Blenheim Palace Entrance....

[TheBows]

We are thinking of visiting Blenheim Palace on route in our Swift Escape, 7.41 long and 2.31 wide. Its the main entrance we are hoping to use, off the A44 Oxford road. Will this an easy excursion, parking etc?

 

[Langtoftlad]

Do coaches get in?
Is there a separate entrance/parking for them?

 

[phase3begins]

Had a quick look on google maps and it looks easy (few tree branches but nothing dramatic)

 

[Bevlar]

We went last year not in the motorhome and my recollection is the entrance is a reasonable size and plenty of parking available

 

[Jim]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

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[ChrisSue]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

Possibly more information than we needed
It's on our list of places to go and now......

 

[Bailey58]

Unless they've altered the entrance we got in there a few years ago in our very wide Bailey.

 

[Two on Tour]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

Did your parents want to make it sound romantic, or was it maybe the night before in the back of the Austin A30, or the night after around the back of the Dog and Duck ?

 

[ChrisSue]

A little memory of mine. I'm the slim, extremely good looking, suave and sophisticated guy in blue at the front. Obviously a very old picture

 

[ChrisSue]

Did your parents want to make it sound romantic, or was it maybe the night before in the back of the Austin A30, or the night after around the back of the Dog and Duck ?

Or is Jim related to the Marlboroughs

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[Two on Tour]

A little memory of mine. I'm the slim, extremely good looking, suave and sophisticated guy in blue at the front. Obviously a very old picture

So that's you being followed by a load of pike'es is it.

 

[ChrisSue]

Somewhere in that bunch is no1 son. It was his first time on the battlefield. He is now an officer himself.

 

[peterc10]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

I am surprised that there is no blue plaque there to commemorate the act

 

[maison]

I am surprised that there is no blue plaque there to commemorate the act

Perhaps we should start a Government petition to have one erected. We would only need 100,000 signatures to have it debated in Parliament.

 

[phase3begins]

Perhaps we should start a Government petition to have one erected. We would only need 100,000 signatures to have it debated in Parliament.

i think quite enough has been erected under that tree.

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[Millcourt]

Perhaps we should start a Government petition to have one erected. We would only need 100,000 signatures to have it debated in Parliament.

Surely another erection under the tree is not necessary!

 

[joe and sue]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

Bloody hell Jim, you've got a good memory !!!

 

[Dobby 2]

The bin lorry gets in !

 

[Nanniemate]

Plenty of room at all 3 gates (Unlikely you would find the 3rd) I always find it fascinating that when these buildings were constructed all those years ago they knew how big our LGV/PSV's would be in 2022 and built the gates just in some cases big enough

 

[Riverbankannie]

We were there last year. The entrance …. and exit, are fine for MHs

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[Riverbankannie]

Plenty of room at all 3 gates (Unlikely you would find the 3rd) I always find it fascinating that when these buildings were constructed all those years ago they knew how big our LGV/PSV's would be in 2022 and built the gates just in some cases big enough

I know where the a fourth is but it’s only a foot entrance for locals. !

 

[Waveski]

Absolutely no problem with access. Coaches are daily visitors.

 

[Nanniemate]

I know where the a fourth is but it’s only a foot entrance for locals. !

My friend used to live in the estate grounds and no he was not a squirrel

 

[mitzimad]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

Blimey Jim you've got a great memory

 

[pampam]

ah you could have been called Blenheim Brown lol

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[Langtoftlad]

One in particular is very old and knarly.

Great word, knarly.

 

[pappajohn]

A little memory of mine. I'm the slim, extremely good looking, suave and sophisticated guy in blue at the front. Obviously a very old picture

Sealed knot?

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

I know the tree that you're talking about. It used to be a gooseberry bush, unless I'm mistaken.

I was born in a castle, Lennox Castle to be precise, near Lennoxtown, seven miles north east of Glasgow.
How many can say that?
It was a maternity hospital until 1964, then a psychiatric hospital until it closed in 2002

I was born in 1958, thought I'd say

 

[Brains]

If you want to get into real bit of history at the palace, lookout for the large cedar trees by the lake. One in particular is very old and knarly. Go and stand under it, look up first at the finery of it's branches then at the ground below, and know you're standing right where Jim Brown, your's truly, was conceived

Photo's or it doesn't count!

 

[L' Hobo]

One in particular is very old and knarly.

Chip off the old....tree, if you ask me!

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