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The site of Fulham Palace was occupied during the Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman periods, probably because of its location next to an important Thames crossing. From medieval times or earlier the site was encircled by the longest domestic moat in England. You can still see part of the moat as you enter across the bridge at the main entrance of the site. Since 704 AD Fulham Palace has been the prope
rty of the Bishops of London. Each Bishop made their own mark on the Palace, from making changes to the building to planting one of the first botanic gardens in London. The last Bishop of London to live at the Palace moved out in 1973. Today Fulham Palace is run by Fulham Palace Trust, a registered charity, established in 2011. There is a wealth of things to see and do; explore our historic rooms, find our more about the Palace’s past in the museum, have lunch in the drawing room café or relax in the beautiful walled garden. Admission to the Palace is free of charge (except for special tours and events).
Create your own Christmas wreath!
Join the Fulham Palace garden team and create your own unique Christmas wreath in the hands-on workshop beginning on Sunday 26 November.
Learn more and book your space now via the link in our bio.
Create your own Christmas wreath!
Join the Fulham Palace garden team and create your own unique Christmas wreath in the hands-on workshop beginning on Sunday 26 November.
Learn more and book your space now: https://bit.ly/3St5QMr
Did you know the Palace has over 50 historic tree species?
Join head gardener Lucy Hart and discover the trees at Fulham Palace with a guided walk on Tuesday 7 November!
Learn more and book now: https://bit.ly/470FBRn
Shop local and support small businesses this Christmas season at our annual Christmas fair!
With over 75 stalls with fine food and gifts, you'll be sure to find the perfect something for everyone on your list. Our garden team will also be selling festive decorations, gifts and floral arrangements at their stall with every purchase going to support the Palace.
🎄 Fulham Palace Christmas fair
❄️ Friday 1 December - Sunday 3 December
🎁 Adult £5 | Child £3
Learn more and book now: https://bit.ly/4635izM
Father Christmas is making a special stop at Fulham Palace!
After creating Christmas crafts with the elves, meet with Father Christmas in the historic library or the splendid Bishop Sherlock’s room. Little ones can share their Christmas lists, pose for a photo and receive a gift from Father Christmas.
Learn more and book your visit now: https://bit.ly/3tWX6nm
⚠️ Due to high winds and poor weather conditions caused by Storm Ciarán, Fulham Palace is temporarily closed.
It's not too late to join our visitor-favourite children's gardening workshop this weekend!
Our little green fingers gardening workshop is perfect for little ones ages 3+. With hands-on activities led by the Palace's garden team, children will sow, plant, care for and harvest produce in the beautiful walled garden vinery.
🍁 Little green fingers
📅 Saturday 4 November
🕰️ 10.00 - 11.00 | 11.30 - 12.30 | 14.00 - 15.00
🎟️ £15.00
Learn more and book your space now: https://bit.ly/47h5VqD
Is the Palace haunted?👻
We often get asked by curious guests, visitors and volunteers about the possibility of supernatural visitors here at the Palace. From supernatural sightings to chilled breezes and surprising drafts, the Palace's long history has collected a tale or two.
You can read some of the ghostly stories for yourself in one of our volunteer blogs: https://bit.ly/3FCCUK3
What do you think? Is Fulham Palace haunted? 👻 👁️ 🧛🏼 🧙🏼 🧟♀️ 🎃
🍁 We've officially welcomed a new season!🍁
Now that the clocks have changed, we have switched to our winter hours.
🌳 Our site will remain open daily from dawn - dusk.
🌱 The walled garden will open 10.15 - 15.45.
🔎 The museum and historic rooms will be open 10.30 - 16.00.
☕ The café will be open 9.30 - 16.00.
Learn more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3TqPDnV
Did you know Fulham Palace is home to 39 species of birds?
Birds are incredibly important to the ecosystem and to our daily life. Out of 39 species found at the Palace during the bird survey done in 2021, 13% of the species are red-listed according to UK conservation status.
This RSPB , take a look and see what feathery friends you can spot at the Palace.
