University · Kew, United Kingdom

Kew Gardens

Botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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About

instance of	botanical garden herbarium higher education institution garden
native label	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Location and contact

country	United Kingdom
located in the administrative territorial entity	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
location	Kew
coordinate location	51.4789, -0.2936
historic county	Surrey
area	272.32 hectare · parkland · garden
official website	http://www.kew.org/ · language of work or name: English https://www.kew.org/ · language of work or name: English

Rankings and recognition

heritage designation	Grade I listed park and garden · National Heritage List for England number: 1000830 · since 30 September 1987 World Heritage Site · National Heritage List for England number: 1000102 · since 2003

Structure and memberships

has part(s)	Orangery Great Pagoda Temperate House Palm House Japanese Gateway (Chokushi-Mon) 12 more Queen's Beasts Museum Number 1 Museum Number 2 Water Lily House The Queen's Cottage Ruined arch, including fragments of masonry at the base of the arch Marianne North Gallery Campanile Temple Of Bellona Temple of Arethusa Temple of Aeolus King William's Temple
member of	Biodiversity Heritage Library The London Museums of Health & Medicine

Other facts

has facility	accessible toilet
located in or next to body of water	River Thames
operator	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
OS grid reference	TQ1793776087
World Heritage criteria	(ii) (iii) (iv)

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	Palmhuis.jpg
image of design plans	Kew Gardens Map-ru.svg · media legend: План сада от 2016 года (ru)
spherical panorama image	Alpine house Kew 839-50-360PMpolar2-gimp.JPG

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
topic's main category	Category:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
described by source	Anglické listy · statement is subject of: Poutník vidí zvířata a slavné lidi
Commons gallery	Kew Gardens
different from	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
social media followers	159,007 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16543454 · 6 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 152,688 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16543454 · 2 March 2022 141,434 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16543454 · 4 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (52)

archINFORM location ID	45936
ARCHON code	68 · subject named as: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
BBC News topic ID	c8zwnrr1kk1t
BBC Things ID	85b01063-7458-4f8d-8bef-5c57d6f7c300
BGCI garden ID	114
BHL creator ID	362
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Encyclopaedia Beliana ID	kralovske-botanicke-zahrady · language of work or name: Slovak · publication date: 9 December 2025 · retrieved: 10 December 2025 · subject named as: Kráľovské botanické záhrady
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FactGrid item ID	Q152399
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GeoNames ID	6697863
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID	Kew_Gardens
Grove Art Online ID	T046369
IATI organisation ID	GB-GOR-PB508
IdRef ID	026400081
Index Herbariorum code	K
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Lex ID	Kew_Gardens
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NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA01265703
National Heritage List for England number	1000102 · heritage designation: World Heritage Site · subject named as: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1000830 · heritage designation: Registered park or garden · subject named as: ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
NDL Authority ID	001210312
NE.se ID	kew-gardens
NL CR AUT ID	kn20040114008 · subject named as: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ko2004209359 · subject named as: Royal Gardens, Kew
OpenStreetMap relation ID	8048808
Quora topic ID	Kew-Gardens
Ringgold ID	41949
SHARE Catalogue author ID	325960
SNARC ID	Q160276
Sotheby's Museum Network ID	kew-gardens
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Te Papa agent ID	17569
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Tripadvisor ID	547811
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058511117706706
VIAF cluster ID	134321671
Who's on First ID	85788543
WikiKids ID	Kew_Gardens · MediaWiki page ID: 146248
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["Museum", "RoyalBotanicGardensKew::f6hg9"]
World Heritage Site ID	1084
X (Twitter) username	kewgardens · has characteristic: verified account or profile · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 16543454 · 7 March 2020
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