Which gate?

Main Gate:

Nearest entrance to Kew Bridge station and Kew Pier river-boat stop. This gate is on Kew Green (391 or 65 buses). About 120m from the gate, there is a shop as well as catering in the nearby Orangery, with toilets nearby.

Victoria Gate:

The largest entrance and nearest to Kew Gardens station. This gate is on Kew Road, situated in the middle of the Gardens. The 65 bus can be caught nearby. The Victoria Gate Visitor Centre provides retail, coffee shop, toilets, information and Friends desk.

Brentford Gate:

Adjacent to the Gardens' car park, 10 minutes along the river bank from Kew Pier. Convenient for cyclists and walkers on the tow-path along the River Thames. Nearby toilets have no special access facilities.

Lion Gate:

The southernmost gate, on Kew Road. Nearest to the Pagoda and Pavilion Restaurant (ca. 200m). The 65 bus can be caught nearby. Convenient if you want to walk through the Gardens from Brentford Gate or Main Gate en route to Richmond. Nearest facilities are about 200m away.

By car or coach:

Kew Gardens is well signposted from all the major local roads. The South Circular (A205) passes the north-east corner of Kew Gardens and Kew Road (A307) forms the eastern border. If coming from the west on the M4 (leave at Junction 2) or A4 take the A205 to the right (at the major Chiswick roundabout (A4 / A406 / A205) and follow the A205 across the River Thames at Kew Bridge.

If coming from the North Circular or from London on the A4 take the A205 southwards at the same roundabout. Immediately over the bridge turn right into Kew Green and park on the roadside in a permitted place or head into our car park accessed via Ferry Lane on the river side of Kew Green. If you miss the turnings or parking is difficult, continue to the next traffic lights on the A205 and fork right onto the A307 - then park (from about 500m onwards, after 10 am) on the right-hand side of the road.

Coming from the south or west on the A316 or M3 motorway (which becomes the A316) turn left at the Richmond roundabout onto Kew Road (A307). You will see the Pagoda and flagpole to your left - park in a permitted place, alongside the Gardens, on Kew Road.

Coming from the south on the South Circular Road you will pass Kew Retail Park and go under a railway bridge. Shortly afterwards, you will arrive at traffic lights where the A307 joins from the left, go slowly through the junction and immediately turn left into Kew Green (NOT back left into the A307 - it is a "no left turn" junction!).

By bicycle:
Bicycle racks are located just inside the Victoria Gate and outside the Main Gate (near phone box), and they may also be fastened to railings in Brentford Gate car park. Bicycles, like cars, are always left at owners' risk, and are not permitted in the Gardens.

By bus:
Several buses come directly to the Gardens or stop at either of the two nearby railway stations, Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens.

No. 65: Ealing Broadway Station (Thames Trains), South Ealing Station (Picadilly Line from Heathrow), Brentford, Kew Green (for Main Gate), Kew Road (for Victoria Gate), Lion Gate, Richmond, Ham, Kingston.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 10 minutes. Sundays, every 12 minutes.

No. 237: Hounslow, Isleworth, Brentford, Kew Bridge, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Stamford Brook, Shepherds Bush Green.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 10 minutes. Sundays, every 15 minutes.

No. 267: Hampton Court (summer Sundays only), Fulwell, Twickenham, Isleworth, Brentford, Kew Bridge, Gunnersbury, Hammersmith.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 12 minutes. Sundays, every 15 minutes.

No. 391: Richmond, Kew Gardens Station, Kew Green (for Main Gate), Kew Bridge, Stamford Brook, Hammersmith, Fulham Broadway.
Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 12 minutes. Sundays, every 20 minutes

By Tube:

Travelcard zone: 3

To Kew Gardens station

District Line (the green one, take a Richmond train, not Ealing Broadway or Wimbledon)

Frequency: Monday to Friday, every 10 minutes. Saturday, every 15 minutes. Sunday, every 20 minutes.

By train:

Travelcard zone: 3

Silverlink Metro Train Services: North Woolwich, West Ham, Stratford, Highbury and Islington, West Hampstead, Willesden Junction, Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens, Richmond.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 20 minutes.

South West Trains: London Waterloo, Vauxhall, Queenstown Road (Battersea), Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Town, Putney, Barnes, Barnes Bridge, Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Hounslow, Isleworth, Syon Lane, Brentford.

