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  • Mairwen1
    United Kingdom12,118 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Some parts of the Kensington Palace grounds are free. These include the Kensington Gardens, the Cradle Walk and the Sunken Garden, with its new memorial statue of Princess Diana.
    However to go through the palace itself, you will have to have a ticket.
    We decided against this partly because of mixed reviews and partly because we were time-limited and had to make some tough decisions about what to see and what to skip.
    Instead we walked around the free parts. We were very moved by the public memorial to Princess Diana at the palace front gates.
    A kind of grass-roots movement has turned the gates of Diana’s former home into a shrine.
    Photos, hand-made posters, a small sea of bouquets and lots of personal mementoes and hand-written letters make it clear how deeply she captured people’s hearts and imagination.
    Her sudden death in 1997 shocked the world. A lot of us still vividly remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news. Nevertheless it was nearly 28 years ago so it was very moving to see the way that people still actively remember her. We watched for a while as people arrived with flowers and quietly found a spot to place them.
    There are several official memorials to Diana in the Kensington grounds (the Diana Memorial Walk, the Memorial Playground and the Sunken Garden statue) but the Palace gates one is the most moving of them all.
    Written 31 January 2025
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  • Michael M
    Ipswich, UK726 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    It's worth having a look at this over looked Royal Palace if you're heading up The Mall to Buckingham Palace. You will find it half way up The Mall on the right hand side. It's quite interesting and less busy than Buckingham Palace. A good place to see the Military in full uniform.
    Written 22 September 2022
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  • Ruth k
    Sidcup, UK16 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Always a secret gem.of south east London

    Climb the stairs to the top ÂŁ4 an adult great views of London children ÂŁ3
    They also have evening evenings and producers market monthly
    Written 7 July 2024
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  • 5.0 of 5 bubbles
    PROS
    * Amazing historical building constructed in the year 1068
    * The architectural centerpiece and main symbol of the entire Tower of London
    * Incredible and stunning museum displays of historical British royalty stuff and tools and implements of medieval warfare

    CONS
    So much stuff is displayed in there that it can get crowded

    "I VISITED THIS PLACE"...
    ... because it is the central building of the Tower of London complex.

    I was thrilled with being inside such an outstanding and incredibly intact structure that was built almost one thousand years ago.

    The exhibits were wonderful and stunning and mesmerizing. I loved all of it on all of the floors.

    I loved going down the winding four flights of stairs, and I have many videos of it

    Of course I had booked this Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Sky Garden and a play at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre all in one day, so I was moving fast and didn't have time to savor and enjoy the absolute treasures that are displayed here.

    WAS IT WORTH THE COST?
    Going to the Tower of London once for almost 30GBP was worth it- once

    WOULD "I VISIT THIS PLACE" AGAIN?
    For that cost? Maybe yes/maybe no/maybe so

    ADVICE
    * Be sure to budget a good amount of time to peruse all that is displayed here
    * Be sure to go to the top and then all the way down on one of the spiral staircases

    FULL DISCLOSURE
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    Written 26 February 2024
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