Kensington Palace Tickets & Royal Gardens Walking Tour

Meet your guide at Queensway Station

Your guide waits beside the iconic red phone box at 1 Queensway, next to Fortune Cookie restaurant. After introductions, you'll walk together into Kensington Gardens to begin your journey through centuries of royal history.

Stroll through Kensington Gardens' leafy pathways

Follow tree-lined paths where monarchs once walked, learning how this 275-acre park transformed from royal hunting grounds into London's most refined green space. Your guide shares tales of the kings and queens who shaped these landscapes over 1,000 years.

Admire the Italian Gardens Prince Albert built

Pause at ornamental fountains and sculpted flowerbeds that Prince Albert commissioned in 1860 as a gift for Queen Victoria. The formal gardens display Victorian elegance with symmetrical stone pools, pavilions, and seasonal blooms framing the Long Water.

Discover the bronze Peter Pan statue

At the water's edge, you'll find the Peter Pan statue that author J.M. Barrie secretly installed overnight in 1912. Your guide explains why Barrie chose this wooded spot in the park that inspired his stories of the boy who wouldn't grow up.

Visit Princess Diana's statue in the Sunken Garden

Step into this tranquil garden where Princess Diana's statue stands surrounded by her favorite flowers. Your guide recounts her years at Kensington Palace, where she raised William and Harry and became the most photographed woman in the world.