Hampton Court Castle

A happy find, we were not aware of this place until recently in spite of other local visits. The house wasn't open on the day we visited and so that will be another occasion. Riverside walk, kitchen garden and formal garden plus large lawned areas and a nice café in the orangery.

I really enjoyed walking around the gardens and along the river, went to the restaurant for a hot chocolate and a slice of cake. The castle itself was shut to the public. It's used as a wedding venue so many days a week.

This is one of the most beautiful & relaxing places, I have EVER visited!Our tour guide, was a wonderful lady, that perfect mix of Knowledge & humour.I missed some of what she said, as I'd forgot my hearing aids, but, primarily because I was too busy taking pics!Would love to go back, jam my hands in my pockets & listen intently !The grounds are fantastic! Highly recommend the sunken garden, and 'secret' tunnel route to the tower! Its accessible via a maze (frankly! Good luck!)Simply fabulous

Beautiful place to visit, lovely coffee shop on site and the tour of the castle is really good too. There is plenty for kids to enjoy plus there is also a river walk that you can do to. The gardens are broken down into separate areas.The venue is also used as a wedding venue and offers rooms to stay.All in all a great afternoon. I was there for about 3 hours.

Hampton Court Castle is an absolutely beautiful place to visit and has something to offer for all the family.Adult entry at the time of visiting was £10 to access the gardens only, or £15 for the gardens and a guided tour of the castle.The immaculately kept formal gardens are truly stunning with lots of hidden areas, water features, pavillions and outdoor sculptures to discover. There's also a vast area of lawns dotted with huge majestic Lebanese cedar trees that lead down to a river walk.The gardens also feature a 1,000 yew tree maze with a central Gothic viewing tower. A tunnel leads from the basement of the tower to a hidden sunken garden with a waterfall you can walk behind.The Castle itself is well worth a visit too. Our tour guide, Susan, was the best guide we've ever had; she was warm, friendly, extremely knowledgeable, and obviously had a great passion for the castle and its history! She really did a fantastic job and brought the castle to life with a great sense of humour.The only area I felt could be improved was the food offered in the Joseph Paxton-designed Orangery Cafe. I opted for a cheese and plumb chutney sandwich on granary bread with a small bowl of chips.Due to the stunning surroundings I envisaged being served a thick, freshly cut sandwich of delicious granary bread with slices of mature cheddar cheese and plumb chutney. The reality was quite a disappointment; a sandwich of the thinnest, mass produced sliced brown bread, without any butter or margerine, a few slices of tasteless thin 'plastic' cheese and plumb chutney.Two sandwiches, two bowls of chips and 2 cans of coke came to a few pence under £30. This would have been acceptable if the quality had been good.All in all, it's an amazing place to visit, and I'd definitely go again. But next time I think I'll take my own picnic.

Beautiful gardens and lovely grounds! Some impressive gates and sculptures here as well to see. There's some nice walks by the river. To look around the house costs extra as it's a guided tour. There's a good café here for lunch.

Stumbled across this hidden gem. Beautiful gardens, well kept with seasonal vegetation. We loved the maze and waterfall (with secret passage from the tower) café looked nice nice but didn't go, would be fantastic for family with children.

Lovely little gem to visit. Really interesting gardens and nice food in the cafe.Didn't take castle tour as it's only open cetain days. So worth checking before you go if you plan to visit castle as well.

Such an impressive castle with absolutely enchanting gardens. The orangery cafe supplied amazing food, their carrot cake is the best ever! A wonderful day out.