Hampton Court Fun Fair
What are you doing for Easter Bank Holiday, 2009?
There is no better place to visit than Hampton Court's Fantastic Annual Bank Holiday Fair. This superb festival of fun has been open on Hampton Court Green, opposite the beautiful and historic Palace, for over 150 years with a fascinating history, and perhaps more important to you, a wonderful present and exciting future!
With a Car Park for those who want to drive but close to great public transport links (Trains from Waterloo and buses from all around West London) this easy to find fair includes everything you could hope for on a bank holiday weekend with children's rides, traditional games and stalls, a wonderful Carousel as centre piece, plus a Giant Wheel with views of all the area, and white knuckle thrills for the brave. And all of this with free admission and all at special low prices so that everyone can attend and enjoy this event.
The Fair will open at 12 noon on Good Friday, April 10th 2009 and stay open right through to 11 pm that night, and then open the same time every day right up to and including Tuesday 14th April 2009 when it is Charity Tuesday, where you can buy a Wristband for just £2 and then enjoy every ride for half price with the profits from the Wristbands supporting the Historic Royal Palaces own charity appeal. So you can give to a good cause and get great value too, what a wonderful idea!
We always encourage those thousands of families who visit our fair to look around the area as well. There are cafes and bars nearby, a marvellous view of the River Thames at this beautiful location with the fascinating Indonesian Style Wooden house by the banks of the river. Then there are shops to visit and of course the Palace itself with the gardens and Maze as well as the buildings with their long and troubled history dating back 500 years to good old Henry VIII who was gifted the Palace by Cardinal Wolsey and was so grateful for this that he waited a couple of years before cutting off his head. The only thing that saved Wolsey's life was that he died naturally before he could be beheaded. Lucky man, in a funny sort of way. At least he could rest in peace and not in pieces.
Visit the Hampton Court Palace Website for more information on this unique Royal building whilst on this website you can find full travel details to our festival. We look forward to welcoming you to Hampton Court Fair and whilst we cannot promise the same beautiful weather as we enjoyed in 2007 as that is outside our control, we will all be hoping for a lovely Spring Weekend. You, and I, deserve that much!
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