Hampton Court Palace

Surrey, United Kingdom

Tudor and Baroque royal palace on the Thames at East Molesey, Surrey

No. 435 · Autumn 2026

The long Tudor brick range beside the East Front lawns, Hampton Court Palace

Welcome

A royal palace on the Thames

Hampton Court Palace is the Tudor and Baroque palace of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII on the Thames in Surrey, hired for weddings in the Garden Room, the Little Banqueting House or, by evening exclusive hire, the Great Hall.

Cardinal Wolsey began the palace around 1515, Henry VIII enlarged it, and Sir Christopher Wren added the Baroque wings for William III and Mary II. Historic Royal Palaces, a charity, now looks after it and hires it for weddings and events.

The Chapel Royal's vaulted ceiling, deep blue studded with gold stars and gilded pendants, Hampton Court Palace

The setting

Three ways to marry

The Garden Room is a 1920s orangery in its own walled garden, and the Little Banqueting House is a Baroque pavilion over the river with ceilings painted by Antonio Verrio. For a wedding on the largest scale, evening exclusive hire opens the medieval Great Hall beneath its hammerbeam roof.

Where: East Molesey, Surrey, England
Capacity: Great Hall ceremonies up to 200, wedding breakfast up to 220
Ceremony: Great Hall, Garden Room or Little Banqueting House
Price: Palace hire from £18,000 plus VAT

Fountain Court in sunlight, a lamp standard beside a bed of summer flowers, Hampton Court Palace

The celebration

How the day is held

4 spaces for the day. Up to 220 guests.

The Palace

A Royal Palace

The Tudor and Baroque palace of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII, on the Thames, hired for weddings.

The Hall

The Great Hall

Marry beneath Henry VIII's hammerbeam roof, the last great hall built for an English king.

The Little Banqueting House rising beyond a formal parterre of clipped box and summer flowers, Hampton Court Palace

The Spaces

Three Ways to Marry

The Garden Room orangery, the riverside Little Banqueting House, or the palace by evening exclusive hire.

A fountain playing in the Privy Garden before the palace's south front, Hampton Court Palace

Where to stay

Rest, close at hand

Rooms

The Great Hall

Henry VIII's feasting hall

Hammerbeam Roof · Tudor Tapestries

A walled garden of deep herbaceous borders and a statue in the palace grounds, Hampton Court Palace

Rooms

The Garden Room

Orangery and walled garden

Private Walled Garden · Civil Ceremonies

Rooms

The Little Banqueting House

A Baroque riverside pavilion

Verrio Ceilings · Thames Views

The palace's celebrated hedge maze, a visitor deep in its clipped yew corridors, Hampton Court Palace

Location

Getting there

Hampton Court Palace stands on the River Thames at East Molesey, on the Surrey bank a short way south-west of central London. It is minutes on foot from Hampton Court railway station, just across the bridge, about 45 minutes from Heathrow, and set in 60...

Airport: Heathrow
Airport: London City
Station: Hampton Court (South Western Railway) is the nearest station, about 400 metres from the venue in...
Nearby: Hampton Court station, A few minutes on foot
Nearby: Central London, About 40 minutes
Nearby: The River Thames, At the palace gardens

The Great Kitchen's vast brick hearth and open roasting range, Hampton Court Palace

Dining

Dry hire with approved caterers

The palace provides the rooms and gardens and a list of approved caterers, leaving couples free to shape the day. Drinks can move through the state apartments, the Historic Kitchens or the Privy Garden and Great Fountain Garden for photographs in the evening light.

Capacity: Great Hall ceremonies up to 200, wedding breakfast up to 220
Catering: Approved caterers, dry hire