Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew World Heritage Site

Official name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | UNESCO

Country

United Kingdom | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London
51.4819° Lat, 0.2940° Lon | Map

Code

1084

Time Zone

Europe/London (BST, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2003. This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany.