Woking Palace

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Woking Palace is a former royal residence on the outskirts of Woking, near the suburb of Old Woking, Surrey.

The site was used as a royal residence from at least 1272. There is recorded use by Edward IV and Henry VIII. The site is now a relic of what it was when Henry VIII occupied it.

The palace was moated and can be separated into four parts: north east quadrant; the barrel vault and associated structures in the south east; the King’s Garden on the south west; and the Copse to the north west, once the orchard. Woking Borough Council as custodians have built a protective roof over the barrel vault, installed a lockable door and carried out protective repairs to the remaining Tudor wall. The King’s Garden was originally a formal kitchen garden but is now a rough meadow. The Copse contains two large linear fish ponds and a smaller round pond. The moat is partly filled in on three sides whilst the River Wey enclosed the site on the fourth side.

The site has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended by the National Heritage Act 1983.