The palace once stood in an enormous park of some 10,000 acres. Most of the remains to be seen today date from the 12th and 14th centuries. There are substantial parts of the Great Hall and three-storey tower, and the moat which once surrounded the palace can be seen in places. A brick wall which once encircled the palace is still in place. Nearby is the abbot's fish pond.
Conservation is now complete on part of the north-east range of guest rooms, latterly a farmhouse.
Inside is an exhibition on the history of Bishop's Waltham Palace. First built c1135 by Bishop Henry of Blois on the site of a cemetery. The palace was still occupied by bishops in the early C17, but it was damaged in the Civil War and subsequently allowed to fall into complete ruin. The significance of some of the more fragmentary parts is not at all clear either on the ground or from the accounts available, and the subsequent description is confined to the features of architectural note. The place was contained in a rectangular site surrounded by a MOAT , stretches of which are still visible, partly filled with water, especially on the west side.