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Kew Gardens
| Kew Gardens | |
|---|---|
 Kew Gardens Temperate House from the Pagoda | |
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| Type | Botanical |
| Location | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England |
| Coordinates | 51°28.480′N 0°17.728′W / 51.474667°N 0.295467°W |
| Area | 121 hectares (300 acres) |
| Opened | 1759 |
| Visitors | more than 1.35 million per year |
| Species | > 30,000 |
| Public transit access |   Kew Gardens |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (iv) |
| Reference | 1084 |
| Inscription | 2003 (27th Session) |
| Area | 132 ha (330 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 350 ha (860 acres) |
Kew Gardens or the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the United Kingdom.[1]
Kew’s historic landscapes and buildings are a collection of gardens and parks and glasshouses.[2]
Kew has the world's largest collection of plant specimens, and is one of the most important centres of research in botany.[2]
Kew Gardens are open to visitors who pay to enter.[3]
- ↑ UNESCO, "Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew"; retrieved 2012-4-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). About World Heritage Status Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-20.
- ↑ "Visit Kew | Kew". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
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