The Thames Towpath is about 5 mins gentle run from the house. It is about 10 mins walk from Richmond Tube station. There is a private Gym in Richmond by the Police Station. Kew library is opposite Kew Garden tube station – about 4 mins walk. There is a Barclays Bank cashpoint in Kew Parade. The nearest hospital is Roehampton General. There is a Doctor’s surgery in North Road. To go by tube you would take the District line from Kew Gardens to Hammersmith. Heathrow airport is about 20 mins drive or about 30 mins on the tube. There is a taxi rank outside Kew Gardens tube on North Road – about 4 mins wlak from the house.
Richmond station is one stop on the tube. Kew Gardens is also on the North London BR line. Details of the tube can be found on London Underground website. Details of travel within the borough can be found on (choose the Travel option) and Transport for London website. It is at the junction of West Park Avenue and High Park Road.Ī number of buses go from Kew Parade which is about 5 mins walk. There is a wonderful Chinese take away which is about 4 mins walk. The nearest pub is at Kew Gardens station or at Kew Green. This is probably about 20 mins walk or 5 mins by car. There is a large Sainsburys at the junction of the A316 and Sandicombe Road.
There is a Marks and Spencer about 10 mins walk. There is a mini supermarket about 5 mins walk from the house. The RAC route planning (ww.rac.co.uk) estimates that this would take about 16 mins drive from the house. There are also a number of street cafe’s. There are a number of shops around Kew Garden tube station including grocery shop, butchers, green grocers, hardware shop, chemist, florist. Where is the nearest 10 pin bowling alley.I hope that this is the first of many such changes and that cyclists – both new and old – will make use of this safer arrangement. Even the interim arrangements with water barriers make this cycle route Richmond’s first-ever physically segregated cycle lane. That means we need to back the role of cycling and walking with serious upgrades to our network. We are delighted that Kew Gardens will be imminently re-opening, but this Council believes that we need to ‘build back better’. “Covid-19 has changed the way we travel and looks set to do so for quite some time. All provided via the creation of a sub-optimal cycle lane. The spokesperson went on to say that the council would consult residents and businesses within weeks of the emergency changes being implemented about the future operation of existing Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) and on the possibility of implementing a new CPS in the area around Kew Green.ĭescribing the change as “long overdue,” Councillor Alexander Ehmann, Chair of the Transport and the Air Quality Committee, for Richmond Council, said: “Kew Gardens is a global beacon of sustainability, but immediately outside the walls of this amazing institution lies a road that has been allowed to become a car parking lot. The Council believes that these measures are crucial in discouraging unnecessary visits to the facility by car, as well as supporting much-needed cycling infrastructure at the same location.” Protective barriers will be installed to create a 24-hour mandatory northbound cycle lane as part of the council’s Post-Covid Transport Action Plan.Ī statement said: “The council has engaged with Kew Gardens and have considered their emerging transport plan their planned re-opening. The council explained that the move comes in response to recent Government guidance instructing local authorities to make active travel improvements. Single yellow line parking will be removed from Kew Road to create the required space. Richmond Council is to start “urgent work” on a segregated cycle lane outside Kew Gardens, which reopens on Monday.