Lambeth Palace — Attraction in London

Archbishop Justin Welby kindly opened Lambeth Palace Gardens to the public last year one day per month. This year it will be open on the first Friday of each month from March until October from 12pm - 3pm and the admission will be £4. Please check this on the Lambeth Palace website. I went last year and with some trepidation saw the queue was quite long and nearly gave up. Fortunately I persevered and what great value for £4!! To see one of the oldest cultivated gardens in London from the 13th Century (I believe) was astonishing. The garden has gone through many changes and in recent times Beth Chatto re-designed the Rose terrace sometime around 1930 and various pieces of sculpture have been added. The kitchen garden is very interesting and in general the planting throughout the garden is well planned. I really liked to see the bee hives down the bottom of the garden and the gardens are large, so if you see a long queue do not worry you will 'have your own space' For any gardener Lambeth Palace Gardens is a 'must see' for 2016. As above please check the Lambeth Palace website for details and go,enjoy, you will have a really good afternoon there. Very highly...

It’s like a little oasis in the heart of London. Yes, rich in history but also where several people live, an office, a chapel and event venue.

You enter through a small door in ancient gate house and then see the chapel in front of you. Inside it has stalls around 3 sides and a ceiling with surprisingly modern artwork.

Heading round to the right the main entrance is surrounded by a lot of space and small cute residences. Coming inside you head up stairs to the first floor.

There are numerous rooms with offices and then the state room (large but quite comfy living room), guard room (great for meetings with a lovely wooden ceiling) and other smaller rooms.

If you can, take a good look at the large and we’ll manicured gardens. You’ll be lucky to enter/tour them but enjoy the view while you can.

Btw note to the wise: the only available toilets are on the ground floor of the main entrance, there aren’t any on the...

Lambeth Palace, formerly Lambeth House is the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Visitors can take a guided tour of the Crypt, Guard Room, Chapel and the Library. All tours must be booked in advance.

Lambeth Palace is one of the few medieval buildings left in London. The official London residence of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury and until 1978 the site of the Lambeth Conference, an episcopal assembly that is called about once every 10 years (the conference now meets at Canterbury).

About 1200 the first sections of the palace were built. The Lollards’ Tower, a former water tower, dates to the 1430s, and the fine Tudor gatehouse was completed by the early 16th century. Many of the buildings, including the residence proper, the 14th-century Guard Room, and the church of St. Mary-at-Lambeth (now a garden museum), were built or restored in the...