Kew Gardens Entrance Ticket
Overview
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See floral splendor and scenery without leaving London on a visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew! Commonly known as Kew Gardens, the UNESCO World Heritage Site comprises 326 acres (121 hectares) of beautiful scenery with rare plants from around the world. Head inside with your Kew Gardens ticket and explore at leisure.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
**Customers under the age of 16 need to be accompanied by an Adult
Please note that last entry into the Gardens is 14:30, as we close at 15:15.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Head inside Kew Gardens and then spend as little or as much time as you like exploring London’s finest botanical gardens. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kew Gardens consists of acres of tranquil grounds with one of the world’s largest collections of plants. Either walk around at leisure or join one of the free guided walking tours that take place daily in the gardens. Stroll around admiring highlights like the Azalea Garden, Minka House and Bamboo Garden in the center of the park. Check out the 17th century-style Queen’s Garden near Kew Palace (also known as the Dutch House), and see several of Kew’s oldest sculptures that were donated by the British Royal Family. Perhaps take a walk along the Rhizotron and Xstrara Treetop Walkway, and stroll through the crowns of oak trees at a height of 59 feet (18m), seeing birdlife, fungi and lichen up close. Watch out for the 10-storey Pagoda in the southwest corner of the gardens, and wander along the Holly Walk, seeing trees that have grown there for over 130 years. Bask in balmy tropical temperatures inside Temperate House – the world’s largest surviving Victorian glasshouse – and see a spectacular array of African plants and sub-tropical trees and palms. In the center of the beautiful building is a Chilean Wine Palm, which is said to be one of the world’s tallest indoor plants. With plenty of leafy picnic areas, as well as four cafés on site, you can eat lunch inside the gardens (own expense), or simply sit down and relax in between seeing all the rich flora and fauna.
What‘s Included
Admission ticket
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Pagoda (open Apr-Sep)
Entry to events (such as Orchid Festival and Christmas at Kew)
Meeting points
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Kew United Kingdom
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
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Kew Gardens Entrance Ticket
Reviews
1,161 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Kew Gardens Christmas lights poor
Euan6666,,Dec 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Sadly really terrible this year. Been going for years and sadly this will be last time as clearly they've cut the budget - no water light show, no lights high in trees as you arrive, no lights on sky trail, poor lights everywhere else. And too busy. Shame and now we will try elsewhere.
Christmas in Kew garden
Philippe76France,,Dec 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Walking in the night gardens on the occasion of Christmas. Quality sound and light show, family atmosphere..
Christmas at Kew 2025, very disappointed first time visit
dencuz,,Dec 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Walking around 10 mins on the Christmas light trail and not feeling Christmassy at all. Thinking it will get better as we go further around, but sadly it never did. This light show could have been put up any time of the year, as would not call it a Christmas light show? With hardly a twinkling light, Christmas tree, Reindeer, Santa's, snowmen or baubles, all what you imagine Christmas being, even with the nutcracker, all that makes Christmas, Christmas! There were lots of dark spaces with trees just lite up with coloured spot lights, but no twinkle. It was my first ever visit to Kew and I think probably my last, I travelled all day to get there, just to be disappointed. I visited Wimpole Christmas light trail and it was magical, with Kew there was no magic!
Complete letdown
lucyd0707,,Dec 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00A complete and utter let down. A very expensive experience for a very very poor show. Not one thing Wowed, apart from the extortionate prices of food. £9 for chocolate waffle bites, wasn’t even one whole waffle and no chocolate on 3/4 of it. Toilets were absolutely disgusting. Massively over crowded. ‘Winter wonderland’ is an outright fib. In general a waste of time and money.
Disrespectful staff but beautiful place for visit
Emre K,,Dec 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00We have been forced to leave the premises at 14:30, a security has approached us and told to be respectful and leave the premises as they’re closing. But it has mentioned that the last entry is 14:30 and closing at 15:15. The place were beautiful but staff were rude and disrespectful as i am a tourist visiting for the first time in Kew gardens. I recommend people to go early as the staff is not very happy at people coming over abit late, as they would like to close earliest possible to go home. So embarrassing for a lovely place to be running by disrespectful staff.
Christmas at Kew 2025 - Lovely night out
Marklound,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We hadn't been to the Kew Christmas lights for a few years and it was really impressive, with some great and varied displays and accompanying music which took a couple of hours to get around. It was very busy and the food and drink is quite pricey but if you're looking for a very festive evening out then I would recommend this.
Christmas Lights
JM48Westlondon,,Dec 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Firstly, must say that me and my wife love going to Kew Gardens and the highlight in recent years has definitely been the light display at Christmas time. However, like some of the other guests who have commented, we walked away feeling quite flat last night and a general feeling that it had gone backwards. Don’t get me wrong it was a pleasant walk but we didn’t find ourselves stopping as often as we have previously where there were individual productions like the dramatic music and light show near the treetop walk (possibly last year or the year before). Hopefully Kew can make a comeback next year.
Christmas at Kew - 2025 - What a load of Rubbish..!!!!
Toffee Men 2014,,Dec 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00This was hands down the worst Christmas at Kew I’ve experienced. I'd give it Zero if I could. After being genuinely impressed in previous years, I spent most of 2025 telling friends and family it was a must visit. That advice was clearly a mistake & I feel embarrassed. This year was an absolute shambles. The experience was dull, poorly executed, and massively overpriced. I couldn’t leave fast enough. It’s obvious the priority is no longer the experience but pushing overpriced food and drink at every turn. The number of stalls has exploded, yet the quality has plummeted. The attractions were frankly embarrassing, lifeless, uninspiring, and nowhere near the standard expected for the extortionate price being charged. I won’t be wasting my money on this again, and I will not be returning in 2026. Save your money, this is simply not worth it. Kew Gardens, do better.
Christmas at Kew 2025 a highly disappointing lack luster evening
stephenbY3680PQ,,Dec 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00In previous year we've so looked forward to and enjoyed Christmas lights at Kew immensely. The Son et Lumieres such as the holographs depicting iconic London sites appearing in the mist over the Palm House pond, or illuminated fountain displays set to classical & contemporary music mirrored from the pond surface - spectacular, not forgetting Snapper, The Perfect Tree. Not so in 2025. Is it a lack of Sponsors that has been Kew's problems or maybe a lack of innovation? Compared to previous visits it was a highly disappointing lack lustre evening, and even with timed tickets very overcrowded at times dangerous. Nowadays Kew has competition from other iconic venues. These offer more innovative lighting displays, have multiple quality catering facilities, and effective crowd management at value for money prices. For 2026 we'll bypass Kew and look for venues such as Blenheim Palace, Stourhead Gardens or Waddesdon Manor.
So disappointing this year…
psw140,,Dec 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00We’ve attended Christmas at Kew with our children for the last 8 years. This will be our last visit. For the price we paid for 5 of us, we expected the light trail to be as spectacular as usual. This year’s offering was so disappointing. No light and sound show over the lake. No finale. No “wow” moment save the lilies at the beginning. Very little Christmas magic. We’ll go elsewhere next year.
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