Learn more about the Palace garden and its inhabitants: https://bit.ly/3PXXF5V
This Black History Month our very own community archaeologist, Alexis Haslam, shares his research on how in the 17th and 18th centuries the Bishops of London played a crucial early role in England’s colonial expansion.
Learn more in the latest blog: https://bit.ly/4980D2u
Some of our old Palace postcards have been spookified!
Can you help us identify the spooky additions?
Hint: the first postcard has 7 changes, the second postcard has 16 changes.
🍁 ✨ Gourd vibes only ✨ 🍁
Happy ! Here at the Palace, we believe in letting the gourd times roll, carving out some fun each day and making life as sweet as pumpkin pie.
Give ‘em pumpkin to talk about — leave your best pumpkin pun below👇🏼
🍁 ✨ Gourd vibes only ✨ 🍁
Happy ! Here at the Palace, we believe in letting the gourd times roll, carving out some fun each day and making life as sweet as pumpkin pie.
Give 'em pumpkin to talk about -- leave your best pumpkin pun below👇🏼
Let the kids get down-to-earth with our children’s gardening workshops!
Although it may be autumn, there is still plenty to do in the garden. Join senior gardener Pete on Saturday 4 November for the latest little green fingers workshop.
🌱 Saturday 4 November
🕰️ multiple sessions
🎟️ £15.00
Learn more and book now:https://bit.ly/3Mcn1O1
Join our interactive family tour tomorrow at 11.00!
Step through a secret door and travel back in time as you discover Fulham Palace. Complete challenges, take in your surroundings and dress the part of a true Palace resident using our costume collection.
Learn more and book your space now:https://bit.ly/3t9UthL
Autumn is here and soon the clocks will be changing!
Starting Sunday 29 October, we will be switching to our winter hours.
🌳 Our site will remain open daily from dawn - dusk.
🌱 The walled garden will open 10.15-15.45.
🔎 The museum and historic rooms will be open 10.30 - 16.00.
☕ The cafe will be open 9.30 - 16.00
Learn more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3TqPDnV
Meet PhD candidate Isaac Crichlow!
This PhD candidate Isaac Crichlow shares his research on resistance through obeah and kalenda (martial arts), and about his research towards his PhD at University College London.
Read the blog now: https://bit.ly/3QkslSa
This Black History Month discover more about the history of Hammersmith and Fulham with a free Black History walking trail!
We've launched our fourth Black history walking trail with the help of Cross Academy students.
The route features five key landmarks in Fulham’s Black history, including Fulham Palace.
Can you guess the others?
Take to the trail 👇
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2023/10/our-fourth-black-history-trail-got-help-fulham-pupils
As comes to an end, we're sipping our favourite lattes in style with the Fulham Palace keep cup!
Receive a free hot drink the purchase of a Fulham Palace keep cup and be sure to bring it back on your next visit and take £0.40 off your hot drink order.
Keep cups can be purchased in the cafe or in the museum shop.
Join us tonight for a free online lecture!
Tonight at 7pm! The latest in the London Luminaries Autumn series of talks is from Fulham Palace -- ‘All their blood lyes att the doore of this Bishop’
Tickets are free, but if you're willing and able, we suggest making a £5 charitable donation. All proceeds are split between the Luminaries partner properties, many of which are extremely small and were hit hard by the drop in visitor numbers during the pandemic.
🎫https://londonluminaries.com/upcoming-events/
It's not too late to join community archaeologist Alexis for an exciting online talk!
Tomorrow, 19 October, Alexis will be presenting his talk titled 'All their blood lyes att the doore of this Bishop’ as part of the London Luminaries online talks.
Discover the turbulent history of Fulham Palace during the English Civil War and explore themes of:
💸 wealth
🏡 land
👪 divided families
❤️ love
Book your free ticket now:https://bit.ly/45cOfeo
Father Christmas is flying into Fulham Palace!
Join us Friday 24 November - Sunday 26 November for a special visit with Father Christmas. After meeting the elves and making a Christmas craft to take home, visit with Father Christmas in the historic library or the splendid Bishop Sherlock’s room. Children can share their Christmas lists, pose for a photo and even take home a special present!
