Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
England

Website

www.kew.org

E-mail

info@kew.org

Telephone

24 hour information line

020 8332 5655

Fax

020 8332 5197

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Explore glasshouses, landscapes and 250 years of history at the world's most famous garden. Climb to the treetops on the Xstrata Treetop Walkway, delve into rainforest inside the iconic Palm House or discover more on a guided tour.

Venue Type:

Science centre, Environmental or ecological centre, Garden, parklands or rural site, Heritage site

 Opening hours

9.30am

Closed: Closing times vary according to the season.

Call 020 8 332 5655 for up-to-date information.
Kew Gardens is open daily except for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

 Admission charges

£13.90 adults
£11.90 concessions
Children (under 17) FREE
For Group Bookings contact the Travel trade office on 020
8332 5648

Discounts

  • National Trust
 General services and facilities
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Volunteering scheme offered
  • Online shop
  • Membership and/or Friends scheme offered
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
  • Toilets
  • Wi-fi available
  • Public car park
  • Picnic area
  • Licensed bar
  • Late night openings
  • Cinema/film screening facilities
  • Lecture theatre
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
  • Indoor soft play area
  • High chairs in café/restaurant
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Handling sessions
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Community outreach programme/service
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Licensed for weddings
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is spread over 132 hectares of landscaped gardens and attract over one million visitors per year. Kew was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2003 and represents over 250 years of historical landscape. The site houses over 40 listed buildings and other structures including the Palm House, Temperate House, Orangery and Pagoda as well as two ancient monuments, Queen Charlotte's Cottage and Kew Palace. RBG, Kew is a world famous scientific organisation, internationally respected for its outstanding living collection of plants and world-class herbarium as well as its scientific expertise in plant diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world.

Children: Children visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens are now able to learn about plants through play in a unique interactive learning area, Climbers and Creepers.

Parking: Three dedicated parking bays are available for disabled drivers near the Main Gate. There are also several spaces in our car park right next to the Brentford Gate which are free of charge throughout the year for disabled drivers. Parking on Kew Road (A307) provides easy access to Victoria Gate (restricted before 10am).

Large-print map: A large-print map, produced with the advice of the RNIB, is available at Ticket Offices and at the Victoria Plaza Information Desk.

Wheelchairs: These can be borrowed free of charge from all the entry gates and can be booked in advanced for Mondays to Fridays (tel: 020 8332 5121). Due to high demand at weekends and Bank Holidays we do not accept prior bookings, but on a first come first served basis. Attendants to push wheelchairs around the gardens are not available. Owners' electric wheelchairs of the type permitted by the Disabled Persons Act 1970 are allowed into the gardens for use on the footpaths.

Access: The footpaths and the majority of buildings in the Gardens are suitable for wheelchairs. There is, however, no wheelchair access to the Marine Display in the Palm House basement.

Toilet facilities: There are a number of disabled toilets within easy reach of all the main attractions and gates. These are indicated in the Discover Kew map (provided on arrival).

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
England

Website

www.kew.org

E-mail

info@kew.org

Telephone

24 hour information line

020 8332 5655

Fax

020 8332 5197

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archives, Natural Sciences

Key artists and exhibits

  • Plants & seeds
  • Botanical specimens, herbarium seed collections and mycological specimens
  • Economic botany collections
  • Glasshouses
  • Marianne North and the Marianne North Gallery
  • Cambridge Cottage and Kew Gardens Gallery

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
England

Website

www.kew.org

E-mail

info@kew.org

Telephone

24 hour information line

020 8332 5655

Fax

020 8332 5197

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Climbers and Creepers

http://kew.org/climbersandcreepers/home.html

This website has been created for children aged 3 to 6 years old, to accompany Climbers and Creepers at Kew Gardens, a unique interactive play learning and play area. We hope that you will visit us.
Children can meet the Climbers and Creepers characters through this website, have fun with our games and activities and learn about the importance of plants in the environment and how animals and plants interact and rely on each other.

Tree Teasers

http://apps.kew.org/trees/?page_id=25

 Paper-based and downloads

Evolution House

A teacher's guide with student activities for use during, in preparation for, and for a follow-up visit to the Evolution House at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. It enables a differentiated approach and uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies for the study of plant evolution.
For full details see:
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/evohse.html

Creator

  • Centre for Science

How to obtain

Available at the Victoria Visitor Centre at Kew, or by mail order from:
Mail Order Section
RBG Kew Enterprises Limited
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
tel: 020 8332 5170
fax: 020 8332 5161
Costs £10.00 plus £2.50 postage and packing in the UK.

Looking for Links

Teachers' pack showing how to investigate the connections between the natural and man made world. Investigations compare plants and buildings, flowers and clothes, roots and foundations.
For full details see:
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/links.html

How to obtain

Available at the Victoria Visitor Centre at Kew and at the Mansion Shop at Wakehurst Place, or by mail order from:
Mail Order Section
RBG Kew Enterprises Limited
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
tel: 020 8332 5170
fax: 020 8332 5161
Costs £12.00 plus £3.00 postage and packing in the UK.

Plants Across the Curriculum

Teacher's pack designed to make educational use of landscapes, varied climate zones, buildings, exhibitions and plants to be experienced on a visit to the Kew site at Richmond.
For more detail see http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/patc.html

Creator

  • Education section, supported by Esso.

How to obtain

From the Victoria Gate Visitor Centre at Kew or by mail order from:
Mail Order Section
RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AB
Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5170
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 5161
The cost of the pack is £10.00 plus £2.50 postage and packing for orders in the UK.

Spices

Teachers' pack with cross-curricular materials relating to the history and use of spices. Sections specific to history, geography, science and technology as well as opportunities to develop literacy and numeracy skills.
For full details see:
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/spices.html

How to obtain

Available at the Victoria Visitor Centre at Kew, or by mail order from:
Mail Order Section
RBG Kew Enterprises Limited
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
tel: 020 8332 5170
fax: 020 8332 5161
Costs £7.50 plus £2.50 postage and packing in the UK.

The Living Landscape of Wakehurst Place

Teacher's pack designed to make the most of a day in the garden. Contains background information, focussed assignments and recording sheets suitable for use by children at all key stages. Landscape and plants, human influence, plant collecting, habitat management and conservation are covered.
For more detail see http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/education/llwp.html

How to obtain

From the Victoria Gate Visitor Centre at Kew or by mail order from:
Mail Order Section
RBG Kew Enterprises Ltd
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AB
Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5170
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 5161
The cost of the pack is £10.00 plus £2.50 postage and packing for orders in the UK.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
England

Website

www.kew.org

E-mail

info@kew.org

Telephone

24 hour information line

020 8332 5655

Fax

020 8332 5197

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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