Sir Christopher Wren lived and kept his drawing office at the Old Court House on Hampton Court Green, and Michael Faraday was given the old master mason’s house on Hampton Court Road. Those houses, and the Georgian terraces between the palace and Bushy Park, are where London Carpet Cleaning works in Hampton Court, KT8, on the Richmond upon Thames side of the bridge. Rooms start from £36, and carpets are dry 6 to 7 hours after cleaning.
Hampton Court Green and the road to the palace
Hampton Court is two places sharing one postcode. The palace, the Green and the houses along Hampton Court Road are on the north bank, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Over the bridge, the station and most of the KT8 homes are in East Molesey, which belongs to Elmbridge in Surrey.
The London side is the Hampton Court Green conservation area, designated in January 1969, with extensions in 1982 and 2005. It holds 28 listed buildings and 38 buildings of townscape merit in a small space. The Royal Mews, a late 16th-century stable block round a quadrangle, is Grade I. The Old Court House was Wren’s home, Faraday House on Hampton Court Road was granted to Michael Faraday and later housed Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, Prestbury House dates from 1743, and Hampton Court House was built in 1757 for the Earl of Halifax. The King’s Arms has been there, under one name or another, since 1658.
Hampton Court Road (the A308) splits the area. On the west side, three-storey houses face the Green with deep gardens running back to the Thames; on the east, Georgian houses with later shop fronts and detached cottages back onto the Bushy Park wall. These are tall houses with two flights of stairs and timber floors, and the wool carpet in them has often been down for decades. The council’s appraisal notes that traffic has been a problem ever since the palace opened to the public in 1838, and that is still the first thing we plan for.
Hampton Village: the census area holding the palace
| Homes that are | Share |
|---|---|
| Houses of any kind | 71.1% |
| Four or more bedrooms | 31.2% |
| Owned outright | 35.3% |
| Built before 1900 | 10.7% |
| Built before 1919 | 28.2% |
| Rented privately | 17.6% |
The census has no area for Hampton Court alone. The palace and the Green sit at the eastern end of the Hampton Village area, which stretches west through Hampton itself, and East Molesey is not in it at all, since that is Surrey. Read the figures as the London side of the river. Seven homes in ten (71.1%) are houses, almost a third (31.2%) have four or more bedrooms, and 35.3% are owned outright, so the typical job is a large, long-owned house.
The age profile is mixed: 10.7% of homes were built before 1900 and 28.2% before 1919, which takes in the Georgian and Victorian houses by the Green, while the rest of the area is largely interwar and later. In the older houses we clean wool slowly and with little water, keeping the moisture off old boards and stair nosings. For a four-bedroom family house with a through-lounge and one flight of stairs, the price is £246. Private renting is 17.6%, so check-out cleans are a smaller share here than in Twickenham or Teddington.
Figures: ONS Census 2021 (Richmond upon Thames 023) and VOA council tax stock, March 2024.
Zone H: parking every day of the week
The Hampton Court controlled parking zone, zone H, is unusual: it runs every day, including bank holidays. The shared permit and pay-and-display bays are controlled from 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Sunday, and the permit-only bays until 8pm. With palace visitors filling the area at weekends, there is no free day to wait for, so on the Green and Hampton Court Road we always book a paid bay or ask you for a visitor permit, and we plan the hose run from there. The council’s appraisal also flags the car park on the north-west corner of the Green and the parking pressure on Campbell Road.
Over the bridge in East Molesey the parking rules are Elmbridge’s, and the bays near Bridge Road and the station are metered. Wherever you are, tell us the road when you book. Move small furniture off the stairs and landings before we arrive, and in a three-storey house, clear the top landing first; we work down from the top so nobody walks on a damp carpet.
Hampton Court Palace and the homes at its gates come under this page too, the converted flats included. A few of the three-storey Georgian townhouses facing the Green date from the 1740s and were built for the royal household, and several old service buildings are now homes, most of brown or plum brick with sash windows under slate roofs. Across the bridge, Hampton Court station opened in February 1849, its buildings designed by William Tite to echo the palace. This close to the Thames, homes hold damp, and a pale lounge carpet that looks fine in July can look grey by February.
How much does carpet cleaning cost in Hampton Court?
One price list covers both ends of Hampton Court Bridge. You get the figure before we come, and it carries no call-out fee.
- Carpet, per bedroom, from £36
- Carpet, living room, from £43
- Through-lounge, from £61
- Stairs, one flight, from £41, which matters in the three-storey houses
- Two-seater sofa from £57; armchair from £33
- Rug up to 3m² from £35; mattress from £35
Two bedrooms and a living room in a flat by the bridge cost £115. Get a free quote, or call us on 020 8077 8090.
Old wool, river silt and builders’ dust
Our method for fitted carpets and staircases is hot-water extraction, adjusted to the fibre: the period wool by the Green gets a light, low-moisture pass and a hard-wearing synthetic gets a hotter, wetter rinse. With Bushy Park and the riverside walks a few minutes off, mud comes in on boots and paws and settles into the hall runner and the first turn of the stairs before anything else looks tired. River silt and fine park clay are dark, and while a fresh patch lifts well, a mark ground into cream wool over a season may only lighten; we say which at the door. Builders’ dust is the other regular, and plaster grit needs a full extraction to clear. Our sofa and armchair cleaning is done in the room, while wool rugs are cleaned in the home with rug cleaning and silk starts with a photo; mattresses and curtains can join the same visit. Other parts of the borough are on our Richmond carpet cleaning page, and for the Surrey side of the bridge we also cover East Molesey, including Kent Town.
Hampton Court: what customers ask
Which streets do you cover around Hampton Court, from Bridge Road to Kent Town?
Both sides of the bridge. On the London side that is Hampton Court Green, Hampton Court Road and the houses by the palace and Bushy Park. Across the river it is Bridge Road and Creek Road by the station and the Kent Town grid of Kent Road, Palace Road and Matham Road in East Molesey. There is no call-out fee on either side.
Is parking a problem near the river and the station?
It needs planning. On the London side zone H runs seven days a week, so a paid bay or your visitor permit is a must. On the Molesey side the bays near Bridge Road are metered. Name the street when you book and we sort it, with a long hose run where the van cannot sit outside.
Can you clean a wool runner on a period staircase without soaking it?
Yes, and on an original runner that is the right way. We clean in place with the moisture kept low, so the bare treads either side and the timber beneath stay dry and the rods or pins hold. The runner is dry within 6 to 7 hours, a little longer for thick wool.
Can you clean a large wool rug in a Hampton Court flat or house?
Yes, and the rug is cleaned in your home during the visit. A hall runner or a wool rug is vacuumed, any stains are pre-treated, then it is shampooed and rinsed by hot-water extraction with the same machine we use on fitted carpet. Clear the floor first and we move light furniture. Heavy silk, old fringing or an antique piece needs a photo sent first, so we can tell you whether it can be cleaned safely on site.
Is Hampton Court in London or Surrey?
Both. The palace, the Green and the houses on Hampton Court Road are in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The station and the streets south of the bridge, including Kent Town, are in East Molesey, in Elmbridge, Surrey. The KT8 postcode covers both, and our prices are the same on either bank.
Can you come on a weekend when the palace is busy?
Yes, but on the Green it costs the same effort as a weekday, because zone H is enforced on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays too. We book a bay or use your visitor permit, arrive early before the visitor traffic builds, and the van leaves once the last room is done.
A spot that comes back after our visit is cleaned again at no charge, under our re-clean guarantee. The business carries full insurance and its cleaners are DBS-checked; we have worked on both banks at Hampton Court since 2009.
