Commissioned by
King William III, the maze, which is about one-third of an acre, is planted in a
trapezoid shape and was designed by
George London and
Henry Wise.[2] It was located in the "
wilderness" part of the gardens of the palace, of which it is now the only surviving part.[3][4] Planted between 1689 and 1695, the maze is not particularly difficult,[3] taking about 20 minutes for a person to make their way to the middle.[2] It was originally planted in
hornbeam, later replaced by
yew.[2]
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abcJulie E. Bounford & Trevor Bounford, The Curious History of Mazes: 4,000 Years of Fascinating Twists and Turns with Over 100 Intriguing Puzzles to Solve (Wellfleet, 2018), p. 106.
^RHS Garden Finder 2006-2007: More Than 1,000 Gardens to Visit and Enjoy (ed. Charles Quest-Ritson: Think, 2006).
^C. James Goodwin, Research In Psychology: Methods and Design (Wiley: 2010), p. 110.
^C. James Goodwin, A History of Modern Psychology (Wiley, 2015), p. 159.