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Eltham Palace and Gardens

Historic site · Eltham, England

Eltham Palace and Gardens is a medieval royal palace with a house of the 1930s built onto it, at Court Yard in Eltham, SE9 5QE. It is ticketed and managed by English Heritage. No source states standard opening hours, so none are given here; English Heritage directs visitors to 020 8294 2548 or 0370 333 1181. Mottingham rail station is 768 m away on Southeastern, and Eltham 1,011 m away on Southeastern and Thameslink.

History

The medieval Great Hall is Grade I listed, NHLE 1079041, first listed on 8 June 1973, at TQ 42411 73987. Eltham Court, the house of the 1930s, is Grade II listed, NHLE 1212906, listed on 6 July 1981. The gardens were registered at Grade II on 2 December 1998, NHLE 1001410, covering 8.27 hectares, and the palace is a scheduled monument of 5.40 hectares, NHLE 1014833, scheduled on 9 October 1981 and amended on 10 June 1998; scheduled monuments carry no grade. The moat crossings are Grade I: the north bridge, NHLE 1218925, and the remains of the south bridge, NHLE 1358958. The inner courtyard walls with adjoining chambers are Grade I, NHLE 1218900.

Visit

Court Yard, Eltham, London SE9 5QE

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