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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
TW9 3AB
Surrey
England
Collection details
Archives
Natural Sciences
Facilities
Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
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 Gate Visitor Centre (Friends 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 marked on the "Welcome to Kew Map" (provided on arrival).
Contact details
24 hour information line (Tel)
:
020 8332 5655
General information (Fax)
:
020 8332 5197
E-mail
:
info@kew.org
Website
:
www.kew.org
Open
9.30 am
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 Day and New Years Day
Admission charges
£12.25 Adults
£10.25 Concessions
Children 16 and under FREE
For Group Bookings contact the Travel Trade office on 020
8332 5648
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
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Available resources
Evolution House
Teachers' pack or notes
Looking for Links
Teachers' pack or notes
Plants Across the Curriculum
Teachers' pack or notes
Spices
Teachers' pack or notes
The Living Landscape of Wakehurst Place
CD-ROM or DVD; Teachers' pack or notes
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