The back story
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The back story
Richmond and Kew: the back story
Deer parks, a World Heritage garden and the Thames at its most rural, half an hour from the centre.
Beyond London · about 30 minutes
Richmond & Kew: Our Favourites
Kew Gardens, a World Heritage Site, the deer of Richmond Park and Bushy Park, and the Thames at its greenest.
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What to see
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A World Heritage garden
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The great botanic gardens by the Thames at Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Palm House, the Temperate House and the Treetop Walkway.
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Deer and ancient oaks
Richmond Park
The largest of London’s Royal Parks, a National Nature Reserve of grassland and ancient oaks where herds of red and fallow deer roam.
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Next to Hampton Court
Bushy Park
The second largest Royal Park, beside Hampton Court Palace, with deer, the Chestnut Avenue and the Diana Fountain.
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Henry VIII’s palace
Hampton Court Palace
Henry VIII’s great Tudor palace on the Thames, with Wren’s Baroque additions, the Great Hall, the Tudor kitchens, the gardens and the maze.
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A 17th-century riverside house
Ham House and Garden
A remarkably complete 17th-century house and garden on the Thames near Richmond, cared for by the National Trust.
Getting there
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About 30 minutes
Getting to Richmond and Kew
The District line and the Mildmay line of the Overground run to Kew Gardens and Richmond; South Western Railway runs from Waterloo to Richmond.
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