After some days at the city center of London you might probably want to get a little bit outside of the city and relax in a green environment. The perfect place for that are the Royal Botanic Gardens or Kew Gardens at Richmond; a city quarter in the West. It is a UNESCO world heritage site dating back to the year 1638 CE and exhibiting plants from all parts of the world next to Victorian-era greenhouses and vast gardens that give you a quiet and peaceful place to sit down, relax and maybe read a book.
Highlights of the garden are for sure the greenhouses like the Palm House and the Temperate House; but also the Waterlily House. In addition there is a nice treetop walk, a lake, a bamboo garden and the stunning Chinese pagoda. The Royal Botanic Gardens offer good facilities and also a bar and restaurant. You can buy a ticket with a timeslot to enter upfront online; but I wouldn’t have had a problem to buy the ticket just at the garden gate. Best way to access the Royal Botanic Gardens is to take the District line to Richmond and exit at Kew Gardens. From this station it is only a very short walk to the Victoria gate of the garden.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond
England
United Kingdom
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