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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces , a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties.
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The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [1] court for playing the sport of real tennis. It was built for Cardinal Wolsey between 1526 and 1529. Henry VIII of England played there from 1528. This court is still home to an active tennis club. In 2015 it was closed to visitors for major restoration works.
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Ernest Law, the historian of Hampton Court Palace, lived at the Pavilion until his death. [4] The pavilion was occupied by Cecil Harmsworth King and his second wife Ruth Railton in the 1960s and 1970s. [5] [6] In 2019 a replica was built next to the original by R W Armstrong & Sons Ltd. [7] The Pavilion
Hampton Court Palace. Hampton Court Place is a historic palace located on the north bank of the River Thames near Hampton in Greater London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Cardinal Wolsey began construction in 1514 of a royal palace, which was continued and expanded by Henry VIII after Wolsey's demise in 1530.
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Hampton Court, from the park. Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the Historic Royal Palaces. [1] The park lies between the gardens of Hampton Court Palace and Kingston upon Thames and Surbiton in south west London, England, mostly within the post town of East Molesey, but with its eastern extremity within the post town of Kingston.