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Photo of Richmond Park, a Grade I registered house & garden near North Sheen, London, England.

Richmond ParkPhoto Johan Mouchet / Unsplash

Places to explore near Kew Gardens StationKew

45 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 4 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

0.7 km E · spans 7 counties

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

1.2 km NW · spans 9 counties

Photo of Kew Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Richmond NLL, London, England.Iconic

Kew Gardens

House & garden near Richmond NLL

World Heritage botanic garden of the Palm House and the Pagoda.

1.4 km W

Photo of Marble Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden near St Margarets (London), London, England.Highlight

Marble Hill

House & garden near St Margarets (London)

A 1720s Palladian villa built for a royal mistress, with Alexander Pope's input.

3.5 km SW

Photo of Richmond Park, a Grade I registered house & garden near North Sheen, London, England.Iconic

Richmond Park

House & garden near North Sheen

London's largest royal park, roamed by red and fallow deer.

4.2 km S

Photo of Ham House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Twickenham, London, England.Highlight

Ham House

House & garden near Twickenham

A rare survival of a grand Stuart house, with formal 17th-century gardens right on the Thames at Richmond

4.3 km SW

Photo of Osterley Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Isleworth, London, England.Highlight

Osterley Park

House & garden near Isleworth

A Robert Adam mansion and its lakes, hemmed in by the west London suburbs but still a proper green escape

4.8 km W

Photo of Fulham Palace, a Grade II* registered house & garden in London, England.Highlight

Fulham Palace

House & garden near London

The Bishops of London's country home for over a thousand years, with a 1490s Tudor courtyard.

5 km E

Photo of Strawberry Hill, a Grade II* registered house & garden in London, England.Highlight

Strawberry Hill

House & garden

Horace Walpole's self-styled little Gothic castle of 1749, which launched the Gothic Revival.

5.6 km SW · London

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

5.7 km SW · spans 7 counties

Photo of Kensington Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in London, England.Highlight

Kensington Gardens

House & garden near London

Queen Caroline's 1720s pleasure garden, with J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan statue by the Long Water.

8.1 km NE

Photo of Hampton Court Palace, a Grade I registered house & garden in London, England.Iconic

Hampton Court Palace

House & garden near Hampton Court

Henry VIII's Thames-side palace, with Wren's baroque wing and the maze.

8.7 km S

Photo of Hyde Park, a Grade I registered house & garden in London, England.Iconic

Hyde Park

House & garden near London

London's great royal park of the Serpentine and Speakers' Corner.

9.3 km E

Photo of Apsley House, a house near Hyde Park Corner, London, England.Highlight

Apsley House

House near Hyde Park Corner

Wellington's townhouse at Hyde Park Corner, nicknamed Number One London, filled with his paintings and Canova's colossal nude statue of Napoleon.

9.7 km E

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Syon Park

House & garden near Brentford

The Percy family's London seat, with an 1830s conservatory, Britain's first in cast iron and glass.

1.7 km W

Photo along the Capital Ring, a 78-mile long-distance path in England.

Capital Ring

Long-distance path

London's inner orbital walk, stringing together 78 miles of parks, canals and viewpoints through the middle suburbs.

2 km W · London

Chiswick House

House & garden near London

A 1720s Palladian villa whose William Kent gardens launched the English landscape style.

2 km NE

Photo of East Sheen Common, a country estate in London, England.

East Sheen Common

Country estate near London

A National Trust place in London.

2.1 km S

Gunnersbury Park

House & garden near London

Once a Rothschild country estate, now a public park with an orangery and free museum.

2.2 km N

Photo of Richmond Terrace Walk, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Richmond (London), London, England.

Richmond Terrace Walk

House & garden near Richmond (London)

A tree-lined promenade of about 1700 above a much-painted Thames view.

2.9 km S

Brompton Cemetery

House & garden near London

One of Victorian London's 'Magnificent Seven', with a domed chapel modelled on St Peter's.

6.6 km E

Photo along the London LOOP, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Erith to Purfleet, England.

London LOOP

Long-distance path

The 'M25 for walkers' — an orbital path through outer London's woods, commons and river valleys from Erith to Purfleet.

6.7 km SW · spans 5 counties

Photo of Coombe Conduit, a landmark near Norbiton, London, England.

Coombe Conduit

Landmark near Norbiton

Pair of Tudor conduit houses in Coombe, Kingston, joined underground, which sent spring water beneath the Thames to Hampton Court.

7 km S

Everything else within 10 km (22) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.