A very interesting house, the former home of the Duke of Wellington. Of course there is much memorabilia relating to the famous Battle of Waterloo and Wellington's foe, Napoleon Bonaparte, but the house also contains a marvellous collection of artworks, furniture and porcelain and silverware. The house is much as it would have appeared dduring the Duke's time there, with beautifully decorated rooms. It is worthwhile to use the audioguide for the tour, as it provides good explanations of the various rooms, with additional historical information optionally available.

I visited on a discount combination ticket, both the Apsley House and the Wellington Arch. I used the audio guide in the house. The house was interesting. After returning home, I saw the new "Napoleon" movie which depicts Waterlook including the Duke of Wellington which made the prior visit to the mansion every more worthwhile!

It took me 15 mins walk from London Victoria Station to Apsley House, Just next door to Hyde Park in fact. The Duke's house was originally called Number 1 London but that changed to the present name. I paid my fee ( English Heritage own the house) and was told you can pick up a free audio guide at the Hall entrance Which I did and it told me all about the different rooms I entered and it had 1 or 2 other symbols on the guide that you could have some fun with as you were in the room. The artifacts and those beautiful paintings which The Duke was a great lover of ( Look out for the famous Battle of Waterloo painting) were brilliant, Some of the items were stunning especially the kitchen ware, medals & personal items. Look up as well to the ceilings in all rooms as they are decorated in their finest splendor. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, There is a toilet downstairs from the main entrance.

English Heritage members go free - but it is well worth the price if you are only around for a few weeks. The audio guide is very useful and free with admission. After 200 years, we may not appreciate just how important victory at Waterloo was for the whole of Europe. The Duke was given £700,000 to build a palace like Blenheim (given to the Duke of Marlborough a century before for defeating the French) but he decided to keep his country estate Stratfield Saye House much as it was and make Apsley House his London pad for entertaining on a grand scale. The museum room contains so many of the gifts lavished upon the Victor of Waterloo by the grateful royalty of Europe, whose crowns he saved, and also by his men in various campaigns. The Wellington Shield is wonderful, but it is great to see the military regalia, including batons and swords, and especially the French Eagles! And then you have the rest of the house to visit! Amazing - recommended!

I think my wife and I had a total of 30 minutes here before it closed. We ran through it. Interesting and lovely. If you are a fan of history, this gives you insight into a man and his moment in history, the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. It made him pretty popular and famous in Europe. In fact, he made a room on the ground floor into a personal museum of gifts showered onto him by grateful monarchs who breathed a sigh of relief that he had finally stopped, once and for all, the monster that had toppled their brethren throughout Europe. His countrymen bestowed an even better gift. They made him Prime Minister, twice, although apparently not a particularly distinguished one. Did not know that. Enough of the history lesson, in case you don’t care. The house was furnished elaborately and tastefully, with a lot of art, most quite good and displayed in salon style, actually my preference. Some lovely chandeliers, too. Nice vases. There’s a large, imposing statue at the base of the grand staircase, very impressive. Can’t remember who he was - the cost of living too long. There is this small table with a very attractive green with black accents stone top. I kept going back to it. I liked it that much. It had a nice bust on it, too. Lots of silver trophies in various styles scattered around, too. For such a limited time, we took a lot of pics. A shout out to the staff, who were incredibly friendly, knowledgeable and full of enthusiasm. They were so good that we spent more time than we should have lsitening to them when we should have been looking at the house, itself. We really, really liked this place and only wish we had more time to linger. It deserved a longer stay. We will definitely return if we visit London once again, which we intend.

We went to Apsley House to see the Velasquez paintings (fabulous) but we ended up seeing so much more of interest. We knew Apsley House was the home of the Duke of Wellington but hadn’t realised the house was still laid out as a residence, with many of his personal possessions on display, along with descriptions of his achievements, which made our visit even more interesting. To cap it all were two friendly staff members, one of whom was super-knowledgeable about military history and the other about the paintings. This place is a gem.

The sheer opulence of the contents was amazing - so many fine paintings, invaluable dinner services, silver ware etc. was incredible. I also learned so much about the life of Wellington through the audio guide it was fascinating. I can't understand why there were so few visitors to such an amazing place and associated collection, I'd love to visit again when next in London.

I had been planning to visit Apsley House for years but somehow always ended up missing it. I never expected its art collection to be so spectacular. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington, was not only a stellar military leader who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo but he was also a passionate art collector and connoisseur. His collection includes Titian, Velasquez, Murillo, Ribera… something that many world famous art galleries would be very proud to have. The mansion interior is also magnificent and lavishly decorated. So glad I finally made it there.