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Hot Weather During Your Visit

✔ Find a shady spot in our Parkland under the trees and enjoy a picnic with your family and friends.

✔ Unwind and explore our Palace, the perfect place to shelter from the midday heat. Why not take a Guided Tour and soak up some history?

✔ The kids will love to splash and play in the winding river that flows through our Adventure Play. Make sure you bring a change of clothes!

✔ Take a shady stroll through our rediscovered historic pathway, between the Rose Garden and the Temple of Flora.

✔ Enjoy a yummy ice cream in the shade, which flavour will you pick?

✔ Take a pew on one of the many benches around our Park and Gardens and enjoy the view while you top up your tan.

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Check our website and social media pages for any updates regarding any changes due to weather warnings
Remember to pre-book your tickets so you can be through the gates quicker and spend less time in a hot car
Keep hydrated, bring water bottles these can be refilled in the Great Court and various other points at the Palace, please ask our team who can help
Bring a wide brimmed hat, you will look stylish and keep the sun off
Bring sun cream with you

Find a shady place to sit and enjoy a picnic, we have some large trees and shaded areas in our Park and Gardens
Avoid running around, take your time and enjoy your day with us
Come into the Palace later in the day, enjoy the State Rooms without the crowds and avoid the queues
Our Churchill and Stables exhibitions are the perfect place to be cool and to learn more about the history of the Palace
We do sell ice cream in our cafes for humans and dogs

If you bring a dog with you – check out our dog page and remember, do not leave dogs in cars during hot weather, it is advised that you walk them early in the morning and later in the evening
There is dog ice cream available at the Palace to cool your pooch down
There are water bowls available for dogs at our Flagstaff Gate, East Courtyard and next to the Pizzeria.

Extinguish cigarettes properly, don’t throw the end on the ground and never throw cigarette ends out of car windows
Don’t leave bottles or glass in woodland/grassland; sunlight shining through glass can start fires. Take them home and put them in a waste or recycling bin
Do not bring disposable BBQ’s under any circumstances
Please do not leave your car engine running once you have parked up, this can cause fires on the grassland.
If you see a fire, do not attempt to tackle it - leave the area as quickly as possible and report it to the Fire and Rescue Service by calling 999 and alert the team

Winston our Miniature Train gets a bit puffed out in the heat and cannot run on very hot days
Our Butterfly House will be closed as it is too hot for little and big people to enjoy, but the Butterflies love the warmth