Hampton Court Palace and Gardens in Spring London, England. GPL 4372-416
Hampton Court Palace is a former royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west London, England. 1 The palace is located miles south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. The palace's Home Park is the site of the annual Hampton Court Palace Flower Show From the reign of George III in 1760, monarchs tended to favour other London homes, and Hampton Court ceased to be a royal residence. Originally it housed 70 grace and favour residences – one of them was once home to Olave Baden-Powell, wife of the founder of the Scouting movement – but few now remain occupied. One of the warders at the palace in the mid-nineteenth century was Samuel Parkes who won the Victoria Cross in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. In 1796, restoration work began in the Great Hall. In 1838, Queen Victoria completed the restoration and opened the palace to the public. A major fire in the King's Apartments in 1986 led to a new programme of restoration work that was completed in 1995.
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Location: Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London. England. United Kingdom.
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