Frequency: Daily, every 30 minutes.

Rail or Tube travellers from central London who have mobility difficulties will find it easiest to go first to Richmond Station then change to a train or Tube going back to Kew Gardens; by doing this they can avoid the stairs at Kew Gardens station.

By riverboat:

Westminster Passenger Services Association (Upriver) Ltd, between Westminster and Kew and beyond, run between April and October.

Route: Westminster, Putney, Kew, Richmond, Hampton Court.

Day trips: it is not really practical to travel from Westminster to see Kew and Hampton Court in a day as there are insufficient services but, starting from Kew, the Gardens and Hampton Court can be combined in a day. The last boat from Kew leaves at 1.30pm for Hampton Court and back from Hampton Court at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm.

Parking for cars:

There is a car park near the Brentford Gate, reached via Ferry Lane off Kew Green near the Main Gate. It will take about 300 cars. It costs £3.50 for a full day, throughout the year. The car park closes half an hour after the Gardens close.

Free parking is available on Kew Road (A307) after 10 am every morning.

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).

Do not get towed or ticketed while in Kew. Please note that restrictions apply on many of the residential streets around Kew, and we would ask visitors to be considerate to the needs of local residents.

Parking for coaches:
Coaches are advised to arrive at Victoria Gate and park on Kew Road (A307). Coaches are not allowed to park around Kew Green.

Shops

The shops at Victoria Gate and White Peaks offer a wide range of botanically-inspired products, from which all proceeds go to support Kew's work in saving the world's plants for life.

Many items are exclusive to the Gardens, including kitchenware and stationery lines designed using illustrations from the Kew archives. Recycled products, toiletries, jewellery and a wide range of gifts are also available. Seasonal plants, bulbs and seeds are for sale in the Victoria Gate shop, together with practical gardening products, some of which are exclusive to Kew.

There is also a comprehensive selection of horticultural books for both the specialist and beginner.

Restaurants

The Orangery:

Enjoy seasonal dishes in this elegant Grade 1 listed building. Freshly prepared main meals, cook to order stir fry and pasta along with speciality drinks and cakes.

Open from 10.00am until one hour before the Gardens close. Located close to Main Gate.

Victoria Gate Coffee Shop:

Take a break and try our wonderful organic coffee or a pot of tea at the Victoria Gate Coffee Shop. Enjoy a wide range of speciality teas, freshly made sandwiches and our new range of warm paninis.

Open year round 9.30am until half an hour before the Gardens close. Located in the Victoria Gate Visitor Centre.

White Peaks:

Dine alfresco at White Peaks. Try freshly cooked char-grilled meals, including sausages, steak sandwiches, fries and children’s meals. Choose from a selection of healthy jacket potatoes, sandwiches, biscuits and freshly baked pastries.

Open from 10.00am until one hour before the Gardens close. Adjacent to Climbers and Creepers, White Peaks also has a shop and exhibition space.

The Pavilion:

A firm favourite with our regular visitors, the Pavilion is a perfect location to enjoy lunch or afternoon tea with your family and friends. Enjoy a wonderful fresh salad bar, special children's menus and a selection of seasonal dishes unique to the Pavilion.

Visitors with Special Needs 

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.

Electric Mobility Scooters:

We have two mobility scooters available at Kew which can be borrowed free of charge. Due to the limited number available the scooters have to be booked in advance, (tel: 020 8332 5121) and are only available at our Brentford Gate entrance. The scooters are provided to assist visitors with limited mobility and therefore find it difficult to walk long distances, but who are otherwise able.

Visitors will need to show some form of ID (with photograph, or with home address, e.g. current Drivers Licence, recent Gas bill) when collecting the scooter.

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).

• Combine your tickets with a visit to other attractions and take advantage of our combination discounts.
• Customers who bought this item also bought tickets to London Zoo, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle.

You MUST take a print-out of your voucher to gain entry to the attraction. Your voucher has your unique tracking number and barcode and is your only proof of purchase. Please therefore print your voucher at the end of the booking process.

Choose your preferred date for your visit and your voucher will be delivered electronically at the end of the booking process.

Voucher delivery by fax or post is available on request during the booking process.

Which gate?

