A walk across the hunting grounds coincides with an Open Parks day at Hampton Court Palace – giving us free access to the royal gardens.

Sunday 23rd November 2025, 1pm

Herd of deer in Bushy Park

This is a walk of vast open spaces then intricate details.

Meeting place: Teddington station, TW11 0BB
Arrive by train: from Waterloo
Date & time: Sunday Nov 23rd 2025, 1 pm
Distance: 4.5 miles
End point: Hampton Wick station
Map: Komoot map click to view, Google map
Contact: email tim.ingram-smith@outlook.com  mobile: 077932 00932
Cost: £8 per adult walker PAY HERE https://paypal.me/parktopark

The gardens at Hampton Court Palace | Historic Royal Palaces

Pheasantry swamp cypress – photos by artist Jane Stonebridge

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Gallery

Lime avenue Bushy Park

Walkers look happy

Lime tree with mistletoe Nov2025

Red deer stag in Bushy Park, dry point monoprint by artist Anne Fowles

Red deer stag

Swamp cypress, with ‘snorkel’ roots

Duck pond, Waterhouse Woodland Garden

Longford river, brought in to Bushy Park

The Diana Fountain drive by, Bushy Park Click to view

Diana fountain from the west side

Hampton Court Palace with scaffolding covered in trompe l’oeil while repairs take place

View across the Great Fountain Garden, Hampton Court Palace

View of Hampton Court Palace grounds

Each year the horses of Hampton Court gather to be blessed

Horse parade – photos by Judy

Sunset in the Privy Garden

Hornbeam bower Privy Garden webpage

Persimmon tree in full fruit in the Privy Garden

Gingko tree with fallen leaves, in “The Wilderness”

Heraldic gates at Hampton Court Palace

Detail from the golden gate by the Thames

Long Water cormorants

Long Water geese

Tr-colore trees beneath and beyond the lime avenue

Map

Map: Komoot – click to view, Google maps

This Walk

Sunday 23rd November 2025 – Bushy Park and Hampton Court Park

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