Visitor attractions and information
- Chiswick
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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey,
TW9 3AB. Tel: 020 8332 5655. Open for the first time in 10 years,
Kew Palace is the oldest building within the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, built in 1631. It is impossible to take in all of Kew's
300 acres at once. Location:
On the outskirts of Chiswick. |
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Hogarth's
House, Hogarth Lane, Great West Road, London, W4 2QN. Tel: 020
8994 6757. The country home of William Hogarth. There is an exhibition
documenting Hogarth's life and work. Copies of his best known
series of engravings are on display including The Harlot's Progress,
A Rake's Progress and Marriage à-la-mode. In Chiswick. |
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Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, London W4
2RP. Tel: 020 8995 0508. Internationally renowned as one of the
first and finest English Palladian Villas. Opulant interior features
gilded decoration, velvet walls and painted ceilings. Important
18th century gardens.
English Heritage. Charges apply. (Photo
copyright (c) English Heritage). english-heritage.org.uk/chiswickhouse.
0.5 mile NE of Chiswick
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London attractions
north and north west of the Thames |