Guides and tours


Learn about the Palace's history in your own way with tours and guides for all abilities.

Purchase a copy of our official guidebook online before your visit or at any of our shops, which provides information about the State Apartments and the history of Hampton Court Palace. 

Getting around

To help you explore the Palace:

To discover more about Hampton Court Palace during your visit please feel free to ask any of the warding staff, who will be happy to answer your questions or visit the Information Centre.

A multi-language audio guide, available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Korean and Japanese leads you through the Palace.
The sound guide is included in the ticket price. 

To see what’s happening at the Palace this month, visit What's On for a full listing of events and details or download a PDF version of our current and forthcoming Daily Programmes.

 

Further visitor information

Various catering facilities exist within Hampton Court Palace and its Gardens.  

Orientation maps

Download a map for the palace and the gardens

Downloadable Resources

Some files are provided in PDF format - you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files.

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  2. Alternatively, Adobe offers a service for converting PDFs into HTML or plain text. Access this service here


    Hampton Court Palace Daily programme 24-26 May 2008
    (Adobe PDF, 219KB)

    Hampton Court Palace Daily programme 6-23 May 2008
    (Adobe PDF, 374KB)

    Hampton Court Palace
    (Adobe PDF, 250KB)

    Hampton Court Palace Gardens
    (Adobe PDF, 250KB)

What's on

Guided Tours

Guided Tours

Be guided through 500 years of royal history by a costumed guide who will reveal the stories and the secrets of Hampton Court's former residents

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