Kensington Palace
The palace was bought in 1689 by William III who engaged Wren and Hawksmoor to enlarge it. Queen Victoria spent her childhood here, and her presence lives on in her bedroom. Outside the Orangery was added by Queen Anne in 1704 and the gardens were enlarged in 1740 by George II’s wife, Caroline. Display of dresses, including those worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, whose home this was. In 2009 there is a special exhibition entitled The Debutante, with dresses of the last debs on display.
Open Mar-Oct daily. Admission: adult £12.30/concessions-children 5-15 £10.75/under 5=free/family ticket up to 2+3 £34.
ATTRACTION WEBSITE
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS IN LONDON
The Barbican
The British Library
The British Museum
Buckingham Palace
Cabinet War Rooms & Churchill Museum
Chelsea Physic Garden
Courtauld Institute of Art
Earls Court & Olympia
English National Opera
Greenwich Royal Observatory
Harrods Department Store
Hayward Gallery
Houses of Parliament, Westminster
Hyde Park
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Kempton Park
Kenwood House
The London Dungeon
The London Eye
London Zoo
Lords Ground and MMC Museum
Madame Tussauds
Museum of Garden History
National Army Museum
National Gallery
National Theatre
Natural History Museum
Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Mews
Royal Opera House
Royal Society of Arts
The Science Museum
Selfridges
Serpentine Gallery
Shakespeare's Globe
Somerset House
Spencer House
St Paul's Cathedral
Syon Park
Tate Britain
Tate Modern
Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
Twickenham Rugby
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Wallace Collection
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Cathedral
White Chapel Art Gallery
HOTELS NEAR THIS ATTRACTION IN LONDON
The Beaufort, Knightsbridge, London
Searcys Roof Garden Rooms, Kensington, London
Blakes Hotel, South Kensington, London
The Cranley Hotel, Bina Gardens, London
The Mayflower Hotel and Apartments, Earls Court, London
New Linden Hotel, West London, London
Twenty Nevern Square Hotel, Kensington, London
Montagu Place Hotel, West London, London
The Leonard, Marylebone, London
22 York Street, Marylebone, London