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Hearns Bed and Breakfast, Kew
The local area - things to see and do around Kew and Richmond
Richmond tourism
A comprehensive site available in different languages. Useful links to local attractions.
www.visitrichmond.co.ukThe UK National Archives
The national collection, formerly know as the Public Records Office. Contains a wealth of information useful to family, military and general searchers.
www.nationalarchives.gov.ukKew Gardens
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. World-renowned collection of plants and associated materials. A World Heritage site.
Click to enlarge
English Heritage
Nearby Chiswick House and Marble HillEnglish Heritage maintains certain sites considered to be of national importance. It aims to help people understand and appreciate that historic buildings and landscapes around them matter. There are charges to enter these sites. Their website is rather slow - you can avoid this by using their 'accessible site' which is much faster.
Royal British Legion Poppy factory
The Poppy factory does not have its own website, but can be contacted by telephone 020 8940 3305 or emailed. 'Come and see for yourself where those familiar red poppies are made.'
The British Legion has a website.
British Legion websiteHampton Court Palace
Official website giving details and allowing advance booking of tickets.
www.hampton-court-palace.org.ukLondon Wetlands
Wetlands and wildfowl trust.
The National Trust
Owns more than 612,000 acres of land, more than 600 miles of coastline and 200 buildings and gardens. At the time of writing there were more than 3 million members. The trust has special powers that make development of land or property that it owns extremely difficult. The main National Trust website.
Direct links to National Trust properties nearby -
Photographs of Osterley - March; © Alan Chard 2005 - click to enlarge into a new window
The river Thames
Useful information about the river, maps, days out - a very useful collection
River trips with Turks Launches
Turks launches
Other boat operators also provide river trips
Local Theatres
Orange tree theatre
Orange Tree is a local theatre company, useful website with both graphic and text versions, this link takes you to the graphic version of the site.
Richmond Theatre
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
If you have an interest in steam power then this a the place to visit!
Houses a collection of nine, yes 9, engines, two of which work at weekends. Visit the website for more details.
Kew Bridge Steam Museum is operated by an independent charity and in the year 2000 celebrated its 25th anniversary. We have been designated an Engineering Heritage Hallmark Site by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.