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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Visit Kew and explore the world’s most famous botanic garden. Just 30 minutes from central London, Kew Gardens boasts landscapes, glasshouses, historic buildings and a vast range of rare and beautiful plants.


The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was founded in 1759 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.

Kew Gardens is one of London’s top visitor attractions and Wakehurst, our second garden in West Sussex, is home to Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank.

Over the past 250 years Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi with many benefits for mankind.

Our science and conservation work helps to discover and describe the world’s plant and fungal diversity, safeguards the world's plant life for our future and promotes the sustainable use of plants.


ACCESSIBILITY

Kew Gardens is largely accessible to wheelchair users.

Wheelchairs are available for free at all the gates on a first come, first served basis. You can leave the chair at any gate when you leave the Gardens. Some visitors like to bring their own cushion.

Most of the buildings in the Gardens have level or ramped ground floor access for wheelchairs. The Gardens themselves are largely flat with tarmac paths in most places.

There is no wheelchair access to the following parts of the Gardens:

Sackler Crossing

Marine display in the Palm House basement

Upper galleries in the Palm House and Temperate House

Upper levels of the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Please also note that one manually-operated fixed wheelchair can be accommodated in the area at the rear of the Kew Explorer.

Mobility scooters

We have a fleet of eight mobility scooters for visitors who find it hard to walk long distances but are otherwise able, have reasonable eyesight, reactions, and hand grasp. These must be booked in advance by calling the Operations Team on 020 8332 5121. You will be asked to present some form of ID with your photograph or home address when you collect the scooter.

Scooters can be collected at Brentford Gate or Victoria Gate and, subject to availability, you may be able to specify which gate you would prefer when you book the scooter.

We will give you simple instructions on using the scooter.

You are also welcome to bring your own scooter if it is a pavement-use mobility scooter limited to 4mph.

All mobility scooters used in Kew Gardens are for outdoor use only and cannot be taken into the glasshouses, galleries, Kew Palace, the Xstrata Treetop Walkway, the restaurants and cafes or the WCs. Scooters must be left outside in a safe position.

No scooter may be used on the grass.


HOW TO REACH

Kew Gardens and Richmond tube and overground station (District and Overground lines)

If you are a wheelchair user or find stairs difficult, there is no direct accessible exit to Kew Gardens from the westbound platform of Kew Gardens tube station.
Instead, continue your journey to Richmond (one stop westbound) and catch a tube or overground train back to Kew Gardens, where the eastbound platform leads out via a level exit to the Kew village area. From here, it is a distance of approximately 400m to the Victoria Gate entrance on Kew Road.
Richmond station is served by National Rail and there is a lift to street level and level access to the pavement from the station concourse.
Kew Bridge train station (National Rail)

There is no step-free access or wheelchair access at Kew Bridge station.
Train services (South West Trains) from Waterloo, via Vauxhall and Clapham Junction, stop at Kew Bridge station. For more information call 08457 484950.
Bus routes (65)

The bus stop for the 65 bus route which travels in the direction of Kew Gardens, towards Ealing Broadway, is on the opposite side of the street from the station.
The bus stops near two of the gates to the Gardens: Lion Gate and Victoria Gate.


ADMISSION

Tickets include entry to all buildings and attractions within the Gardens. Save money and gain fast-track entry when you book tickets online.


VISITOR INFO

ADDRESS:
kew
TW9 3AE London
England
United Kingdom

EXHIBITIONS

  • The Hive at Kew Gardens

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