Learn more and book your space now: https://bit.ly/3FfULX8
From harvesting organic goods to selling on the barrow, our garden volunteers help make the Palace special. Sunday garden volunteer Lily shares a bit about her experience at Fulham Palace in the latest blog.
Read the blog now: https://bit.ly/45npwnp
This we're reflecting on the creation, collaboration and instalation of our latest exhibition 'The Bishops of London, colonialism and transatlantic slavery: resistance'.
In 2020 Fulham Palace started to research the historic role of the Bishops of London in colonialism and transatlantic slavery. The research informed our decision to empower people who are descended from those who were enslaved or indentured to shape and lead future projects, including our current temporary exhibition.
Over a period of three months in 2022, poet Adisa the Verbalizer worked with 100 participants from five schools and community groups in London to explore the story of the resistance of enslaved people. Research was undertaken to support his work. Participants explored four key themes of resistance: hair, dance (and martial arts), obeah and song.
This film shares our reflections on the process of working with the groups and putting on the exhibition.
Learn more about the project: https://bit.ly/3LVKGCt
🍂It's time to fall into autumn🍂
Have you seen the new vinery display? Our wonderful garden apprentices created a gourd-geous harvest display showcasing some of the autumnally amazing walled garden produce!
The garden is open daily and free to visit. Learn more about the garden and plan your visit:https://bit.ly/3Iu3cAu
Our next season of events will be released on Monday 16 October!
From festive fun such as Father Christmas, wreath-making workshops and Christmas tours to live music, Valentine's Dates, teddy bear picnic and specialty tours there's plenty of fun to be had at Fulham Palace.
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On Friday 27 October, discover the haunted history of the Palace after dark on an evening tour...if you dare!
Sip on a warm mulled wine or non-alcoholic punch and hear about the haunting hidden stories of the Bishops of London.
This tour is suitable for ages 18+ and will take place partially outdoors, please dress accordingly for the weather and wear sensible footwear.
Book now: https://bit.ly/46eurse
Travel back in time at Fulham Palace on Tuesday 24 October!
Young adventurers aged 2 - 12 can complete challenges and explore the historic rooms all whilst dressing the part of a true Palace resident.
Each stop on this tour features an interactive element encouraging curious visitors to experience the Palace like never before.
Book now: https://bit.ly/3t9UthL
On Thursday 12 October, join head gardener Lucy for an informative talk all about compost!
On your garden walk, discover how compost is made, how it works and how we use it at the Palace.
You'll even learn tips and tricks for having your own thriving compost heap at home.
Get your tickets now: https://bit.ly/3Ri8h3J
Happy Caturday from Edmund and Pamunkey!
No matter the weather, you can always be sure that our furry friends are out and about.
See if you can spot them on their adventures on your next visit!
Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3TqPDnV
This Black History Month, Discover the symbols of resistance in the new exhibition at Fulham Palace!
Pick up a free children's trail from the museum front desk and follow the Adinkra symbol through the museum and historic rooms to explore a series of interactive displays. Discover the timeline of key resistance figures and rebellions throughout the colonial world. Watch and listen to the spoken word poetry by Adisa the Verbaliser. Glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of enslaved people and the Bishops of London through the items on display.
Schools who book their trip to the museum this month will receive a free Timeline of Resistance poster to take back to their classroom!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3pxhObe
Eager for festive events? 🎄 🎁 ❄️
Become a Friend and receive priority booking access to our upcoming seasonal events! From festive fun such as Father Christmas, wreathmaking workshops and Christmas tours to live music, Valentine's Dates and specialty tours there's plenty of fun to be had at Fulham Palace.
Become a Friend for just £35 and receive priority booking access on Monday 9 October.
Learn more and become a Friend today: https://bit.ly/3DH4rIw
How do you record an archaeological excavation?
Uncover the answer to this question and more in our Dissecting the dirt archaeology club on 7 October!
Gain transferable skills and get hands-on with history in these exciting sessions.
