| Event Name: | Friends- event - join our Christmas trip to Wakehurst |
| Description: | Enjoy Wakehurst at Christmas with a guided tour and festive treats.
See the country's tallest living Christmas tree illuminated with 1,800 low-energy bulbs at Wakehurst.
A taste of Christmas at Wakehurst
Join the annual festive trip to Wakehurst. Enjoy refreshments on arrival, followed by a guided tour of the beautiful Winter Garden, which looks magnificent at this time of year.
You will also have time to wander at your leisure and explore the gardens. The day is rounded off with mulled wine and mince pies, before you board the coach back to Kew Gardens.
Booking essential - download the booking form and return it to Friends' Events, Kew Foundation, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, enclosing an sae for return of tickets. Tickets will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis |
| Type of Event: | Trips - Travel - Excursions |
| Event Agenda: | The coach leaves Kew's Main Gate at 10am and returns to Kew around 5pm
Price: £20 per Friend (Friends & Premier Friends only), booking essential
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| Event Location: | Kew Gardens |
| Event City: | Surrey |
| Type of Venue: | Park - Garden - Open Space |
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| Directions: | Main Gate, Kew Gardens
By bus
Routes 65 and 391 stop close to the entrance gates. Routes 237 and 267 stop at Kew Bridge station.
By car or coach
Kew Gardens is located at Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, and 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.
Please note that Kew has no coach park, however coach parking is free on Kew Road (A307) after 10am. Groups are advised to arrive at either Victoria Gate or Main Gate, but note that only Main Gate has a designated coach drop off point. See our groups pages for more information.
From the west :
take M4 (exit Junction 2) or A4
upon reaching the Chiswick roundabout, follow signs to Kew Gardens to join the A205 and cross the River Thames at Kew Bridge
turn right immediately after the bridge on Kew Green, and then right down Ferry Lane to reach the Kew Gardens car park
From north London:
follow the North Circular until you reach the Chiswick roundabout, then follow directions from here as above
From the south or west:
from the M3 continue on the A316
upon reaching the Richmond roundabout, fork left on to Kew Road (A307)
you will then see the Pagoda to your left and then the wall on your left which is the boundary to the Gardens
there is limited parking along the Kew Road here after 10am, closest to Victoria Gate and Lion Gate
alternatively, to reach the car park, continue along this road and upon reaching Kew Green turn left and follow the signs
From the South Circular Road:
follow the South Circular Road past Kew Retail Park and under a railway bridge
at the next traffic light junction, where the A307 joins from the left, go slowly through the junction and immediately turn left into Kew Green (NOT sharp left into the A307, as this is no left turn) |
| Event Start Date | 08-Dec-11 |