Main Gate:

Nearest entrance to Kew Bridge station and Kew Pier river-boat stop. This gate is on Kew Green (391 or 65 buses). About 120m from the gate, there is a shop as well as catering in the nearby Orangery, with toilets nearby.

Victoria Gate:

The largest entrance and nearest to Kew Gardens station. This gate is on Kew Road, situated in the middle of the Gardens. The 65 bus can be caught nearby. The Victoria Gate Visitor Centre provides retail, coffee shop, toilets, information and Friends desk.

Brentford Gate:

Adjacent to the Gardens' car park, 10 minutes along the river bank from Kew Pier. Convenient for cyclists and walkers on the tow-path along the River Thames. Nearby toilets have no special access facilities.

Lion Gate:

The southernmost gate, on Kew Road. Nearest to the Pagoda and Pavilion Restaurant (ca. 200m). The 65 bus can be caught nearby. Convenient if you want to walk through the Gardens from Brentford Gate or Main Gate en route to Richmond. Nearest facilities are about 200m away.

By car or coach:

Kew Gardens is well signposted from all the major local roads. The South Circular (A205) passes the north-east corner of Kew Gardens and Kew Road (A307) forms the eastern border. If coming from the west on the M4 (leave at Junction 2) or A4 take the A205 to the right (at the major Chiswick roundabout (A4 / A406 / A205) and follow the A205 across the River Thames at Kew Bridge.

If coming from the North Circular or from London on the A4 take the A205 southwards at the same roundabout. Immediately over the bridge turn right into Kew Green and park on the roadside in a permitted place or head into our car park accessed via Ferry Lane on the river side of Kew Green. If you miss the turnings or parking is difficult, continue to the next traffic lights on the A205 and fork right onto the A307 - then park (from about 500m onwards, after 10 am) on the right-hand side of the road.

Coming from the south or west on the A316 or M3 motorway (which becomes the A316) turn left at the Richmond roundabout onto Kew Road (A307). You will see the Pagoda and flagpole to your left - park in a permitted place, alongside the Gardens, on Kew Road.

Coming from the south on the South Circular Road you will pass Kew Retail Park and go under a railway bridge. Shortly afterwards, you will arrive at traffic lights where the A307 joins from the left, go slowly through the junction and immediately turn left into Kew Green (NOT back left into the A307 - it is a "no left turn" junction!).

By bicycle:
Bicycle racks are located just inside the Victoria Gate and outside the Main Gate (near phone box), and they may also be fastened to railings in Brentford Gate car park. Bicycles, like cars, are always left at owners' risk, and are not permitted in the Gardens.

By bus:
Several buses come directly to the Gardens or stop at either of the two nearby railway stations, Kew Bridge and Kew Gardens.

No. 65: Ealing Broadway Station (Thames Trains), South Ealing Station (Picadilly Line from Heathrow), Brentford, Kew Green (for Main Gate), Kew Road (for Victoria Gate), Lion Gate, Richmond, Ham, Kingston.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 10 minutes. Sundays, every 12 minutes.

No. 237: Hounslow, Isleworth, Brentford, Kew Bridge, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Stamford Brook, Shepherds Bush Green.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 10 minutes. Sundays, every 15 minutes.

No. 267: Hampton Court (summer Sundays only), Fulwell, Twickenham, Isleworth, Brentford, Kew Bridge, Gunnersbury, Hammersmith.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 12 minutes. Sundays, every 15 minutes.

No. 391: Richmond, Kew Gardens Station, Kew Green (for Main Gate), Kew Bridge, Stamford Brook, Hammersmith, Fulham Broadway.
Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 12 minutes. Sundays, every 20 minutes

By Tube:

Travelcard zone: 3

To Kew Gardens station

District Line (the green one, take a Richmond train, not Ealing Broadway or Wimbledon)

Frequency: Monday to Friday, every 10 minutes. Saturday, every 15 minutes. Sunday, every 20 minutes.

By train:

Travelcard zone: 3

Silverlink Metro Train Services: North Woolwich, West Ham, Stratford, Highbury and Islington, West Hampstead, Willesden Junction, Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens, Richmond.

Frequency: Monday to Saturday, every 20 minutes.

