About the tours
A BSL interpreter-guide (either Laurence Pass, Demelza Bevan or Jenny Peters) and a Deaf BSL-using guide (Ian Urquhart, John Wilson or Robert Heads) will be available for two-hour slots on the dates listed below.
They will offer the following tours:
10:30-12:30: The Tudor Palace of Henry VIII and his wives
13:30-15:30: The Baroque Palace of William III and Mary II
16:00-17:00: The palace gardens (summer only)
On arrival, please go to the Information Centre off Base Court and make yourself known to the staff. They will find the interpreter/guide for you and someone will come to collect you.
Itineraries can be tailored to individual or group need but generally the BSL interpreter-guides will be available to interpret the palace's daily, timetabled, costumed presentations and the Deaf guides will give guided tours in BSL.
Available dates
August 2019
Saturday 10 August
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Ian Urquhart
Interpreter Guide: Laurence Pass
Sunday 11 August
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: John Wilson
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
September 2019
Saturday 14 September
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Robert Heads
Interpreter Guide: Laurence Pass
Sunday 15 September
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Ian Urquhart
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
October 2019
Saturday 12 October
(Must be pre-booked)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: John Wilson
Interpreter Guide: Laurence Pass
Sunday 13 October
(Must be pre-booked)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Ian Urquhart
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
November 2019
Saturday 9 November
(Must be pre-booked)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Ian Urquhart
Interpreter Guide: Laurence Pass
Sunday 10 November (Remembrance Sunday)
(Must be pre-booked)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Robert Heads
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
Monday 11 November (Armistice Day)
(No booking required)
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
December 2019
Saturday 28 December (Christmas)
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: Robert Heads
Interpreter Guide: Laurence Pass
Sunday 29 December (Christmas)
(No booking required)
Deaf BSL-using Guide: John Wilson
Interpreter Guide: Jenny Peters
Important information
Hampton Court Palace reserves the right to move the planned BSL interpreter presence to cover special events.
