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Allotments
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Did you know there are two allotments in St Margarets and another two fairly close in Twickenham and a total of 24 in the borough?
The two in St Margarets are Cavendish House, right behind the Cavendish House (between Hill View Road and Cole Park Road) and Brook Road Allotments (off Brook Road, between the A316 and St Margarets Grove).
The waiting list at Cavendish is currently over 10 years long and closed.
phone
020 8831 6110
email
j.dungate@richmond.gov.uk
website
http://www.richmond.gov.uk/depts/env/envprotection/custsupport/allotments/default.htm
Jubilee Gardens and Playground
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These gardens were built in 2005 as part of the Twickenham Riverside regeneration on the site of the old Twickenham Pool Site.
address
The Embankment
Twickenham
TW1 3DX
Kew Gardens
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Kew Gardens is a leading centre of botanical research, a training ground for professional gardeners, and a popular visitor attraction. The gardens are mostly quite informal, with a few more formal areas. There are extensive conservatories, a herbarium, and a library.
Kew is important as a repository of seeds; it has one of the most important seedbanks. With the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium, they cooperate in the IPNI database to produce an authoritative source of information on the nomenclature of plants.
On 3 July 2003 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was officially added tp the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
For more information look here
address
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
TW9 3AB
phone
020 8332 5655
email
info@kew.org
website
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/
hours
| Gardens open | Last admission | Gardens close | Glasshouses & Galleries close | Climbers and Creepers | |
| Opens 10.30 | |||||
| Sun 27 March - Sun 4 September | |||||
| Monday - Friday | 9.30am | 6.00pm | 6.30pm | 5.30pm | 5.30pm |
| Weekends & Bank Holidays | 9.30am | 7.00pm | 7.30pm | 5.30pm | 5.30pm |
| Mon 5 September - Sat 29 October | 9.30am | 5.30pm | 6.00pm | 5.30pm | 5.30pm |
| Sun 30 October - Fri 3 February | 9.30am | 3.45pm | 4.15pm | 3.45pm | 3.45pm |
| Sat 4 February - Sat 25 March | 9.30am | 5.00pm | 5.30pm | 5.00pm | 5.00pm |
Please note that opening and closing times are subject to change
The restaurants open at 10am and close one hour before the gardens close (half an hour before at Victoria Gate Coffee Shop)
Closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - the Gardens are open on New Year's Day
| Day entry | from 5 Feb 2005 |
| Adults | £10.00 |
| Concessions | £7.00 |
| Children up to and including 16 years | FREE |
| Entry after 4 pm | £5.00 |
| Visitors with special needs | |
| Wheelchair users | £7.00 |
| Blind and partially-sighted visitors | Free |
| Essential carers of wheelchair users, blind/partially sighted visitors and those with learning difficulties | Free |
