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When you arrive at Kew Gardens station, you are greeted with one of the most attractive shopping areas in London. A wide range of independent shops, restaurants and cafés sit in the heart of the village, providing a wonderful selection of unusual gifts and culinary delights.
Kew Green is a traditional village green near the River Thames. The impressive building of St Anne’s Church dominates the green and is the burial place of several artists and important botanists including Thomas Gainsborough.
A lovely tranquil walk along the Thames towpath can be taken by heading downstream towards Mortlake, passing behind The National Archives.
At Kew Gardens Pier you can catch a river bus or a tourist ferry and be taken slowly up the Thames in much the same way that the Royal visitors to Kew travelled.
Kew is world famous for the Royal Botanic Gardens, where 300 acres (120ha) of land and splendid glasshouses contain over 40,000 species of plant life and 9,000 trees.
All the information and more can be found in the Kew Society Map. Hard copies of the map are available in our VisitRichmond Information Kiosk located in Richmond station and local shops and businesses in Kew village & Kew station.
Highlights: Kew Gardens, Kew Palace and The National Archives; traditional Kew Fete; Kew Sparkle Christmas evening, Kew Horticultural Society Show, farmer's and independent trader's market first Sunday of the month.
Top attractions to visit this month
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Create a 3D piece of intricate art to take home with you.
Kew
The Human League hail from Sheffield and became pioneers of 80s synth pop. Founding member Philip Oakey took the band on to huge commercial success after first recruiting two female vocalists, Joanne Catherall and Susan Ann Sulley.
Kew
Step into the worlds of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Red Riding Hood and embark on a fantastical adventure in this interactive and imaginative storytelling session.
This event is for children aged 5–7 and their carers.
Kew
Enjoy an enchanting evening concert in the stunning setting of the Nash Conservatory, Kew’s oldest glasshouse.
Surrounded by candlelight, The London Session Quartet will perform a beautiful selection of romantic classics. The intimate atmosphere…
Kew
Our new display, Leafy Legacies, explores fascinating staff histories captured across Kew’s Library, Archive and Illustration collections.
These stories are told using an incredible variety of original materials: photographs, letters, rare books,…
Kew
Across time, people have sought connection in countless ways. From heartfelt declarations and calculated proposals to anonymous and desperate love songs.
A free exhibition at The National Archives in Kew, Love Letters will feature correspondence…
Kew
Events moved with giddying speed in the 1650s. After the execution of Charles I, ‘dangerous’ monarchy was abolished and the House of Lords was dismissed, sending shock waves across the kingdom. These revolutionary acts set in motion a decade of…
Kew
Join this course to learn pen and ink drawing techniques from a professional botanical artist.
Kew
Join historian Nick Barratt to explore how Henry II and the next two generations of his family governed England, first as a rulers of a remote territory on the edge of their continental lands, and then as resident kings of England for the first time…
Kew
In honour of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, this year's Christmas talk is all about the Regency. Drawing on Austen's novels and letters, as well as the wider world of early 19th-century Britain, Annie Gray returns for her annual foray…
Kew
Step into the thrilling world of the Ministry of Time Travel − a secret organisation based at the heart of The National Archives.
Kew
Join bestselling historian James Holland to explore the brutal story of the most pivotal campaign of the Second World War.
Allied forces crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943 expecting a swift victory. Despite Italy’s surrender, fierce…
Kew
Enjoy Orchids with reduced crowds in our quiet sessions for our disabled and neurodiverse visitors.
We are closing the Princess of Wales Conservatory to the public to allow visitors with special educational needs, disabilities like Autism Spectrum…
Kew
See artwork commissioned for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, on public display for the first time.
This free exhibition displays work by eight leading artists, commissioned to offer their own take on…
Kew
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare Under the Stars!
Station Approach, Kew
Join us for a fun-filled evening! Put your wine and cheese knowledge to the test with our fun, interactive quiz while enjoying a flurry of wines perfectly paired with our cheese boards!
Kew
Experience the electrifying action of the World Cup live from the pub and savour the atmosphere that can't be matched by simply watching at home. Catch every moment from each match as the worlds's top football nations compete for glory. Whether…
Kew
Join master storyteller, Robert Harris in conversation about his thrilling new novel, Precipice.
Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love…
Kew
Discover the story of Ravenser Odd, Yorkshire’s Atlantis, a medieval island swallowed up by the North Sea.
Around 1231, the island of Ravenser Odd emerged near the mouth of the Humber. It existed as a wealthy, if lawless, port for 130 years before…
Kew
When looking through a box filled with papers related to the bankruptcy of a British enslaver, a strip of brightly coloured silk fabric stood out to researcher Liberty Paterson. It was described in a letter from 1787 as ‘smoak’d taffety’ and sent as…
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