Real tennis venues

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Palace of Fontainebleau, Hampton Court Palace, Clifton College, Marylebone Cricket Club, Canford School, Lambay Island, National Tennis Club, Georgian Court University, Queen's Club, Racquet and Tennis Club, Tuxedo Club, Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Royal Melbourne Tennis Club, Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, Aiken Tennis Club, Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club, Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club, Oratory Tennis Club, International Tennis Club of Washington, Tennis and Racquet Club, Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court, Merton Street tennis court, Bristol and Bath Tennis Club, Hobart Real Tennis Club. Excerpt: Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames. It was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it. It would serve as the location filmed for the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, directed by Fred Zinnemann. The following century, William III's massive rebuilding and expansion project intended to rival Versailles was begun. Work halted in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque. While the palace's styles are an accident of fate, a unity exists due to the use of pink bricks and a symmetrical, albeit vague, balancing of successive low wings. Today, the palace is open to the public, and is a major tourist attraction. It is cared for by an independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces which receives no funding from the Government or the Crown. The palace's Home Park is the site of the annual Hampton Court Palace Festival and Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Along with St. James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by Henry VIII. Hampton Court Palace, with marked reference points referred to on this page. A: West Front & Main Entrance; B: Base Court; C: Clock Tower; D: Clock Court, E: Fountain Court; F: East Front; G: South Front; H: Banqueting House; J: Great Hall; K: River Thames; M: East Gardens; O: Cardinal Wolsey's Rooms; P: Chapel.Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, Chief Minister and favourite of King Henry VIII, took over the site of Hampton Court Palace in 1514. It had previously been a property of the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Over the following seven years, Wolsey spent lavishly to build t