feeding the carp at Eltham Palace

A nice day out. Saturday's BBQ was rained off so a little outing was in order for Sunday morning.
Eltham Palace is a large house in Eltham, within the London Borough of Greenwich, South East London, England; it is currently owned by English Heritage and open to the public. It has been said the internally Art Deco house is a "masterpiece of modern design".
In 1933 Sir Stephen and Lady Courtauld acquired the lease of the palace site and restored the Great Hall (adding a minstrels' gallery to it) while building an elaborate home, internally in the Art Deco style. Stephen was the younger brother of industrialist and art collector Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art. The Courtaulds' pet lemur had a special room on the upper floor of the house which had a hatch to the downstairs flower room; he had the run of the house. The Courtaulds remained at Eltham until 1944 (during which time Stephen firewatched from the Great Hall roof, with the palace near the docks at Woolwich, a prime bombing target - in September 1940, the roof of the Great Hall was badly damaged by a bomb). In 1944 they moved to Scotland then to Southern Rhodesia, giving the palace to the Royal Army Educational Corps in March 1945; the corps remained there until 1992.

In 1995 English Heritage assumed management of the palace, and in 1999 completed major repairs and restorations of the interiors and gardens.

The palace is open to the public and can be hired for weddings and other functions. Public transport is available at the nearby Mottingham railway station or Eltham railway station, both a short walk from the palace, and there is free parking on site. There are also a café and gift shop.

Opening Times:
April 2009 to March 2010 Opening Times Opening Days
1 Apr-1 Nov. 10am-5pm Mon, Tue, Wed, & Sun.
2 Nov-30 Dec 11am-4pm Mon, Tue, Wed, & Sun.
31 Dec-31 Jan CLOSED
1 Feb-31 Mar 11am-4pm Mon, Tue, Wed, & Sun.

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[MrCrowntree]

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[kentishbloke]

@MrCrowntree HA..that'll cost you a tenner lol.OR a good hard pruning !!

[PottyEsq]

Bloody hell .... I used to walk past here in double file went I went to church on Sundays from boarding school (Eltham College).

Now I live on the West Coast of New Zealands South Island!

[kentishbloke]

Glad to re-aquaint you :))

[ElemeFF]

Cracking soundtrack ... UU's look great in yellow!

Any chance of sneaking in there for some night-time fishing?

Anyway ... get ready! LittleMicky's coming to town!

5*

[kentishbloke]

Gene Kruppa. And re the fishing, you'll have to ask Lorraine.....Oh, I see what you mean ! :))

[MrLordalan]

Best fucking video I've ever seen

[canturgan]

I thought it said feeding the crap at Eltham Palace.

[grandplans]

wow, that looks like an excellent place to spend some time. Very beautiful scenery

[Toracube]

Will do!!!