Kew Gardens
TW9 3AE Richmond Greater London
Kew Gardens - King George II
King George II’s eldest son Frederick, Prince of Wales, died at 44 years of age.
Prince Frederick (Prince of Wales) had a keen interest in Kew Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens) and after his death his wife, Princess Augusta (Princess of Wales), pursued Frederick’s plans - a glass house is named after her; in 1987 Princess Diana opened the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has more than one million visitors every year and has its own Police Force - Kew Constabulary, 17 members - making it one of the smallest police forces in the world.
Kew is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world, having over 30,000 different plants and the world’s oldest pot plant - a Jurassic cycad. The Gardens celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2009.
Admission Adult £21.00 Children £5.00.
Direct train from London’s Waterloo station to Kew Bridge station (28 minutes) from there it is about a 14-minute walk via A205 and Kew Grn (5 minutes in a taxi). It is 10 miles from London and is situated in zone 3.