Book now: https://bit.ly/3LzAkba
With 13 acres of the garden to discover, it's no wonder that even volunteers find small details that continue to catch their eye!
Sunday garden volunteer Jonathan shares with us a few of this hidden details in a new volunteer blog.
Read the blog here: https://bit.ly/3ESpZTO
Tomorrow, discover more about Fulham Palace at our annual general meeting!
Explore the Palace's achievements in the last year, a finance update and afterwards, enjoy a fascinating talk with Dr Stewart McCain.
Book your free ticket now: https://bit.ly/3EHF2Q6
🍎 It's apple day - celebrate the orchard harvest on our eleventh annual apple day celebration!
Enjoy live folk music from Corwin & Grace, delicious drinks, garden games with Super Camps, test your luck at the tombola and so much more.
Tickets are £3.00 adults, £1.00 children.
See what's on: https://bit.ly/43ozfJt
🍏 Apple day is tomorrow!🍎
With live music, a harvest-themed market, garden games, our all-star baking competition and so much more, it's sure to be an apple-solutely amazing day!
Tickets are available for purchase at the door.
£1 child • £3 adult
On Monday 23 October, join collections and conversation officer Roxane and examine the Palace's history through its wallpaper!
Learn different techniques of creating wallpaper from the Georgian era and get hands-on to create your own designs.
This hands-on workshop is suitable for ages 16+.
Book now: https://bit.ly/3Puwn8D
Fulham Palace, Bishops Park, Bishops Avenue
London
SW66EA
| Monday | 6am - 6pm |
| Tuesday | 6:30am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 6:30am - 6pm |
| Thursday | 6:30am - 6pm |
| Friday | 6:30am - 6pm |
| Saturday | 6:30am - 6pm |
| Sunday | 6am - 6pm |
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Keen-eyed visitors may have noticed the paintings in the great hall have returned! While the museum and historic rooms at Fulham Palace are temporarily closed to visitors, two large Benjamin West paintings were removed from the great hall in order to undergo necessary conservation. The paintings have since returned fresh-faced and ready to greet new visitors. Learn more about the conservation in the blog written by Roxane Burke, collections and conservation assistant: https://bit.ly/3utf1Ak #FunFactFriday
Join us tomorrow for a day dedicated to the colourful, versatile and deliciously painful chilli plant! Stop by our chilli fest celebration anytime between 11.00 - 15.00 and learn all about chillies. There will be live music, food vendor, and even a chilli tasting!
Garden apprentice Millie Woodley took this video of African linden flower (Sparmannia africana) in our vinery. You can see its unusual and clever mechanism for helping pollinators: it opens and enlarges its stamens to attract insects and help them get to the pollen! 🐝🦋
We can’t wait for you to drop in when our botanic garden re-opens again on 29 June (even it’s it’s just for a flying visit, like this bumblebee)! 🐝
This Volunteers' Week some of our volunteers have helped us put together a video about their work at Fulham Palace, in their own words. Hope you enjoy!
Happy 201st birthday to Queen Victoria! Today community archaeologist Alexis and garden apprentice Hattie examine the myrtle outside our café to see if it really did grow from a cutting from Victoria's wedding bouquet. #QueenVictoria #OTD
The site of Fulham Palace was occupied during the Neolithic, Iron Age and Roman periods, probably because of its location next to an important Thames crossing. From medieval times or earlier the site was encircled by the longest domestic moat in England. You can still see part of the moat as you enter across the bridge at the main entrance of the site.
Since 704 AD Fulham Palace has been the property of the Bishops of London. Each Bishop made their own mark on the Palace, from making changes to the building to planting one of the first botanic gardens in London. The last Bishop of London to live at the Palace moved out in 1973.
Today Fulham Palace is run by Fulham Palace Trust, a registered charity, established in 2011.
There is a wealth of things to see and do; explore our historic rooms, find our more about the Palace’s past in the museum, have lunch in the drawing room café or relax in the beautiful walled garden.
Admission to the Palace is free of charge (except for special tours and events).
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