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Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew)
Newest Review: ... 'maintenance and repairs', not much help. Upon entering the car park you will notice various signs thanking you for your contribution, what for I thought, I hadn't done anything, turns out you have to pay £5 for parking however long you are there, so make sure you have plenty of change. We however didn't have any change, so once we parked up in one of the many spaces we trundled off to the ... more  ... ticket booth to get some change. As it turned out we could pay for the parking ticket with our regular tickets, when we looked at the prices we were shocked, £13 for adults, apparently only a year ago it was £10, a 30% increase, slightly above inflat...more |
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Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew): I wouldn't Queue for Kew (1284 words)
by - written on 21/10/08 (Very useful, 179 readings)
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Introduction - My partner is an avid fan of walking around, thus I often have the delight of walking around all of the national trust locations in and around Bedfordshire. At the weekend however she decided she wanted to go to the Royal Botanic Gardens, otherwise known as Kew Gardens. The gardens are located between Richmond and Kew in Southwest London. The site Director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, it is considered an International important botanical research and education institute. The gardens employ around 700 staff and have an annual income of £44 million; they are also sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural ... Read the complete review
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