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Take the train to Hampton Court Palace, Richmond on Thames, Greater London.
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The time trial victory at Hampton Court Palace was his fourth Olympic gold and seventh Olympic medal.
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The weir, which is used to control river levels, lies upstream of Hampton Court Palace and was built in 1883.
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The final leg will run from Hampton Court Palace, the former home of King Henry VIII, before arriving at the opening ceremony on July 27.
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Once a candidate for Pope, he lived in Hampton Court Palace, but he fell from favour after failing to secure Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
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The time trial victory, which passed through Elmbridge and several Surrey towns before ending at Hampton Court Palace, was his fourth Olympic gold and seventh Olympic medal.
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At Hampton Court Palace in south-west London, after the success in restoring the 18th-century Privy Garden, other parts of the grounds are to be taken back to their 19th-century appearance.
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After he died in 2007, the painting was offered in memory of Sir Oliver and his wife, Delia, who died in 2004, on condition that it should return to Hampton Court Palace.
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Wiggins, the 32-year-old who this year became the first U.K. cyclist to win the Tour de France, finished the 27-mile course at Hampton Court Palace in 50 minutes, 39.54 seconds, which was 42 seconds ahead of German cyclist Tony Martin.
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Not to be outdone by his French counterpart, on the other side of the English Channel, Henry VIII (1509-47) was a skilled practitioner of the sport and famously built a court at the Royal Palace of Hampton Court, which still survives today and is used for modern competition.
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Users keen on the Tudors can nip from the palace at Hampton Court to a 1560 map of Civitas Londinium, and learn about Thomas Cromwell against the music of madrigals.
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