South West Trains: London Waterloo, Vauxhall, Queenstown Road (Battersea), Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Town, Putney, Barnes, Barnes Bridge, Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Hounslow, Isleworth, Syon Lane, Brentford.

Frequency: Daily, every 30 minutes.

Rail or Tube travellers from central London who have mobility difficulties will find it easiest to go first to Richmond Station then change to a train or Tube going back to Kew Gardens; by doing this they can avoid the stairs at Kew Gardens station.

By riverboat:

Westminster Passenger Services Association (Upriver) Ltd, between Westminster and Kew and beyond, run between April and October.

Route: Westminster, Putney, Kew, Richmond, Hampton Court.

Day trips: it is not really practical to travel from Westminster to see Kew and Hampton Court in a day as there are insufficient services but, starting from Kew, the Gardens and Hampton Court can be combined in a day. The last boat from Kew leaves at 1.30pm for Hampton Court and back from Hampton Court at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm.

Parking for cars:

There is a car park near the Brentford Gate, reached via Ferry Lane off Kew Green near the Main Gate. It will take about 300 cars. It costs £3.50 for a full day, throughout the year. The car park closes half an hour after the Gardens close.

Free parking is available on Kew Road (A307) after 10 am every morning.

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).

Do not get towed or ticketed while in Kew. Please note that restrictions apply on many of the residential streets around Kew, and we would ask visitors to be considerate to the needs of local residents.

Parking for coaches:
Coaches are advised to arrive at Victoria Gate and park on Kew Road (A307). Coaches are not allowed to park around Kew Green.

Shops

The shops at Victoria Gate and White Peaks offer a wide range of botanically-inspired products, from which all proceeds go to support Kew's work in saving the world's plants for life.

Many items are exclusive to the Gardens, including kitchenware and stationery lines designed using illustrations from the Kew archives. Recycled products, toiletries, jewellery and a wide range of gifts are also available. Seasonal plants, bulbs and seeds are for sale in the Victoria Gate shop, together with practical gardening products, some of which are exclusive to Kew.

There is also a comprehensive selection of horticultural books for both the specialist and beginner.

Restaurants

The Orangery:

Enjoy seasonal dishes in this elegant Grade 1 listed building. Freshly prepared main meals, cook to order stir fry and pasta along with speciality drinks and cakes.

Open from 10.00am until one hour before the Gardens close. Located close to Main Gate.

Victoria Gate Coffee Shop:

Take a break and try our wonderful organic coffee or a pot of tea at the Victoria Gate Coffee Shop. Enjoy a wide range of speciality teas, freshly made sandwiches and our new range of warm paninis.

Open year round 9.30am until half an hour before the Gardens close. Located in the Victoria Gate Visitor Centre.

White Peaks:

Dine alfresco at White Peaks. Try freshly cooked char-grilled meals, including sausages, steak sandwiches, fries and children’s meals. Choose from a selection of healthy jacket potatoes, sandwiches, biscuits and freshly baked pastries.

Open from 10.00am until one hour before the Gardens close. Adjacent to Climbers and Creepers, White Peaks also has a shop and exhibition space.

The Pavilion:

A firm favourite with our regular visitors, the Pavilion is a perfect location to enjoy lunch or afternoon tea with your family and friends. Enjoy a wonderful fresh salad bar, special children's menus and a selection of seasonal dishes unique to the Pavilion.

Visitors with Special Needs 

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.

Electric Mobility Scooters:

We have two mobility scooters available at Kew which can be borrowed free of charge. Due to the limited number available the scooters have to be booked in advance, (tel: 020 8332 5121) and are only available at our Brentford Gate entrance. The scooters are provided to assist visitors with limited mobility and therefore find it difficult to walk long distances, but who are otherwise able.

Visitors will need to show some form of ID (with photograph, or with home address, e.g. current Drivers Licence, recent Gas bill) when collecting the scooter.

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).

• Combine your tickets with a visit to other attractions and take advantage of our combination discounts.
• Customers who bought this item also bought tickets to London Zoo, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle.

You MUST take a print-out of your voucher to gain entry to the attraction. Your voucher has your unique tracking number and barcode and is your only proof of purchase. Please therefore print your voucher at the end of the booking process.

Choose your preferred date for your visit and your voucher will be delivered electronically at the end of the booking process.

Voucher delivery by fax or post is available on request during the booking process.