Hunting Henry at Hever Castle & Penshurst Place
Full Day - £350.00 (up to 5 people)
Half Day - £200.00 (up to 5 people)
Tour Itinerary
Edenbridge
Hever Castle
Hever Castle
Lunch
Penshurst Place
Penshurst Place
Leigh
Hunting Henry
Henry VIII’s love of hunting is legendary. He spent many hours in the saddle chasing stags, deer, and wild boar through the Royal parks and forests. This tour takes in Penshurst Place, one of his hunting lodges, as well as nearby Hever Castle, where his second wife, Anne Boleyn, grew up.

During Henry’s reign, he acquired several hunting lodges, (sometimes at a heavy cost to the owners!) and secured the protection of hunting grounds and forests all over the country. Hunting in Tudor times was a means of networking, a way of wielding influence and displaying wealth. Henry wrote of his love of hunting in his letters to Anne Boleyn, and sometimes sent her as a gift the animal he had killed that day.
The 3rd Duke of Buckingham entertained Henry lavishly at a party at Penshurst Place in 1519 that cost over a million pounds in today’s money. The Duke was supposedly overheard boasting that he was more ‘royal’ than Henry, which the King took to be proof of treason, promptly had the Duke executed, and took Penshurst Place for himself.
Tickets Pricing & Booking
Full Day Tour - £350.00 (up to 5 people)
10.30am - 17.30pm
20% deposit payable at time of booking.
Half Day Tour - £200.00 (up to 5 people)
10.30am - 14.30pm or 14.00pm - 17.30pm
20% deposit payable at time of booking.
Opening Times
Hever Castle:
Open daily from 26th March - 28th October
Grounds open at 10.30am.
Castle opens at 12.00 noon.
Penshurst Place:
Open daily from 30th March - 28th October
Garden & grounds 10.30am - 18.00pm.
House 12.00 noon - 16.00pm.
Did You Know...
Henry became King of England on 21st April 1509 after the death of his father, Henry VII. Henry VIII was 17 years old at the time, and his coronation was on 24th June 1509.
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