built and by whom?
  • Bath: fine Georgian City, with extensive Roman remains.
  • Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury: Ancient Roman city. Visit its glorious Cathedral, Mother Church of the Anglican Communion, site of St Thomas Becket’s martyrdom, with its 12th century quire, 12th/13th century stained glass and Romanesque crypt. See the King’s School, the Pilgrims’ Hospitals, the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey, the City walls and much more.
  • Leeds Castle, the Queens’ Castle, known as “The Loveliest Castle in the World”.
  • Hever Castle, moated Castle in a magnificent park, home to two of Henry VIII’s six wives.

Renowned English gardens just a day’s coach excursion from London include:

  • Hidcote and Kiftsgate in the Cotswolds
  • Stourhead and Iford Manor in Wiltshire
  • Sissinghurst and Great Dixter in Kent
  • Audley End and Beth Chatto in Essex
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