Hampton Court Palace Castle & Magic Garden UK Covid Reopening August 2020 Full Tour. Is It Worth it?
Channel: FAMILY Bricks
Date: 2020-08-04

What is Hampton Court Palace Castle grounds & gardens UK like now it has reopened with Covid 19 measures in place? Is it worth going, what has changed, what is the experience like etc.? We will cover this in the video and give our thoughts and firsthand experience as a family. We will do a full tour of Hampton Court Palace Castle grounds and gardens in about 10 minutes.

We look at ticket prices pre and post covid, and surprisingly, there isn't much difference (but they were always reasonable value to begin with). 

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Time codes to the Video:
0:00 Introduction 
0:36 Shortcut to Magic Garden Kids Playground & Tips
1:50 Palace Grounds, Café
2:13 Main Entrance and West Gatte
2:35 Henry VIII’s Apartments
3:00 Georgian Story 
3:37 Fountain Court
3:53 William III’s Apartments 
4:10 Clock Court
4:35 Base Court 
4:52 Henry VIII’s Kitchens
5:15 Hampton Court Palace Weddings
5:35 East Front and Gardens
6:55 Privy Garden
7:30 Pond Gardens
8:22 Wilderness Garden
9:00 Hampton Court Palace. Is it worth it?

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G’day Everyone, Matt Elder of Family Bricks here. What is Hampton Court Palace Castle UK like now it has reopened with covid 19 measures in place? Is it worth going, what has changed, what is the experience like etc.? We will cover this in the video and give our thoughts and firsthand experience as a family. We will do a full tour of Hampton Court Palace Castle grounds and gardens in about 10 minutes.

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We spent the day at Hampton Court Palace Castle UK August 3rd, 2020 – 4 weeks after it reopened. So it has had some time to bed in the new corona virus safety guidelines and we’ll give you a sense of if Hampton Court Palace Castle is worth visiting. On the screen you can see the names of different attractions pop up as we go past them.

We arrived at 10am when the kids playground, called the Magic Garden opened. From the carpark if you hang a left, you can get in the side entrance so you don’t have to go all the way through the Palace grounds to get to it. 

First thing in the morning, other people have had the same idea so they give you wrist bands and a 90 minute time slot. After our session was done, we came back later in the day and could get straight in. It wasn’t super busy and might be the best kept secret. 

The playground itself is really well done and naturally the kids love it and happily spent hours here. It does have a water springing up from down low so worthwhile bringing a towel and change of clothes for the kids if the day is warm. Compared to peak season last year, this has a fraction the number of people, really pleasant and easy to get tables and chairs. 

The vast majority of it was open although the shop was closed, and the drinking water fountains turned off. So you are going to need to bring your own food and drink if you get hungry. 

So after our 90 minutes we ended up leaving. With hindsight we probably could have stayed if we wanted as no one was chasing you out. Notice in general throughout the video how few people there are wondering around. The Palace and grounds are considerable but again, compared with last years peak season, nowhere near the numbers of people walking around.

As with most places at the moment, you have to pre book tickets and we didn’t have any problems with that. We’d previously gotten an annual pass that also includes the Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Hillsbourgh Castle and Gardens.