Arrange to visit on a date when BSL services will be on site
Arrange to visit on a date when BSL services will be on site
9 April 2021. Following the death of His Royal Highness, there will be changes to opening hours for the gardens at Hampton Court Palace and Hillsborough Castle. For further information, please read our FAQs page
On arrival, please go to the Information Centre between Base Court and Clock Court to make yourself known to the staff. They will find the interpreter/guide for you and someone will come to collect you.
One of our trained and qualified Deaf BSL-using Guides or BSL Interpreter-Guides will be available to help you explore the stories of Hampton Court Palace on the following dates.
As Hampton Court Palace is currently closed there will be no BSL tours until we can run them safely. Please check our website for updated dates.
The Deaf Guides (Ian Urquhart, John Wilson or Robert Heads) will give guided tours of the palace at 10:30-12:30, 13:30-15:30 (and 16:00-17:00 summer only).
BSL interpreters (Laurence Pass, Demelza Bevan or Jenny Peters) will be available all day to interpret the palace's daily, timetabled, costumed presentations and facilitate conversations with the staff.
BSL tours start from the Information Centre off Base Court, which is where you will find the Deaf Guide or BSL Interpreter. Our Deaf Guides wear a purple sash with ‘Deaf Guide’ on; our BSL interpreters wear a purple tabard with 'BSL interpreter' on the back.
Mixed deaf and hearing groups or families can ask for an interpreter to accompany the Deaf Guide on the day of their visit as long as it is booked at least 15 days in advance (due to the availability of the interpreters).
Hampton Court Palace reserves the right to move the planned BSL interpreter presence to cover special events.
If you wish to pre-arrange a different date that is not listed above, for a small or large group, please get in touch with details of the palace you wish to visit, your preferred date and we will book an interpreter for you.
We ask that you give us two weeks' notice so that we can book the interpreter and/or guide.
Duration: 10:30-12:30, 13:30-15:30 and 16:00-17:00
Information on access, getting to Hampton Court Palace and opening times.
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Included in palace admission (members go free)
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