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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AB
Tel 020 8332 5655. ∑ kew.org
Open 10am daily; closing times
vary: mid-Feb–Mar: 5:30pm
daily; Apr–Aug: 6:30pm Mon–Fri,
7:30pm Sat, Sun & public hols;
Sep–Oct: 6pm daily; Nov–mid-
Feb: 4:15pm daily; glasshouses &
exhibitions close 30 mins before
closing. Queen Charlotte’s
Cottage: Apr–Sep: 11am–4pm
Sat, Sun & public hols. Closed 24
& 25 Dec. & (under-17s free).
Minka House 7 8 11am & 1:30pm daily,
This minka, a traditional wooden Japanese house, included in ticket price. Tours
built around 1900, was shipped from Japan and start at Victoria Plaza by Victoria
reconstructed in the Bamboo Garden in 2001. Gate. 0 - =
Transport
1 Kew Gardens. 3 Kew
Bridge, Kew Gardens.
Brentford Gate
entrance

Elizabeth Gate
entrance

Victoria Gate entrance

. Palm House
Designed by Decimus
Burton in the 1840s,
this famous jewel of
Victorian engineering
houses exotic plants
in tropical conditions.

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