List of British royal residences

This is a list of residences occupied by the British Royal family, noting the seasons of the year they are traditionally occupied.

Members of the British Royal Family inhabit a range of residences around the UK. Some are royal palaces, owned by the Crown; others are privately owned. Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House have been inherited as private property for several generations. Other royal palaces are no longer residences (e.g. the Palace of Westminster, the Palace of Whitehall). Some remain in irregular use for royal occasions.

Current residences

St. James's Palace is still technically the "senior palace" of the monarch; the Chapel Royal is situated there and foreign ambassadors are still accredited to it. However, the Queen does not have an apartment there.

The Queen

Official residences

• Buckingham Palace, London
• Windsor Castle (Easter week, Royal Ascot week in June)
• Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh

Private residences (both inherited from her father)

• Sandringham House in Norfolk (Christmas)
• Balmoral Castle in Scotland

The Prince of Wales

Official residence

• Clarence House, London

Private residences

• Birkhall House, Balmoral
• Craigowan House, Balmoral
• Dalnadamph Lodge, Balmoral
• Highgrove, Gloucestershire (purchased 1980)
• Tamarisk, Isles of Scilly

Other members of the Royal Family

Official

• Kensington Palace (London)
• St James's Palace (London)

Private

• Bagshot Park
• Crocker End House
• Dolphin Square, Embankment, London
• Gatcombe Park, Minchinhampton, Stroud, Gloucestershire
• Nether Lypiatt Manor
• Sunninghill Park
• Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey

Former Royal residences

• Ailesbury House, Leicester Square, London
• The Albany, Piccadilly, London
• Anmer Hall, Norfolk
• Barnwall Manor, Northamptonshire
• Barton Lodge, Winkfield, Berkshire
• Bentley Priory, London
• Birch Hall, Surrey
• Brantridge Park
• Bridewell Palace
• Bushy Park
• Cambridge Cottage, Kew
• Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London
• Carisbrooke Castle
• Carlton House, London
• Castle Hill Lodge, Ealing
• The Castle of Mey
• Castlewood House, Egham, Surrey
• Chesterfield House, Greenwich
• Chevening House
• Chideock Manor, Dorset
• Chiswick House, Burlington, London
• Christ Church, Oxford (temporarily, King Charles I)
• Claremont House, Esher, Surrey
• Clivenden
• Connaught Place, London
• Coppins, Buckinghamshire
• Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
• Dover House, London
• East Sheen Lodge, London
• Eastwell Park, Kent
• Eltham Palace
• Fort Belvedere, Windsor
• Frogmore House, Windsor
• Gloucester House, Piccadilly, London
• Gloucester Lodge, Brompton
• Gunnersbury Park, London
• Hampton Court Palace
• Ingestre House, Belgrave Square, London
• Kew House, Isle of Wight
• Kew Palace
• Kingsbourne House, Wentworth, Surrey
• Leicester House, London
• Les Jollies Eaux, Mustique, St Vincent
• Marlborough House
• Nonsuch Palace
• Oak Grove House, Sandhurst
• Oatlands Park, Weybridge, Surrey
• Osborne House
• Palace of Beaulieu
• Palace of Placentia
• Palace of Westminster
• Palace of Whitehall
• Queen's House, Greenwich
• Ranger's House, Greenwich
• Ribsden Holt, Windlesham, Surrey
• Romenda Lodge, Wentworth Estate, Surrey
• Royal Hospital, Dublin
• Royal Pavilion, Brighton
• Savile House, Leicester Square, London
• Savoy Palace
• Schomberg House, Pall Mall, London
• Sussex House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London
• Tower of London
• Walmer Castle
• West Palm Beach, Florida
• White Lodge, Richmond
• Winkfield
• Witley Court, Worcestershire
• York House, St James's Palace