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Family trails and resources


For exploring, visiting and discovering the palace and its stories 

Learn and discover together, online or on a visit to Hampton Court. 
Henry's dinners - the Tudor Kitchens family trail

Links and downloads

Activity trails

For making the most of a visit to Hampton Court Palace, these trails are also available free and in full-colour hard copy at the palace Information Centre.
 
Henry's palace: Henry VIII's apartments >
(PDF 531KB)  Discover how Henry created England's most fabulous party venue.

Henry's dinners: The Tudor Kitchens >
(PDF 603KB)  How do you feed 600 hungry people twice a day? Find out in this Tudor food factory.

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Virtual tours

Young Henry VIII exhibition
Preview all the rooms of the exhibition in this accessible online virtual tour. 'Zoom in' on paintings, maps, room details and objects contained in the exhibition.  

You'll also find the tour as a touch screen on the palace Information Centre's ground floor.

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Visiting information
Everything you need to know about coming to the palace as a family. 

PDFs: How to download

All files are provided in PDF format. You can download Adobe Acrobat reader and use it to view these files.

Or use Adobe's free online tool for coverting PDFs into HTML or plain text.
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