Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage

Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte's Cottage
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
England

Website

www.hrp.org.uk

E-mail

Press Office

tim.powell@hrp.org.uk

Telephone

Information

0870 751 5179

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Kew Palace's welcoming dolls' house facade

Step into this tiny doll's house of a palace and sense the joys and sorrows of past royal lives in intimate detail, as King George III and his family come to life through a radio play and display of fascinating personal artefacts. Experience a riot of colour in authentically recreated Georgian rooms, before wandering through the eerie rooms of the upper floor, left untouched for centuries.

Queen Charlotte and their 15 children enjoyed a relatively simple domestic routine at Kew. The palace rang with laughter and fun as family games and birthday celebrations provided the distractions from affairs of state. However, in later years the atmosphere darkened as family rivalries became more intense and relationships soured. Kew became a retreat for an ailing King George and a virtual prison for his elder unmarried daughters. The nearby Queen Charlotte’s Cottage is also managed by Historic Royal Palaces. It was built in 1770, and later enlarged and
decorated as a fascinating cottage orné.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home

Opening hours

Kew Palace reopens this year on 24 March 2007 and will be open daily until 28 October (inclusive). Open hours are 10:00 - 18:00 Tuesday to Sundays (last admission 1700) and 11:00 - 18:00 on Mondays (last admission 1700).

Queen Charlotte's Cottage is open on selected dates during the summer months, please see www.hrp.org.uk for more information.

Admission charges

Admission prices to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew:

Adult: £11.75
Concessions: £8.75
Children (16 years and under): Free

Please note: these prices do not include admission to Kew Palace or Queen Charlotte's Cottage.

Kew Palace
Adult: £5.00
Concession: £4.00
Palace Child: £3.50

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