When I first moved to Fulham Palace Road, the first thing I asked was whether or not there was a Fulham Palace. So distracted was I with everything else to see and do in London I didn't actually find out until very recently and here is what I found, 10 minutes walk down my street!
One of the least known and beatufiul palaces in London is Fulham Palace. Bishops have owned land there since the yer 690AD and used it as their country residence since the 11th Century. A mixture of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian architecture , Fulham Palace once boasted the longest moat in all of England believed to have been dug in the 10th Century or even by Romans. The Bishops vacated the property in the late 70s and it is now run by the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
While I was there, I had high tea with scones and cakes, frollicked and Irish Danced in the garden, followed the 1.4km Moat Trail around Bishops Park and the Palace, walked through Fulham Cemetary and All Saints Church as well as climbed some trees!
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