Hampton Court Palace is a  red-brick palace built in grandiose style by Cardinal Thomas Wolsely in 1699 who was the advisor of King Henry VIII.

Great halls were places for eating and for entertaining. Meals cooked in the nearby great kitchens were served here twice a day. Sittings for dinner started at 10 o'clock in the morning and for supper at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Henry VIII's Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace were the largest of Tudor England. 200 cooks, sergeants, grooms and pages worked to produce over 800 meals a day for the hungry household of Henry VIII.

The Kitchen department where meat was roasted was under the control of three Master Cooks, one for the King, the Queen and the rest of the Court.

Between their construction in 1530 and the royal family’s last visit to Hampton Court Palace in 1737, the kitchens were a central part of palace life.

Hampton Court has the largest surviving 16th-century kitchens in the world

Hampton Court Palace was the ultimate Tudor sports and leisure complex. Its 16th-century tennis court is one of the oldest sporting venues in the world.

To celebrate the birth of his only son and heir, Edward, Henry commissioned a series of spectacular tapestries.

Considered one of the finest pieces of decorative artwork from the Tudor period, the “Abraham Tapestries” depict stories from the life of the biblical prophet Abraham.

The only one of Henry’s wives to receive a queen’s funeral, Jane’s heart and lungs are kept inside a lead box hidden behind the altar of the chapel at Hampton Court.