Fulham Palace

This review is for the coffee house inside the palace, not the palace itself.
This charming little coffee house is wonderfully decorated with an assortment of sofas, mismatched chairs, tables, benches and stools. It looks and feels very comfortable and cozy.
The coffee and snack selection isn’t huge, but everything is very well made from quality ingredients, fresh and delicious. They even have a few vegan pastry options!
The view from the café into the gardens is beautiful, the palace gardens are definitely worth a visit!
The only deduction is for the prices being quite steep, even for the area.

Came here as part of Open House London.
The palace is quite small but is located in the beautiful Bishops Park in Putney. Although it is called a Palace, it is a place where the Bishops of London lived. There are a couple art and historically interesting exhibitions within the palace. We had a tour around the palace and were shown the attic, which is not shown to visitors normally. It was pretty interesting to see the original wood work and how the chandelier was being held up.
Overall a cute little palace and I would definitely recommend stopping in to walk around the gardens and view the exhibitions.

Its not often that I spend a Sunday afternoon wandering around some gardens, a museum and a very pleasant coffee house, but this was definitely quite a treat. As we spent most of our time in the café, I’ll focus on this.
They have a very good selection of cakes
(See photo below)
although the pricing is all over the place — carrot cake for £3.50(?!) and yet a top notch pain au chocolat for £1.50. That aside, it all looked extremely delicious, and the coffee was excellent (See photo below)
After ordering our food and drinks we settled down at one of the tables. Fortunately every one had left, so we could sit in complete peace surveying the crisply kept lawn through the large stately windows. I think I might rate this the no.1 place to have coffee in London!
On our way we had a quick peek at some of the art on display — definitely worth a visit at some point. We then strolled along the river: the first time I’ve seen the Putney boathouses from this angle. All in all a very good place to spend a couple of hours. As we left someone remarked that it would be a very good location for a summer drinks party: hopefully I will be returning in the coming months.

Trying on a wedding dress at a shop in Toronto, my sister was asked where she was getting married… «Fulham Palace, in London»
«A PALACE! Are you a princess??»
Sadly not, as that would make me Prince Tom E (the Duke of Unilocal?)
But, yes… Fulham Palace is available for private hire and it was a fantastic setting for a wedding. It feels less like a royal palace and more like a big old country mansion. In London that makes it an oddity and a rarity to boot. It’s worth a visit if you’re ever in Putney to see what the old Bishop used to live like (it was his gaff) and they have a wicked good café with plush sofas under chandeliers and a view out into the long country garden filled with wild flowers and roses. It’s a perfect stop to relax on a sunny summer afternoon, but the palace always feels welcoming even in winter too.
As the listing says, it also holds art and you’ll typically find a new sculpture or installation added every year or so, but don’t expect too much. The palace is the real star.

For me, the special part of Fulham Palace lays in it’s grounds. Surrounded by gorgeous gardens, the palace has an air of mystery about it. The gardens are home to many tame Squirrels, who follow your every move around the grounds.
An ideal place for a Sunday walk, picnic or frisbee games with the little ones, the grounds behold a herb garden, a windy path, a climbing tree and a secret ‘wild garden’ at the very back, which you enter underneath a brick arch. An ideal place to teach little ones about nature, and to feed the squirrels and other such wholesome activities.
There are tours of the actual palace itself during the week and at selected times over the weekend. Limited parking.

The Fulham Palace was the ‘country retreat’ of the London Bishops since the 11^th century.
The palace was re-​furbished last year and reopened its doors in the winter ’06.
It is a gorgeous venue for a wedding, a special party or an office get-​together. We hired the palace for a business party and it was a real success. The rooms are airy and comfortable, the architecture is superb and the catering was great.
The palace is a bit off the beaten track (which is the only downside for a business party) but the advantage is that the building is set in the middle of botanic gardens — which make a fabulous backdrop during spring and summer.
Well recommended if you are looking for an affordable yet stylish and original venue.