It has 11 acres (4.5 ha) of landscaped grounds, including part of King Henry's Mound from which there is a protected view of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.

The lodge is part of the Crown Estate and is currently privately run as a catering facility and a conference and wedding venue on a long lease from The Royal Parks.

[2] It was granted to Elizabeth Herbert, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, a "close friend" of King George III, at her request in 1787.

[6] From 1903, until her death there in February 1929,[7] Pembroke Lodge was tenanted by Georgina, Dowager Countess of Dudley, a close friend of Queen Alexandra.

[11] Some of the members of the squad went on to become privy councillors, law lords, judges, MPs, a commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (Sir Robert Mark)[12] and actors – including David Niven, who remarked in a letter, "these were wonderful days which I would not have missed for anything".

[2] In 1997 Daniel Hearsum (1958–2021) took over Pembroke Lodge, then a run-down catering facility, restoring it and developing it into a successful cafe and wedding venue.