Individuals and small groups of visitors are welcome to visit The Royal Hospital.HOURS OF OPENING
Museum - Open to the public daily
10.00am - 12 noon
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Shop - Open to the public daily
10.00am - 5.00pm
10.00am - 4.00pm (Wed)
Closed on Sundays from October to March and all Bank
Holidays.
- Entry to The Royal Hospital is FREE
- Visitors are able to see the Great Hall, Octagon and Chapel, walk around Figure, College and Light Horse Courts and visit the Museum and Shop.
- Click here for directions to the Royal Hospital.
- Guidebooks are available from the Shop.
- NB! The Long Wards are not open to the public.
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TOURS
Conducted tours, for which a £50 charge is made per group (max 40), with a Chelsea Pensioner guide (subject to availablility), are also available.
These are conducted at 10.00am and 1.30pm, Tues-Thurs.
Please contact 020 7881 5305/298 (mon-fri, 9-5) for further information.
Next to The Royal Hospital is the The National Army Museum and a little further down the road is the Chelsea Physic Garden.
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SOUTH GROUNDS AND RANELAGH GARDENS OPENING HOURS
Monday - Saturday
April 10:00-19:30
1 May - 31 August 10:00-20:30
September 10:00-19:00
October 10:00-17:00
1 November - 31 March 10:00-16:30
Sunday
Grounds open at 14:00
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
(tel: 020 7602 2226) Maintains two public football pitches and two tennis courts on the South Grounds.
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BURTON'S COURT
Exercise facilities at Burton's Court are managed by the The Royal Hospital's Commercial Services Department. Annual passes are available to local residents. For further information please click here.