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Gosling fireworks display - Saturday 1 November
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Join us as Hampton Court Palace's East Front lights up with a magnificent display of lights, lazars, music and fireworks.
Come along and get your "Guy Fawkes season" off to a fantastic start!
In aid of Historic Royal Palaces and supported by The Hobson Charity and The Gosling Foundation.
Date: Saturday 1 November
Venue: Hampton Court Palace
Time: Gates open at 18.30
Cost: £5 adults, £2.50 children, under 5s for free.
Advanced booking necessary please call 0844 482 7795 for further information.
There are dozens of amazing sights at Hampton Court Palace including the Gardens...
The gardens, estate and landscape of Hampton Court Palace represent a unique historical and horticultural resource of international value. The park covers 750 acres (304 hectares), the formal gardens 60 acres (26 hectares) and the palace buildings 6 acres (2.5 hectares), all set within a loop of the river Thames.Great Vine - planted in 1768 by the celebrated gardener ‘Capability' Brown, the magnificent Great Vine still produces a yearly crop of black, sweet grapes. The Privy Garden - be inspired by the re-creation of William of Orange's Privy Garden, based on a design of 1702, the stunning symmetrical pattern incorporates the original varieties of plants and marble sculpturesTiltyard walls - a wide range of wall shrubs grow upon these walls as the differences aspects of sun and shade are used to good effect, with some unusual tender plants growing on the south facing ones20th Century Garden - contemporary style plantings with trees and shrubs in an informal setting that creates a place of peace and tranquillity away from the busier areas of the gardensHome Park - 700 acres of deer park with ponds and other waterways, attracting a wide range of birds and the long avenues give views across the park to and away from the palace The Maze - begun in 1690 as a form of courtly entertainment for William of Orange, today the Maze covers one third of an acre and consists of half a mile of winding paths surrounded by towering 7ft-high yew tree walls. On average it takes 20 minutes to reach the centre. |
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