Lambeth Palace
SE1 7JU London Greater London
Lambeth Palace - Medieval Building - King Edward V
The Book of Common Prayer was established during Edward VI’s reign and produced by Thomas Cranmer, who was the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury.
The palace has been the official home of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the past 800 years; it is a working palace and family home. The crypt is the oldest part of the palace and its garden is the oldest continually cultivated in London; Lambeth Palace Gardening Museum has a wonderful collection of gardening tools.
Captain Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty) died in London’s Bond Street (December 1817) and was buried in a family plot of St Mary’s Lambeth - which is now the Garden Museum.
The palace is only available to the public by guided tours (Crypt, Guard Room, Chapel and Library) adult ticket from £13.00 best to visit website.
Nearest undergrounds include Lambeth North tube station, a 14-minute walk to Lambeth Palace and Waterloo tube station, a 20-minute walk to Lambeth Palace. (The palace is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames - Lambeth Palace Road.)