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About 45 miles away
Dreaming spires and old colleges, with honey-stone villages close by, and Blenheim Palace.
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Kew Gardens
The world's most famous botanic garden, a UNESCO site of Victorian glasshouses, a treetop walkway and a pagoda.
- Open
- Every day; check the website for hours
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Richmond, London TW9 3AEDirections
- Getting There
- Kew Gardens station (District line or Overground).
Why Go
Kew's 120 hectares hold one of the largest plant collections on earth. The iron-and-glass Palm House and Temperate House are Victorian marvels, and an 18-meter-high walkway runs through the treetops.
Little Kew Palace was a royal summer home.
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